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Flying high

Postby Jamie on Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:25 pm

Took this today at the Melbourne show.

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Postby Raskill on Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:31 pm

I like it a lot. Getting the clouds in the background gives that extra feeling of height. Not much you could do about the light if you wanted a good shutter speed. What lens u use???
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Postby Jamie on Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:35 pm

I used the 50mm 1.8, would have liked to have had the kit lens with me but i left it home rather than carry around the extra weight all day.
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Postby chris1968 on Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:41 pm

Great shot! only comment is it looks abit dark, but i am an my horrible screen at work........

looks like the guy on the left cant decide if he's letting go or holding on for dear life........ :D
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Postby BBJ on Fri Sep 16, 2005 11:13 pm

Not bad Jamie, these shots are hard to get to look great unless you can get close enough and use a flash so you did well, for even using the 50m lens.
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Postby Oneputt on Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:10 am

Good capture :D As stated these shots are very hard outdoors with so many variables.
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Postby ajo43 on Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:54 am

Jamie

Could you tell us a little about your focusing technique. Did you have the af set to manual at a given point before you took the shots or did you try to use the dynamic area autofocus?

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Postby kipper on Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:39 am

Massive halos around the bikes. Have you tried to correct bad exposure?
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Postby mudder on Sat Sep 17, 2005 3:49 pm

Wow, one hell of a jump... Noticed the soft/feathered halos... Is there any room at the bottom of the frame to give them more sky underneath them? You've done well to catch this... Wonder if playing with curves just on the bikes and riders would help bring out some more detail?

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Postby Killakoala on Sat Sep 17, 2005 4:53 pm

Great image and well done, but i reckon this is crying to be cropped in a nice long Pano style.

At first i thought it was the same rider :) but then i looked a bit closer and realised not.

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