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Roundabouts

Postby robert on Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:19 pm

Had this image in my head for a long time and gave it a go at a caravan park in Umina (NSW Central Coast)

Unfortunately its not too sharp, Details 10-22 @ 10mm, 1/10th.

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Does anyone know of any parks with roundabouts in southern Sydney?? I think I need to reshoot, possibly with flash.

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Robert PS he's now a few months older so wont need my big hand in the frame to hold him on!!
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Re: Roundabouts

Postby PiroStitch on Fri Apr 11, 2008 1:52 pm

Very nice robert!

Recently had to do this for a shoot as well and peeking through the viewfinder and sitting in the middle while you go around isn't good for maintaining composure :mrgreen:

What ISO were you shooting at?

You can still get away with 1/60th and adjust the aperture to suit. Something that you might want to consider as well is to have the camera sitting on a tripod and trigger it off camera to give it more pop.
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Re: Roundabouts

Postby robert on Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:12 pm

PiroStitch wrote:Recently had to do this for a shoot as well and peeking through the viewfinder and sitting in the middle while you go around isn't good for maintaining composure :mrgreen:

What ISO were you shooting at?



youre right about it being difficult! holding him with one hand and trying to take the shot while spinning definately needs practice.

I shot it at ISO 100 and f22 (havent been past f11 in a long while!) in order to get the shutter speed down. Shooting faster would help but again he couldnt hold on too well so it wasnt turning at lightning speed and I thought I needed a slower shutter to blur the background.
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Re: Roundabouts

Postby foonji on Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:26 pm

use a tripod and you'll be laughing :)
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Re: Roundabouts

Postby surenj on Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:05 pm

I like it... Looking forward to new and improved reshoot.
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Re: Roundabouts

Postby Alex on Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:53 pm

Hi Robert,

Nice shot. I did a similar one (http://www.alexgitlits.com/Gallery/Aran ... C_1478.jpg) about a year ago with a WA lens, but I got away with 1/30s at f11. I think you'll probably find you won't neeed to shoot at f22, especially with WA lens as DoF is greater with those lenses.

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