Night at the races

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Night at the races

Postby zafra52 on Sun Mar 23, 2014 9:05 am

Night at the races (Toowoomba)

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Re: Night at the races

Postby gstark on Sun Mar 23, 2014 10:01 am

Not an easy subject to capture.

Well done.
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Re: Night at the races

Postby zafra52 on Sun Mar 23, 2014 10:52 am

Thank you Gary. It was the first time I Have been to one of these night meetings with a camera.
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Re: Night at the races

Postby chrisk on Sun Mar 23, 2014 5:13 pm

looks great zaf. maybe try a tighter crop ?
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Re: Night at the races

Postby zafra52 on Sun Mar 23, 2014 7:02 pm

Thanks Rooz, here are:

The cropped version:

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And another race as they were passing by:

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I only took the EF24-105mm and I had the zoom at 105 mm. Next time I will take the 70-200, which may be a better lens for this.
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Re: Night at the races

Postby chrisk on Sun Mar 23, 2014 8:13 pm

thanks...the original is way better ! :up:
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Re: Night at the races

Postby tommyg on Mon Mar 24, 2014 4:51 pm

I like the cropped version, however would crop just above the light poles, rather than through them.
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Re: Night at the races

Postby biggerry on Mon Mar 24, 2014 5:12 pm

its nice light in these images, possibly using slower shutter and panning may have helped create some motion and drama within the image.

I like the last image :)
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Re: Night at the races

Postby zafra52 on Tue Mar 25, 2014 5:49 pm

Thank you all for your comments. I agree with you Biggerry I did not like the last image initially, but the more I look at it the more I like it.
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