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Jeff Shyu wrote:i gave up on trying to sort through the pictures, so the computer is currently churning away at converting all the pictures to jpegs without any post processing.

then i came across this one.

1:14pm, sunday, during the bonus challenge.

yes, it was a wiggle.. no penalty assessed.. against Seb.. hahaha

LOL. I just gave it a little kiss :heyes:

here's the frame before. you were SO CLOSE to sending that cone into the horizon



like i said in the other thread, disappointing image quality, but interesting for info purposes..

Wow ... love the super limited depth of field. Has a dreamy quality.

I found that with really long lens shots ... you can't shoot over hot concrete/asphalt. To much resolution robbing heat waves ... even if they aren't visible. Got to shoot early ... or later over grass, for some heat relief.

My saviour is Smart Sharpen, low doses applied more then once plus some Edge Sharpening if needed. I can't seem to make Smart Sharpen for Motion Blur work, when that would SEEM to be the ticket sometimes.

Mako Koiwai wrote:Wow ... love the super limited depth of field. Has a dreamy quality.

I found that with really long lens shots ... you can't shoot over hot concrete/asphalt. To much resolution robbing heat waves ... even if they aren't visible. Got to shoot early ... or later over grass, for some heat relief.

My saviour is Smart Sharpen, low doses applied more then once plus some Edge Sharpening if needed. I can't seem to make Smart Sharpen for Motion Blur work, when that would SEEM to be the ticket sometimes.

i was really wondering about that.. having never experienced it, i wasn't sure it would have an impact.

i had the tripod low (~18" off the ground) and the shots you see are full frame at 600mm, so they're far away..

damn you heat waves!

Odd, as only I can know! that nothing seems crisp. Were you shooting wide open? I would have sacrificed noise by using a higher ISO to shoot at least a couple of f/stops stopped down, plus around 1/400th on the head on shots ... for some wheel blur.

I assume you have the older 600 w/o Image Stabilization?

Since nothing is really crisp, yet there doesn't seem to be any motion blur ... I would point the finger at heat waves.

Try shooting jets taking off with looong lenses, from behind ... often nothing will be sharp either.

Interesting camera angle that got the car appearing straight and level. If you PhotoShop the fence posts in the background so they were vertical, it would look like he was driving on a banked course or significant hill.

Rick Brown wrote:Interesting camera angle that got the car appearing straight and level. If you PhotoShop the fence posts in the background so they were vertical, it would look like he was driving on a banked course or significant hill.

yeah.. i played around with the angle a bit.. some are more .. exaggerated.. than others.. but the tilt gives it a bit more punch, in my opinion..

Yeah ... this is ... yawn ..

... seems like he's leaning the wrong way ?

Jeff Shyu wrote:i gave up on trying to sort through the pictures, so the computer is currently churning away at converting all the pictures to jpegs without any post processing.

then i came across this one.

1:14pm, sunday, during the bonus challenge.



yes, it was a wiggle.. no penalty assessed.. against Seb.. hahaha

AweSome Pics Jeff...

Quote from the grid...

Jason: Kurt do you need water for your tires?

Kurt: Touch em!!

Jason: Luke Warm!

Kurt: Nope let em ride!!!

Jason: anything else.

Kurt: I need gas, 91!!!

Jason: ok <runs off to get gas can> OK how much Kurt!!

Kurt: Eh JUST A SPLASH AND IM READY!!!

Jason: ROFL almost dropping the gas can!!!

Priceless moments in the GRID!!

Jason Flores wrote:AweSome Pics Jeff...

Quote from the grid...
Jason: Kurt do you need water for your tires?
Kurt: Touch em!!
Jason: Luke Warm!
Kurt: Nope let em ride!!!
Jason: anything else.
Kurt: I need gas, 91!!!
Jason: ok <runs off to get gas can> OK how much Kurt!!
Kurt: Eh JUST A SPLASH AND IM READY!!!
Jason: ROFL almost dropping the gas can!!!
Priceless moments in the GRID!!

LOL. At that point I was almost ODing on adrenaline. I think I could've run through a wall. Thanks again for the help!

Kurt Rahn wrote:
LOL. At that point I was almost ODing on adrenaline. I think I could've run through a wall. Thanks again for the help!

PCP's got nothing on the bonus challenge.

Marshall Grice wrote:

Kurt Rahn wrote:
LOL. At that point I was almost ODing on adrenaline. I think I could've run through a wall. Thanks again for the help!

PCP's got nothing on the bonus challenge.

WORD!