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05/07/2005 09:51:09 PM · #1
Took this picture at the local park today. Three men had what looked like 10 or so 'Proline' gas remote trucks and cars. They were racing three at a time. I have never see remote trucks and cars go so fast. I would not be surprised if they were going 30 mph or more.
05/07/2005 10:22:18 PM · #2
Nice sharp shot, got to love that 4L. If they do this often this is a good way to practice your panning... Get just a little bit of motion (sideways) blur in the background and the Wheels (rims) a little fuzzy to give us a sense of movement. Track it, lock it (I use AI Servo) Shoot and follow through (once the shutter is pushed keep tracking it).

Nice dirt action going on...
05/07/2005 10:33:41 PM · #3
Originally posted by awpollard:

Nice sharp shot, got to love that 4L. If they do this often this is a good way to practice your panning... Get just a little bit of motion (sideways) blur in the background and the Wheels (rims) a little fuzzy to give us a sense of movement. Track it, lock it (I use AI Servo) Shoot and follow through (once the shutter is pushed keep tracking it).

Nice dirt action going on...


Thank you for the comment and advice. I have about 30 are so to go through and see how they came out. Practice, Practice, Practice.....
05/07/2005 11:53:23 PM · #4
Wow!
Thats a great shot.
Panning is hard, I tried it once with my F717, and got lucky.
This shot was handheld @ 1/30..
05/09/2005 11:22:37 AM · #5
I have a few of those RC cars. I used to race them a few years ago, raced against the pros too. I have one that is a 1/4scale that will do almost 80mph. Its alot of fun. Great shot BTW.
05/09/2005 11:32:52 AM · #6
Nice shot SDW
I've been involved in 1/8th scale off road racing in the Uk for about 8 years and have just come back from a national meet on sunday, in my experience they are incredibly hard photograpth as they accelerate so quickly 0-40mph in about 30 ft, love trying to snap them in mid air over jumps etc only shot i have posted is this of last years uk champ
05/09/2005 11:47:39 AM · #7
I started this hobby a little while now and i have just finished completing the assemble of one car and i am building three more...
The one that i just finished goes from 0-70kmh in 3,5s...
So yes these things are pretty fast... i have not tried the car yet but i'll make sure i'll take some photos of it... :)

05/09/2005 11:53:20 AM · #8
Very cool shot Scott!! My husband and I used to have a couple of these. They are a blast, though the ones we had seemed to be more delicate than I thought they should be. Everytime I ran it in to the curb, something would break off!!??! Oops, did I say I ran it into a curb? What I meant to say is everytime I took it off a jump... yeah, that's it! :-)

But then we had kids and ended up selling them cause they were just too expensive to sit around gathering dust. :-(
05/09/2005 12:50:34 PM · #9
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Message edited by author 2005-05-10 05:28:30.
05/09/2005 01:07:27 PM · #10
Had a couple of my other shots on th office machine so here they are


Thank God for digital camera's as I have taken upto 250 shots in a day to come away with 20 I like (or worked)

Message edited by author 2005-05-09 13:07:50.
05/09/2005 02:04:12 PM · #11
Originally posted by PeterC:

Nice shot SDW
I've been involved in 1/8th scale off road racing in the Uk for about 8 years and have just come back from a national meet on sunday, in my experience they are incredibly hard photograpth as they accelerate so quickly 0-40mph in about 30 ft, love trying to snap them in mid air over jumps etc only shot i have posted is this of last years uk champ


This one was awesome caught him after a few flips spinning on his back wheels. I wish I would of had a little blur in it to show the motion. I guess I was close when I said they were going 35 mph or faster. And you are right they could get up to speed in a split second.


Message edited by author 2005-05-09 14:06:14.
05/10/2005 04:22:22 AM · #12
A friend at the racing has just got a 20D and some nice glass so expecting some great shots from him, unfortunatley we had a lot of rain at the last meeting so sensibly he didn't get many shots.
05/10/2005 05:12:31 AM · #13


I shot this last friday. My friend has the whole sequence on video with his Canon powershot. This one was pretty fast.
05/10/2005 05:52:19 AM · #14
Originally posted by grandmarginal:



I shot this last friday. My friend has the whole sequence on video with his Canon powershot. This one was pretty fast.


Nice...
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