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Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

03/29/2008 07:16:44 PM · #1

Hi all,

Here are some of my first ever pix. These were taken at a local pratice track using a 50mm lens on a Canon 20D. Thoughts? Ways to improve?

Thanks,
Dave

#1

#2
[thumb]663213[/thumb]

#3
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#4
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Judi

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

03/29/2008 07:22:45 PM · #2

Your image #1 is the better of the group. You can see some reaction from the crowd. Watch where your lighting is coming from, especially with action. Also...viewers like to see action....so try to get some dirt flying or some space between the bike and the ground.....otherwise it can come across almost like a posed shot, when they aren't. Also watch your focus....prefocus on a set area and hold it there...as the subject enters the focal range fire a few shots off. If you look in image #4...the dirt is in focus but the bike has left the focal range.....a slower shutter would also have a similiar effect...so using your available lighting try to keep your shutter up fairly high...especially with fast action.

SDW

Canon EOS-60D

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

03/29/2008 07:25:45 PM · #3

Left you a few comments.

03/30/2008 01:52:56 AM · #4

I edited out the lamp post and tarp... how is it now?

Message edited by author 2008-03-30 01:57:29.

Olympus 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital ED

03/30/2008 02:01:17 AM · #5

Judi, this was a practice event, so the riders are all fairly new. I was hoping to get some good high bank turn shots so it would get the dirt being thrown everywhere like you mention, but they went pretty slow in the turns. I need to go out on a race day for those pictures, I am sure they are quite dramatic. Or at least go when the more experienced riders are out on the track. (early morning I heard)

Jimbo_for_life

Olympus E-500 EVOLT

03/30/2008 02:51:40 AM · #6

this one i shot at gravity park of my uncle, its hard to tell from the edit, but when your doing any motox its a good idea to get as low to the ground as you can. If i remember correct i was on my knees tucked on a lower part of the track. This gives you the look that the rider is going faster, and if they are jumping, they will appear higher in the air. the one of the quad, I did with a point and shoot on burst mode, we were riding on a figure 8 with huge banks that day, and this one i was laying right off the upper lip of the bank,

Message edited by author 2008-03-30 02:55:49.