http://don.vn.cz/photos/civictyper/

photographing black car at night turned out to be very difficult

talking about stickers on cam, look at this guy :]
http://don.vn.cz/temp/repo/canonnikon.jpg
http://rallyphotos.cz/photos/stopa09/15.jpg

really nice photos dwb
would love to get to that place some day....

no photosession since the swift rally action, i am busy with our project, but i was offered sigma 10-20 for a very good price - but i'd have to add my peleng fisheye lens...cant decide - i dont use the fisheye much anymore and when i do, i defish it anyway, so sigma would be more comfortable...mhhhmmmmmhmmmm

Quote from Tomba(FIN) :

-Try a smaller aperture so there will not be white spots

if he is using any of the (semi)auto modes, adjusting the aperture wont really change that, he'd have to go to manual and adjust both - aperture and exposure accordingly. But tbh it wouldnt get much better, because the dynamic range is too big. That's why i prefer rain on rallies - nice soft light without harsh shadows and reflections.

Quote from spankmeyer :

Hide your children!

Hmm, what can I say... One of your best sets possibly?

I liked the more aggressive approach in these. The framing, tilting and general action seemed more in-your-face. Not sure if anyone else feels the same.

in these last 2 galleries ive been experimenting with different postprocessing methods, because it was nothing that would really matter - I guess i'll stick to my standard method on next rally though - I'd like to keep those "more realistic".

filling the break in between the rallies
http://don.vn.cz/photos/minikaryroznov09/

i bought that lens about half year ago as replacement of my kitlens - tbh its not that big difference image quality wise...so basically you get some bigger focal length range and f2.8 at wide end, which is nice...

dunno if its just my piece (wouldnt be surprised with my luck on lens), or if each sigma acts like shit sometimes? http://don.vn.cz/temp/repo/sigmasucks.jpg

EDIT: actually when browsing my photos from last rally, i took most of the pics with that lens, so you can check yourself - (take a look at exif and whatever is below 70mm is taken with teh sigma) http://rallyphotos.cz/photos/vyskov09/

you think that's bad?
http://don.vn.cz/temp/repo/rallysucks9.jpg

i know, boring old locations, but Roznov is small.

http://don.vn.cz/photos/fiatstilo/

Quote from spankmeyer :

Steady as she goes again, you got that stuff nailed.

Have you tried anything more out-of-ordinary lately? Since you have a light camera, maybe try sticking it on a monopod with a fisheye. Get inside a tight curve and shoot downwards when the car corners under the boom? I think radio or IR triggers for remote shutter control should be available for Canon too. Remote trigger would remove the guestimate of self-timing problems and a relatively small aperture with a fisheye's focal length should keep everything in focus.

EDIT: Liek diz -> http://www.vistawallpaper.org/ ... allpapers/impreza-wrc.jpg but better 'cuz your Don.

Nothing really out-of-ordinary. Out of budget to get proper tripod (and monopod seems nearly useless for me) and i wouldn't trust my old tripod to do that "trick" it would be much easier to take more interesting photos if i got to other locations. czech stages are all the same, tarmac, tarmac tarmac, bushes all around, ugly villages, old houses, crap...

we've been to prague last week, shot 12 000 photos (timelapse), so hopefully we'll put it together into a short movie in next few weeks...

some tests before the big event - barum rally, that is coming this weekend.

http://rallyphotos.cz/photos/barumtesty/

Quote from Tomba(FIN) :

I'm jealous to you.. btw, why aren't you in neste rally?

I wish I could be, but I couldn't go this year because of my work. Not enough days off available, so I prefered to go to Poland, which needed just 2 days off (for Finland I need 5-6 days off)

fun event organised by local rally drivers
http://rallyphotos.cz/photos/walasska_rallysou_evo3/

Quote from DEVIL 007 :

Why you simply dont send it for adjusting the focus with your lens.
I know it will cost something but is it not worth because of your problems?

send what? lens or camera? happends with every lens. and i doubt it is something that they could fix, it's just a "feature" of lowend dslr cameras