@amp88: Very nice progress for a beginner, just keep practicing!

@majod: Please post higher resolution of that, would really like to use that as my desktop.

Went to a local rally yesterday!







Other pics are here Wyedean Rally 2013

Small bit of video on my youtubes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHpBrMrTYR0

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@majod: Please post higher resolution of that, would really like to use that as my desktop.

choose which one you like @1080

http://lol.mdomanik.net/_MG_7089-4.jpg

http://lol.mdomanik.net/_MG_7089-5.jpg

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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8101/8458711139_1e9b774109_c.jpg

Oh god that poor camera

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choose which one you like @1080

http://lol.mdomanik.net/_MG_7089-4.jpg

http://lol.mdomanik.net/_MG_7089-5.jpg

Thanks, I'll take both.

(combined them to make 1920x1200)

Cool.

Rally Sweden 2013 @ http://www.rallyphotos.cz/photos/wrc-rally-sweden-2013/

Very nice, as always Don.
This image makes my eyes confused though : http://www.rallyphotos.cz/phot ... v-ford-fiesta-rs-wrc.jpg

Looks like a composite, but it can't be, so I'm just confused.

It's just so high res :3

Wonderful photos Don.

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awesome stuff.

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awesome stuff.

Ty

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This one is exceptional! Any chance of a high-res version?

Quote from smove :

This one is exceptional! Any chance of a high-res version?

Ty Unfortunately I couldn't find the original full-scale of that particular shot but I have another one from the same scenery (not as good though I think)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9 ... 8/sizes/k/in/photostream/

This is the largest one I got from the same shot
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9 ... 4/sizes/l/in/photostream/

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Ty Unfortunately I couldn't find the original full-scale of that particular shot but I have another one from the same scenery (not as good though I think)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9 ... 8/sizes/k/in/photostream/

This is the largest one I got from the same shot
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9 ... 4/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Thanks a lot!

Some shots from the first round of the Davidson Busway's Challenge at Larkhall from Sunday. As before, I'm still very much learning and karts are really a challenging subject to shoot (at least for me...). Anyway, there was plenty of action on track - lots of different classes each with some practice, heat races and a final. I was allowed to sign on (thanks to the officials) and get more freedom to roam than last time, when I stayed outside the barriers and was shooting from trackside. I wanted to try and get shots from plenty of different positions and really try a few things out. For more information on karting from Larkhall check out the West of Scotland Kart Club website.

As always, I'm open to any constructive criticism and feedback you're willing to give me. Thanks for reading.

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The blur effect is a bit too unnatural, IMO.

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The blur effect is a bit too unnatural, IMO.

I wouldn't say it's a blur effect - IMO, these are some great panning shots!

Quote from DeadWolfBones :

The blur effect is a bit too unnatural, IMO.

By "unnatural" do you mean they look fake (as though the blur was added in post processing) or do you mean you just don't like the look (and it doesn't matter whether the blur is real or was added in PP)?

The reason I ask is because someone has already replied to a post with the same images on a photography forum and he didn't think the blur was real (he thought it was done in post).

In any case, I didn't post process any blur into the images; the background blur is all real and all from panning with relatively low shutter speeds (most of the images are between 1/60th-100th of a second) and the high speed of the karts.

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I wouldn't say it's a blur effect - IMO, these are some great panning shots!

Thanks

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By "unnatural" do you mean they look fake (as though the blur was added in post processing) or do you mean you just don't like the look (and it doesn't matter whether the blur is real or was added in PP)?

The reason I ask is because someone has already replied to a post with the same images on a photography forum and he didn't think the blur was real (he thought it was done in post).

It looks really strange in, for example, these shots (because all of the karts are presumably going in the same direction, at similar speed):





But I know and trust you, so I'll just say "cool."

Nice work!

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It looks really strange in, for example, these shots (because all of the karts are presumably going in the same direction, at similar speed)

Ahh, got you. Now I understand. I think the confusion is because of the shape of the track and my position at the time. For those shots I wasn't standing perpendicular to the track, so the distance that the first kart travels in the length of the shutter speed period is different to that of the following karts. With the first image (the progression of 4 karts) you can see them each getting progressively blurrier because they're travelling relatively less distance compared to my panning (which is supposed to be in harmony with the first kart). At least, I think that's why. I've added an attachment showing the track shape with my (very) approximate position and angle of view.

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But I know and trust you, so I'll just say "cool."

Nice work!

No problem, I just didn't understand what you meant (and in conjunction with the other poster voicing a somewhat similar concern I was baffled).