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How did you get the little yellow light on top of that RB4

he's a cop at cruise servers... thats what you dont know

Crappy point and click but some great images from around the South Island of NZ. Too many images to post here but here is a small sample

Here's four of my best from the rain-soaked and howling winded British Drift Championship, the opening round at Teesside Autodrome.







Some of them are of quite low quality, sorry for that. The event started at 6PM so it was nearly dark and near the end it was too dark and too wet to take more than one picture (the dark one you see above).

Your dark photo is just great, imo

But question, they don't afford to replace light bulbs as both have one light burnt out? Or is this some subculture thing?

Quote from JTbo :

Your dark photo is just great, imo

But question, they don't afford to replace light bulbs as both have one light burnt out? Or is this some subculture thing?

If your half way through the competition and you tap the rear of someone's car and your bulb goes, you don't really matter. Most people carry on even if they lose a front bumper!

We saw an old Ford Sierra Cosworth on the back of a trailer that had been in an accident, the front bumper was gone and the front right tyre was torn off the rim. I bet if the tire was fine he would have been competiting.

Another reason why they don't fix small stuff, once they get out of the car to fix something the rules say they've got a max of 5 minutes to fix it or they're DQ'd. The top qualifyer in the Amatuer class broke his handbrake after his first final's run, so he had to get out and fix it in the rain.

I took about 65 pictures that day and those 4 are about the best ones. Trying to hand hold a 1/30 exposure in strong winds and rain is quite a challenge.

Quote from mcintyrej :

If your half way through the competition and you tap the rear of someone's car and your bulb goes, you don't really matter. Most people carry on even if they lose a front bumper!

We saw an old Ford Sierra Cosworth on the back of a trailer that had been in an accident, the front bumper was gone and the front right tyre was torn off the rim. I bet if the tire was fine he would have been competiting.

Another reason why they don't fix small stuff, once they get out of the car to fix something the rules say they've got a max of 5 minutes to fix it or they're DQ'd. The top qualifyer in the Amatuer class broke his handbrake after his first final's run, so he had to get out and fix it in the rain.

I took about 65 pictures that day and those 4 are about the best ones. Trying to hand hold a 1/30 exposure in strong winds and rain is quite a challenge.

Ah, that explains bulb thing

Indeed, without stand it is pita to take any good shots in low light conditions, 1 second shutter speed was used in one of my earlier shots in thread, it came out bit unfocused, but surprisingly good, but I was leaning against a wall with my back so that did help a lot

Nikon D40 and D200
Nikon 18-55mm lense
Nikon 18-75mm lense (fisheye)
Nikon 75-200 lense
Nikon SB-600 flashgun
Velbon CX-540 (tripod) x2
Battery Pack for D200
Hoya UV filters for each lense
Slingshot 100AW and 200AW bags
3GB of SD storage (3x1GB)
8GB of CF storage (2x4GB)

I am 12

Pictures coming soon...

You have some very nice parents.

I made all the money myself

Cycling competitions...

Quote from DeadWolfBones :

You have some very nice parents.

Rather than buying PS3, Xbox 360, G25, PC for him... no?

Quote from mcintyrej :

Few of my latest:

God I love HDR!

Love Don's pics, too.

OMG what beautiful pictures here. Don or mcintyrej what kind of camera do you use? ( Beause I'm about to buy one )

Quote from piggy501 :

I made all the money myself

Cycling competitions...

Well, that's awesome. Congratulations, and good job putting it toward a good purpose.

Quote from Töki (HUN) :

OMG what beautiful pictures here. Don or mcintyrej what kind of camera do you use? ( Beause I'm about to buy one )

DoN uses a Canon 350D, not sure about mcintyrej. He's probably mentioned it somewhere in this thread, though.

Quote from Töki (HUN) :

OMG what beautiful pictures here. Don or mcintyrej what kind of camera do you use? ( Beause I'm about to buy one )

Just want to let you know that the first (non-car related) pictures from mcintyrej are edited heavily in Photoshop - the raw pics from the camera look good, but they don't look as good as they do after you play with HDR.

depends what you mean with "good". i hate that kind of "hdr", 90% of the hdr photos on the internets are heavily overdone and ugly (imho ofcourse)

I used a Canon 350D too, Me and Don also share the same long-range zoom lens - the Sigma 70-300 DG APO.

I love HDR when it includes old things, such as walls or old bits of metal..etc. I do think it looks a bit crap when you take 10 HDR pictures that would have probably looked better non-HDR.

But don't forget, not all HDR is the overly-dramatic style, just brightening up the shadows in a picture and leaving the highlights creates a HDR-effect and can sometimes look better that full HDR. To take an example - that picture of the cock' isn't HDR at all, that was taken straight from the camera, after a resize & sharpening.

With correct lighting, you can beat HDR. But being able to do HDR is far easier than trying to set up some lighting on an outdoor scene.

im talking about tonemapped hdrs (your first 2 pics) - i hate those "ghosts", gray areas in sky and the halo....but thats just my opinion

Quote from Don :

depends what you mean with "good". i hate that kind of "hdr", 90% of the hdr photos on the internets are heavily overdone and ugly (imho ofcourse)

Agree 100%.

Mountains in New York. http://www.flickr.com/photos/kajojek/

Quote from mcintyrej :

I used a Canon 350D too......

I knew that before the post.

FYI, opanda exif viewer for Firefox. Install, then right click on any photo viewed in Firefox on the internet and you can get their exif info if it is still intact.

mcintyrej's exif info for the rooster photo......


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I was roaming around the field behind my house at dusk last week waiting for the sun to set. I turned around and found 10 deer staring at me. They all started running directly at me, then turned and ran past towards the woods. Unfortunately, I was set up for the sky and didn't have time to change things since my ISO setting is stuck in a menu somewhere instead of a dial on the camera.

But, this was the first time I attempted to pan something as it went by. I got lucky with the centering of the shot. Just wish I could have used a MUCH faster shutter speed to get the deer sharp.

Yesterday we had a very cloudy Sky here. Great for some HDR pictures. I know the effect is completly overdone but i like the look.

Very nice!

I have to learn how to do HDR shots...