Comments on: Faugheen 2008 http://www.feckoff.net/2008/07/26/faugheen-2008/ Random waffle about anything that catches my eye Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:58:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Steve http://www.feckoff.net/2008/07/26/faugheen-2008/#comment-13004 Steve Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:43:07 +0000 http://www.feckoff.net/?p=616#comment-13004 I'd imagine there is - too fast and the wheels look frozen and the background won't blur. Too slow and the whole thing will look like shite. I used 1/125 for the one above, according to the EXIF. I’d imagine there is - too fast and the wheels look frozen and the background won’t blur. Too slow and the whole thing will look like shite. I used 1/125 for the one above, according to the EXIF.

]]> By: muppet http://www.feckoff.net/2008/07/26/faugheen-2008/#comment-13003 muppet Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:32:37 +0000 http://www.feckoff.net/?p=616#comment-13003 Hmm yeah that might be it alright, or maybe they pull up beside them in a vehicle, match their speed exactly and take a few shots. It seems like there's ridiculously little room for error with panning from the road-side. Maybe there's a shutter speed sweet-spot for this sort of thing. Hmm yeah that might be it alright, or maybe they pull up beside them in a vehicle, match their speed exactly and take a few shots.
It seems like there’s ridiculously little room for error with panning from the road-side.
Maybe there’s a shutter speed sweet-spot for this sort of thing.

]]> By: Steve http://www.feckoff.net/2008/07/26/faugheen-2008/#comment-13002 Steve Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:46:13 +0000 http://www.feckoff.net/?p=616#comment-13002 I'd say its a lot easier if you have the driver/motorcyclist cooperating with the photographer - i.e. posing the photo :) Just get them to cruise along at 10-15mph and you could probably still make it look like they're going very fast in the picture. I’d say its a lot easier if you have the driver/motorcyclist cooperating with the photographer - i.e. posing the photo :)

Just get them to cruise along at 10-15mph and you could probably still make it look like they’re going very fast in the picture.

]]> By: muppet http://www.feckoff.net/2008/07/26/faugheen-2008/#comment-13001 muppet Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:14:52 +0000 http://www.feckoff.net/?p=616#comment-13001 Jesus yeah, just looking at that one, I can't think of what someone could do to get it any better than that apart from either being lucky or judging the fly-by speed and trajectory extremely well. It's definitely an interesting challenge though! Jesus yeah, just looking at that one, I can’t think of what someone could do to get it any better than that apart from either being lucky or judging the fly-by speed and trajectory extremely well.
It’s definitely an interesting challenge though!

]]> By: Steve http://www.feckoff.net/2008/07/26/faugheen-2008/#comment-12989 Steve Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:07:58 +0000 http://www.feckoff.net/?p=616#comment-12989 I tried that last year at Faugheen. Its actually quite hard :( Here's the best one I got out of many, many attempts: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shanafin/930400190/in/set-72157601060261808/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1022/930400190_743dd39845_m.jpg"/></a> I tried that last year at Faugheen. Its actually quite hard :(

Here’s the best one I got out of many, many attempts:

]]> By: muppet http://www.feckoff.net/2008/07/26/faugheen-2008/#comment-12987 muppet Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:30:26 +0000 http://www.feckoff.net/?p=616#comment-12987 Yeah, that's the beauty of shooting digital, snapping away like a man possessed. It's been annoying me recently though, having to sift through 10 photos of exactly the same thing, trying to decide which I prefer... I've gotta cut that shit out. The thing I'd liked to have seen from these shots is one of those photos where you track the moving object... keeping it in focus, leaving the background with motion blur. I've never had the opportunity to try this myself so I dunno how hard it is to do, but it looks pretty cool... capturing the sense of speed. Actually, I saw some pics recently of some rally... crazy bastard spectators standing in the middle of the road taking pics of the oncoming cars... absolute nutters. Yeah, that’s the beauty of shooting digital, snapping away like a man possessed.
It’s been annoying me recently though, having to sift through 10 photos of exactly the same thing, trying to decide which I prefer… I’ve gotta cut that shit out.

The thing I’d liked to have seen from these shots is one of those photos where you track the moving object… keeping it in focus, leaving the background with motion blur.
I’ve never had the opportunity to try this myself so I dunno how hard it is to do, but it looks pretty cool… capturing the sense of speed.

Actually, I saw some pics recently of some rally… crazy bastard spectators standing in the middle of the road taking pics of the oncoming cars… absolute nutters.

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