What to shoot Easter Weekend?

Gaffer

Gaffer

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It has been a long winter and I'm itching to go shooting this weekend but I don't know what to do.

I would rather not do Candid/street and Southern UK would be convenient.

Any ideas? Open to everything. Especially if it isn't birds and zoos.

Double points if I find a Bokeh shot :-)

Andrew
 
Gaffer said:
Hmmm... Sunday might be tricky but I fancy the qualifying tomorrow.
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Cold and damp but worth the trip, thanks.

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Andrew
 
Those shots with the 200mm f/2 pop!!!! Especially the porsche!

Perhaps try a slightly slower shutter speed next time to show some motion, otherwise things look a bit slow!!!
 
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p0ss3s3d said:
Perhaps try a slightly slower shutter speed next time to show some motion, otherwise things look a bit slow!!!
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I was trying to achieve something different. I was throwing big glass at trying to freeze the cars in the middle of doing something interesting. When I look back at my keepers ( http://www.tug.com/blog/2010/20100404_Thruxton/ ), they nearly all have a wheel in the air. Two is possible.

A high shutter speed does, of course freeze the motion, but the picture that I am looking for is trying to capture the power and aggression.

Ideally, I want:

A wheel off the ground. Preferably two or more.
The suspension and/or tyres loaded up, deforming.
Grit, dust, dirt, smoke and spray in the air.
Oversteer.
Biting sharpness of the subject.
Frozen detail. Upto and including tyre tread.
Massive resolution. Filling the 35mm frame.
On the nose positioning, like it is about to run you over.
Low angle of view.

Andrew
 
Derek W said:
That'll be Steven Kane driving the car then? :eek: :D

Dare i ask if that was with the weapon you shot that with?

EDIT :

Just checked the exif and yes the 800mm weapon was out. fantastic clarity on that shot
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The 800 was a bit of a mixed bag for the BTCC, as usual. When the light failed (as often it did), it wasn't really fast enough. On that corner, it was too close when there was more than one car. And of course, you can be busy tracking one car, while something exciting happens just a few degrees to the right and you have no idea that it's happening. I am already in negotiation with Santa for a 400mm f2.8 but that might require more "being good" than I am capable of...

And I'm just an ignorant spectator with too much glass. I've ever heard of Steven Kane...

Andrew
 
I like the frozen motion now. I can see what you went for and I'm actually really liking it. Especially on shots where the rain is going and the wheels and suspension and underpressure and off the ground ect.
 
Derek W said:
That'll be Steven Kane driving the car then? :eek: :D
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Hmmm... a quick crop on the chin of the helmet, enlarge and re-process like crazy:

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Yep. I'll guess that was Steven Kane...

He had gold film on the window and a black visor, so I can't recover an image of his face from any of the shots.

Andrew
 
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