RC Car @ Wollaton Park

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Hi folks,

Took the camera out with my mate Nick to Wollaton park in Nottingham, this is what I came back with, all comments and critique welcome as ever.

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More images available here.

Think this is a nice shot of a deer at the park as well:

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All shots taken with Canon 350d, 70-200 F/4 L. EXIF embedded.

Thanks for looking, would I benefit from levelling the background in the deer shot? If so how would I go about doing this.

Tom
 
The blur in the deer photo is fine - the 70-200L does create quite nice background blur, I would have selected F5.6@250th for the optimal sharpness from the lens.
 
SDK^ said:
I like the second photo, just a shame the ariel is cut off, I would photoshop it out :)
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I'll have a go at removing it at some point, is a shame the top of the photo does not cover the aerial to.


mrk said:
That deer is not an rc car! the subject states rc car only! I demand a refund!

Nice :)
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The deer is the output of what happens when things keep breaking on the RC car and you have to go for a wander to keep yourself amused while things are repaired :cool:
 
TomWilko said:
Think this is a nice shot of a deer at the park as well:
Thanks for looking, would I benefit from levelling the background in the deer shot? If so how would I go about doing this.

Tom
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Where can you buy RC Deers? I want one. :D

Nice shots though. Being as blinkered as I have recently it wouldn't have crossed my mind to try RC cars.

As for leveling the deer, you CAN change it if it bothers you that much but the DOF is such that the tilted background does not distract. A decision I had to make a few times recently. :D

I use Elements so some of this might work for you.

I use the crop tool and select the whole image. Then pull the box slightly outside the image frame. Then grab a corner and rotate slightly. Crop, followed with view with grid and see if you messed up. Then crop any grey areas off the image you always get when rotating.

Try it but I think the deer will look 'nose heavy' in that shot which IMO is perfect as it is. :)
 
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MacX said:
I use the crop tool and select the whole image. Then pull the box slightly outside the image frame. Then grab a corner and rotate slightly. Crop, followed with view with grid and see if you messed up. Then crop any grey areas off the image you always get when rotating.
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Thanks for the tip, I have elements to but I imagine the same sort of process will apply in photoshop.

To: themask70, I used the Canon 70-200mm F/4 L lens attached to my Canon 350d :)
 
TomWilko said:
The deer is the output of what happens when things keep breaking on the RC car and you have to go for a wander to keep yourself amused while things are repaired :cool:
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Oi, cheeky! It's my RC car, but it's too quick (therefore gets too hot) for one of the plastic gears, so it melted. I did the quickest ever replacement of it with a spare one I had kicking about whilst using the boot of my car for a workbench.

This will soon be upgraded anyway so I'll outpace his camera skills next time he wants to take pictures. ;) Hopefully get a ramp involved at some point too.
 
Lead_Head said:
Oi, cheeky! It's my RC car, but it's too quick (therefore gets too hot) for one of the plastic gears, so it melted. I did the quickest ever replacement of it with a spare one I had kicking about whilst using the boot of my car for a workbench.

This will soon be upgraded anyway so I'll outpace his camera skills next time he wants to take pictures. ;) Hopefully get a ramp involved at some point too.
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Are you sure your spur (i assume thats what you mean) is not meshed properly. Theres no reason for it to melt other than its too loose or tight. or something gets jamed inbetween the clutchbell and the spur.
 
100% mate. With the metal ones it wont matter how how the clutch bell gets, it won't melt.

After my football season is over we'll get more time to get some shots and our mate (Pee) on these forums has also got a Savage 4.6 so we'll get both on the go and get some nice pics in a few weeks time.
 
Lead_Head said:
100% mate. With the metal ones it wont matter how how the clutch bell gets, it won't melt.

After my football season is over we'll get more time to get some shots and our mate (Pee) on these forums has also got a Savage 4.6 so we'll get both on the go and get some nice pics in a few weeks time.
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Problem is if its not set properly it'll destroy the rest of the engine, clutch and gearbox. Running hot usually means there is something wrong with it.
 
Amp34 said:
Problem is if its not set properly it'll destroy the rest of the engine, clutch and gearbox. Running hot usually means there is something wrong with it.
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Hence it's safer to stick with plastic spurs.

I'm not sure how you're melting spurs :confused: On my Limited Edition Savage I usually strip mine often, but never melt.

p.s On you on MB forums LH?
 
Melting spurs happens when leaving yer Savage ticking over against a tree/foot/car and the clutch engages and heats up the clutch bell and melts the spur .
Stripping spurs is bad meshing (normally to loose ) as overtight mesh normally does the clutch/bearings .

Sorry for the thread hijack .

Persil
 
dark_shadow said:
Hence it's safer to stick with plastic spurs.

I'm not sure how you're melting spurs :confused: On my Limited Edition Savage I usually strip mine often, but never melt.

p.s On you on MB forums LH?
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Yeah I am, I've been posting a lot on there recently :)

So whats your tips for getting the perfect mesh then??
 
The best and easiest idea is to stick a piece of paper between the two gears you want to mesh when you fit them. The paper should be firm but not so tight its difficult to get out.
 
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