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From: Dudley Hanks on 25 Jul 2010 23:11 Those pesky little Indy cars are tough to catch, Especially when engines are thundering from just about every direction... Still, I did manage to steal a few shots. Here's one: http://www.blind-apertures.ca/LatestPics/IndyCar.jpg This one was taken with the SX120 IS. The pic I posted of the fighter was from the XSi. As always, any comments you care to send my way are greatly appreciated. Take Care, Dudley
From: otter on 26 Jul 2010 08:21 On Jul 25, 10:11 pm, "Dudley Hanks" <dha...(a)blind-apertures.ca> wrote: > Those pesky little Indy cars are tough to catch, Especially when engines are > thundering from just about every direction... > > Still, I did manage to steal a few shots. Here's one: > > http://www.blind-apertures.ca/LatestPics/IndyCar.jpg > > This one was taken with the SX120 IS. The pic I posted of the fighter was > from the XSi. > > As always, any comments you care to send my way are greatly appreciated. > > Take Care, > Dudley Needs cropping. It is interesting to compare the white tires in this photo to the same white tires taken in the fighter plane photo taken with the XSI. Much more detail and less artifacts with the XSI. Of course, it could be argued that the focus and other settings were different between the two photos. Do you have any pictures that try to duplicate the exact same shot (focal length, focus point, aperture, shutter speed) with the two cameras? It would make a more meaningful comparison. On a separate issue, the indy car looks like it could be parked. There is no impression of speed. Maybe if you slow down the shutter speed a little and pan with the car using AI focus... Not sure if you could manage that with your disability, but might be worth playing with.
From: Dudley Hanks on 26 Jul 2010 08:46 "otter" <bighorn_bill(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:38071921-5aeb-48db-9cea-f49363638517(a)k39g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... On Jul 25, 10:11 pm, "Dudley Hanks" <dha...(a)blind-apertures.ca> wrote: > Those pesky little Indy cars are tough to catch, Especially when engines > are > thundering from just about every direction... > > Still, I did manage to steal a few shots. Here's one: > > http://www.blind-apertures.ca/LatestPics/IndyCar.jpg > > This one was taken with the SX120 IS. The pic I posted of the fighter was > from the XSi. > > As always, any comments you care to send my way are greatly appreciated. > > Take Care, > Dudley Needs cropping. It is interesting to compare the white tires in this photo to the same white tires taken in the fighter plane photo taken with the XSI. Much more detail and less artifacts with the XSI. Of course, it could be argued that the focus and other settings were different between the two photos. Do you have any pictures that try to duplicate the exact same shot (focal length, focus point, aperture, shutter speed) with the two cameras? It would make a more meaningful comparison. On a separate issue, the indy car looks like it could be parked. There is no impression of speed. Maybe if you slow down the shutter speed a little and pan with the car using AI focus... Not sure if you could manage that with your disability, but might be worth playing with. Regarding the comparison, I haven't tried a direct comparison, yet. But I hope to, sometime within the next couple of weeks. Re, the car, I just did a rough crop using IrfanView, based on comments a few others had made when they viewed the pic. Any suggestions on how to trim? I tried doing some panning shots, but, it was tough just getting a car in the shot. There were a couple of shots it almost worked, but there was either a fence getting in the way, or this bald guy who's head kept popping up and ruining some of the potentially best shots. I think I'm going to start a "Random bald stranger in crowd" collection. It happens every time I shoot picks from a grandstand ... :) BTW, it was a crazy race, with Ellio finishing first but, due to a black card for blocking, ending up in 10th... He flipped out and went after one of the officials. He'll probably get a fine or lose some points for his antics... Take Care, Dudley
From: George Kerby on 26 Jul 2010 09:51 On 7/26/10 7:46 AM, in article sJGdnbizn4FYHtDRnZ2dnUVZ_jidnZ2d(a)giganews.com, "Dudley Hanks" <dhanks(a)blind-apertures.ca> wrote: > > BTW, it was a crazy race, with Ellio finishing first but, due to a black > card for blocking, ending up in 10th... > > He flipped out and went after one of the officials. He'll probably get a > fine or lose some points for his antics... > > Take Care, > Dudley > > Now, those would have been some good pictures!
From: Dudley Hanks on 26 Jul 2010 09:55
"George Kerby" <ghost_topper(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:C872FD0B.39C33%ghost_topper(a)hotmail.com... > > > > On 7/26/10 7:46 AM, in article > sJGdnbizn4FYHtDRnZ2dnUVZ_jidnZ2d(a)giganews.com, "Dudley Hanks" > <dhanks(a)blind-apertures.ca> wrote: > >> >> BTW, it was a crazy race, with Ellio finishing first but, due to a black >> card for blocking, ending up in 10th... >> >> He flipped out and went after one of the officials. He'll probably get a >> fine or lose some points for his antics... >> >> Take Care, >> Dudley >> >> > Now, those would have been some good pictures! > Yep, the local news caught him on camera grabbing one of the officials by the collar, and pretty much calling him out. But, that's as far as it went. My fave line of the segment was of a sports caster asking him if he was blocking or not. His response was, "I don't have anything smart to say about that ... " Take Care, Dudley |