Random Photos : Part 4

[Rogue86]

RobDickinson said:

Last weekend scouting and nailing down Octobers 4 day workshop, this looks a good spot for a snap..

Wish you were here? by Rob Dickinson, on Flickr

Ooof! Lovely!

[Ed_P]

A few from the Prescott hillclimb meeting on Sunday 5th September. Went to celebrate my 70th birthday and to try photographing something other than bugs!

Twin carbs ... by Ed Phillips, on Flickr

Lunch break ... by Ed Phillips, on Flickr

Running repairs ... by Ed Phillips, on Flickr

Vintage Bugatti by Ed Phillips, on Flickr

Coming out of "The Esses" by Ed Phillips, on Flickr

[LongQ]

Lovely work Ed.

Looks like you found a few Bugs anyway!

No Thunder Bug though?

Happy birthday!

[havoc]

V8A*ndy said:

Need more sense of speed.

Google 'panning', or ask one of the experts on here (I won't pretend to advise you - would probably embarrass myself! ).

Best bet to start out is find yourself on the inside of a corner (probably slow-to-medium speed) - that way the rate-of-change of distance from the lens to the subject is very small so the camera's auto-focus doesn't have to work very hard, so you can concentrate on YOUR technique.

I learned by thinking of it the same way as clay-pigeon shooting - 'follow-through' smoothly as you're pulling the trigger/pressing the shutter, don't pan-stop-press.

[GravelBen]

Nice light up one of my local hills the other afternoon. I wonder how many near-identical photos I've taken given how often I'm up there...

Up the hill again. by gravelben, on Flickr

[Crosswise]

This is my first attempt at an astro panorama, even with a 14mm lens I didn't get enough frames to account for the distortion at the bottom of the image so the stitching isn't perfect, but I'm still pleased with it.

Zed Creek by Matt4475, on Flickr

[RobDickinson]

Damned good effort Matt!

Always best to overshoot a lot with pano's, I find it easier to stitch longer focal lengths

[Crosswise]

Thanks Rob. I don't have another lens, but I know for next time where I need to take more shots, it seems to work well except where it's trying to match the concave distortion in the centre of one frame with the convex distortion on the edge of the next. As that only occurs at the very edge of the frame, it should be easy to avoid with a bit of an overlap. It's quite surprising just how much of an overlap is needed though.

[RobDickinson]

I usually leave about 25%-35% overlap.

For astro you need enough to stitch - and depending on lens enough to blend out any vignetting issues or coma etc.

I always correct my images before stitching ( for distortion and vignetting etc)

[GravelBen]

First macro in a long time!

Sprung (1) by Ben, on Flickr

[leggly]

Straight out of the camera as I can't edit on this laptop.

The Moray Firth by Squiffy1308, on Flickr

[Trevatanus]

Bolster Special "Bloody Mary" by Jim Pritchard, on Flickr

[Speed addicted]

I recently got a full spectrum converted Panasonic Lumix G1 and a load of filters. It's a bit of a learnign curve deciding on which wavelength I like and how things will come out once the shots are processed but it's fun for occasional sunny days.

[dudleybloke]

[MysteryLemon]

Been quite a while since I've posted in here but here's a couple I like from todays outing with the kids...

[Top Banana]

A trip to a local vintage vehicle fair gave plenty of photo opportunities..

vintage trucks B&W by jon bawden, on Flickr

Tractor colours by jon bawden, on Flickr

Engine driver B&W by jon bawden, on Flickr

GB meets USA by jon bawden, on Flickr

Mustang by jon bawden, on Flickr

[leggly]

One of the many spectacular sunrises on the north coast of Scotland.
Dunnet Head Sunrise by Squiffy1308, on Flickr

[burton_ii]

a couple from myself.

[pic] DSC_6952 by mark, on Flickr[/pic]

[pic] DSC_7910 by mark, on Flickr[/pic]

[pic] DSC_7859 by mark, on Flickr[/pic]

[pic] DSC_7476 by mark, on Flickr[/pic]

[Allanv]

This was the view from our picnic / sandwich spot on Mount Washington



We were 3 hours into a 7 hour hike.

[RobDickinson]

burton_ii said:

a couple from myself.

[pic] DSC_6952 by mark, on Flickr[/pic]

[pic] DSC_7910 by mark, on Flickr[/pic]

[pic] DSC_7859 by mark, on Flickr[/pic]

[pic] DSC_7476 by mark, on Flickr[/pic]

Really nice set, you have an eye for composition, but please fix the horizon on the first , it really deserves it!