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Surprised you aren't bored of them by now! Nice shots though.

As usual those are nice Neo, I think Dunkin Donuts one is my favourite.

Ginetta is great bdigital, were they easier to snap than the BTCC cars?

 

I am beginning to get a little jaded, if I'm completely honest. I love the flexibility, time and lack of pressure during assignments like this, but I must admit I also enjoy just being at a regular show with a crapload of different birds and doing the best I can for a solid afternoon and then packing it in.

Which is why I am looking forward to Aero India.

 

Thanks Krikkit. To be fair, theres not much difference between shooting these and the BTCC. They are slightly slower but not very noticable. Being rear wheel drive they do have slightly different lines to a few of the touring cars (and that obviously makes for different styles of racing).

But for taking photos theres not much in it.

I literally cant wait until the new motorsport season starts. Im going on a rampage in 2013 to get some great pictures

 

One-Two-Three by angad84, on Flickr


Dassault Mirage 2000H, Indian AF by angad84, on Flickr


Back to the Nest by angad84, on Flickr


Dassault Mirage 2000TH, Indian AF by angad84, on Flickr


Touchdown by angad84, on Flickr

 

Palm


Hawk

 

The hawk one is nice but ever so slightly out of focus (or blurry?)


Old Avro by angad84, on Flickr


Rear and Gear by angad84, on Flickr


On the Prowl by angad84, on Flickr


Unstick by angad84, on Flickr


One-Three-Eight by angad84, on Flickr

 

Some from a local Cyclocross race.


DSC_4763 by steveo_mcg, on Flickr

Really want a UWA for the corner shots...

DSC_4776 by steveo_mcg, on Flickr


DSC_4884 by steveo_mcg, on Flickr

 

Love the angle on the second one. Shame about the light.

 

That's the best Light I've had at a cyclocross race and it was appalling! I think next time I just going to ramp up the ISO and do the whole thing black and white and call it done!

 

Could probably be helped by some proper RAW processing in LR. Up expo and shadows, while keeping an eye on noise and contrast.

 

It doesn't look quite so dark on my home monitor, the problem I had was trying to balance keeping some thing in the sky with the rider. I'll have another crack at it, I don't have quite the same enthusiasm for post work as I do for actually shooting but I've got some scanning to do tonight so that'll give me something to do.

 

Process the image twice, once for ground and once for the sky. Open the two images in Photoshop, arrange them as two layers of the same image, create a layer mask and blend using the gradient fill tool.

 

Ok, I'll try that. Can that be done horizontally? There isn't much vertical sky behind the rider.

 

It's a gradient fill, so you can be fairly loose with it. No need to try to blend the images bang on the horizon. You can hold shift which will lock the tool to 45 and 90 degree angles, but to be honest I'd just freehand it.

 

@ Stonesurd:

Might be focus, I just got a used D7000 and I am thinking it might have a back focus issue. Either that or it is the VC in my Tamron lens throwing it off. I am going to try to do more testing today to see which

 

Discovered I had a little more leeway with the recovery tool than I thought I did so just pushed them a stop, better?


DSC_4776-2 by steveo_mcg, on Flickr


DSC_4780-2 by steveo_mcg, on Flickr

 

steveo, the first one's definitely easier on the eyes than the original upload Second is all right, but the cropped legs make it look a little wonky.

Anyway, I'm done with Mirages. Now I have a crapload of writing to do, and the next bunch of pictures will probably come up around mid-Feb, after Aero India


Hot Footing by angad84, on Flickr


Attitude by angad84, on Flickr


One-Three-Eight by angad84, on Flickr


Homeward Bound by angad84, on Flickr


Thumbs Up by angad84, on Flickr

 

@Steveo I wish I could just spend 5mins with you in front of photoshop. Maybe I should make some post production tutorial videos...

This weekend I went to Brooklyn Museum for the first time. They had this evening with music, free admission and were open till 11pm.


Brooklyn Museum by Neo - nimajus, on Flickr


Music, like colors in the air by Neo - nimajus, on Flickr

Then met up with an old friend and walked around manhattan.


Dan by Neo - nimajus, on Flickr


Naked Cowboy - Time Square by Neo - nimajus, on Flickr

 

Ive been wishing you could spend some time showing me how to post process for a long time neo! It doesnt matter what equipment you use your shots are always interesting

 

Naked cowboy is not actually naked. I am disappoint.