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I scanned it again last night (I figured out something to sort colour balance and black points out, which I've been really struggling with) and then reprocessed it. I left the original in the comment thread on Flickr

 

<3 my new flash

 

Ah, with a direct comparison, the new one is indeed cracking.

What flash is it?


Golden Gate Bridge, 'Twixt the Rocks by angad84, on Flickr

 

You know in all these years visiting SF, I've never seen the Golden Gate bridge on a non-foggy day.

 

We got spectacularly lucky.

But the fog rolled in later in the day, which meant we wasted 3 hours in the middle of the night trying to get decent night-shots. Oh well.

 

El Cheapo £80 Jessops own label one. Couldn't afford a proper EX Canon one, and couldnt find any good second hand ones locally. For what I need to do, its perfect. I've also got a £10 set of B&Q builders lights which I'm going to set up properly as well.

 

Rather proud of this one

 

Thanks!

I like this one a lot. Love the dead space at the top of the image - I've seen the bridge without fog on a few visits, but most of the time it's been engulfed!

 

Untitled by Neo - nimajus, on Flickr

Just getting to processing my photos from my first Grand Prix;
just found this one today
Do you guys think it's too dark?
Any suggestions welcome.
Also is it very noticeable & annoying that the car is not 100% sharp?

 

Hmm, the car's not perfectly sharp but that's not a big issue for me, and the exposure is fine to my eyes, maybe a fraction of a stop too dark. Please don't take this the wrong way as it's intended as friendly constructive criticism and I know how hard it can be to capture fast-moving subjects, but if I were you I'd have gone for a slightly quicker shutter speed as the motion blur is too much for my taste; also I'm not a big fan of the composition - I like that you've put the car bottom of frame, but I'd have put it a little farther left and looked for an angle with the car either coming at an angle towards the camera or at a much steeper angle away, perhaps on a bend curving away from you.

 

That's a cracking shot Mankz - well done.

 

Is there a bit of an issue with a wide-angle + polarizer combination or is the upper left corner otherwise lighter due to some atmospheric phenomenon?

In any case I'd try a subtle gradual darkening from the upper left corner towards the bridge. The sky behind the bridge is lighter as it should be, but there's something funky going on in the upper left part of the sky.

If you're using Lightroom, go with gradual filter with exposure set to approximately -0.25 - -0.45. Somewhere around that ballpark should look good.

 

I agree with the composition, I feel the same way; however there is not much I could do from the grandstand I was at. As for the shutter speed I was playing around with anything from stopping the cars in their tracks and then kept going down to this one - 1/10th I really wanted to capture the speed of the car in relation to the environment it was in.

This being my first time spectating and photographing a race ( & doing panning ) I find it very difficult to pan, especially 1/60th and slower. With the racetrack on an S curve, and slight differences in the heigh of the track there were sooo many variables... I needed to move the camera on a curve while turning the lens to follow the car. Anyone know/seen tutorials/tips on panning & long exposure photography?

 

Life after death by TimSmalley, on Flickr

Chamonix 045N-2, 180mm Fujinon.A... heavy rain

 

Thank you

Maybe a stop dark, but the sharpness is ok. I'm always prepared to leave a little wiggle room, knowing how hard pans are. It might have been nicer if it was zoomed in a bit more.

Yeah, it's a wide-angle+polarizer issue. I'm too lazy to spend loads of time in post I'll give it a fix if I get my essay done later today.


Caught this bad boy in SF


&quot;Four Two Seven&quot; by angad84, on Flickr


AC Cobra by angad84, on Flickr


AC Cobra 427 cu. in. V8 by angad84, on Flickr

 

Took this on the 4th of July, too bad my computer didn't let me upload it until yesterday. I'm going to clear a huge backlog of unprocessed shots on my new laptop as soon as I have Lion and Lightroom on it.

May the 4th be With You by angad84, on Flickr

Shadow self-portrait (I'm on the left).

Self by angad84, on Flickr

Pretty rubbish shot of the bridge. The mist was in

Golden Gate Bridge by Night by angad84, on Flickr

 

IMGP7000-A by silverfish51, on Flickr

 

I take it that that bowl of soup was just right.

 

What lens is that Silver? Not the 18-50, is it?

 

Pentax FA 50mm f1.4

f1.4
1/60
ISO200
+0.3

Just a spot of lunch round my little sister's place. Leek and potato soup, and it was really good.