Action shot of my car. Post yours!
11-28-2005, 07:01 AM
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My race car - white 96 Firebird - ...
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My street car mixed in with others - white 98 Trans AM - ...
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http://www.vilipend.com/~frrax/view_...umName=album48
My street car mixed in with others - white 98 Trans AM - ...
http://www.vilipend.com/~frrax/view_...umName=album28
12-05-2005, 11:12 PM
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Sorry amit I just now saw this thread browsing the section and I know I'm a little late, but here's my .02. The shot looks pretty cool (looks like it was taken with a wide angle lens). The only real problem is nothing really seems to be in focus. If you look at the car there's not really one part of it in focus, sure you can see everything fine, but it just doesn't look as crisp as it could, but very cool shot nonetheless and great looking car.
Here's a couple from this weekend I did of my buddies car. Conditions were horrible, 40 degrees going 65MPH I lost feeling in my hands, ears and feet, I was shaking and it was overcast, but they turned out ok for the conditions. Along with a couple of other action shots I've taken a like.
Here's a couple from this weekend I did of my buddies car. Conditions were horrible, 40 degrees going 65MPH I lost feeling in my hands, ears and feet, I was shaking and it was overcast, but they turned out ok for the conditions. Along with a couple of other action shots I've taken a like.
12-05-2005, 11:19 PM
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No not at all. Just make sure that the camera focuses on the part of the car you want it on. It's all going to depend on aperature as well. If your lens is wide open (meaning your aperature is low) less of the car is going to be in focus like this...
My aperature on this picture was f/2.0...see how just really the headlight is in focus?
Now here's almost the same shot @ f/5.6...see how the whole car plus some of the background is in focus?
Granted those were taken with two different lenses and the top lens is a lot sharper/faster, but aperature is all the same.
When shooting rolling shots IMO it's best to use a higher aperature so you get more of the car in focus and using a higher aperature allows you to slow your shutter speed down resulting in more of a background blur because slower shutter = everything that's moving is gonna be blurry. And obviously if the car you're taking pictures of is pacing you then it won't be blurry. Just make sure the camera is focused and you're good to go.
My aperature on this picture was f/2.0...see how just really the headlight is in focus?
Now here's almost the same shot @ f/5.6...see how the whole car plus some of the background is in focus?
Granted those were taken with two different lenses and the top lens is a lot sharper/faster, but aperature is all the same.
When shooting rolling shots IMO it's best to use a higher aperature so you get more of the car in focus and using a higher aperature allows you to slow your shutter speed down resulting in more of a background blur because slower shutter = everything that's moving is gonna be blurry. And obviously if the car you're taking pictures of is pacing you then it won't be blurry. Just make sure the camera is focused and you're good to go.
12-05-2005, 11:21 PM
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It appears you shot at a decent aperature. Your EXIF data imbedded in the pic shows you shot @ 1/200 and f/6.3. If you're able too take the pictures next time in shutter mode which means you can adjust the shutter speed and the camera automatically adjusts the aperature. Adjust your shutter down to about 1/60 or so. That'll make for a good background blur and the shots will come out pretty nicely. Like I said there's no big trick to it, rollers are tricky just make sure the AF (auto focus) is locked onto the car and you're good to go. 
12-05-2005, 11:23 PM
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Not a problem glad I could lend a helping hand. Next time if I don't reply for a while shoot me a PM. I don't browse the board as much as I used too unfortunately.
