Southwell Classic Car/Bike Show & Waterskiing in Laneham.

[T_J_G]

Some really top links There DubFan!

My favourite car shot I've taken:


Ginetta 2 by T_J_G, on Flickr

Timing/lighting is crucial:


Volkswagen by T_J_G, on Flickr

This was taken at a car show, not long after I bought my first DLSR with a 50mm f1.8, I don't think I cropped this but had to miles away to get it all in with the fifty. Then you run the chance of people walking into the shot/not being able to get far enough back.
 
Ford by T_J_G, on Flickr

[LowlifeDubber]

Cant thank you enough for them links mate.Ive scoured the internet looking for car shooting advice/tutorials but came up with bugger all!Im usually very good at finding stuff via google too!

Love the idea of pushing the car in reverse by hand in the vid with the stag.
Currently reading through that site too.

Thanks again.

Loving all them shots.Especially love the old VW TJG.

[Diamond Hell]

Another option is to move the lighting you have around and use multiple exposures to create a composite image.

This shot is about 5-6 images together:



You do need a tripod for that though and ideally a remote shutter release.

The only lighting on that was a pair of fluorescent tubes, on an extension, plugged into an inverter in my Passat.

Going back to the start of the thread if you want to have more fun with what you have, wind back the shutter speed on the waterskiers, down to around 1/60 (light dependent) and pan as you shoot - you should get some corking motion blur.

[LowlifeDubber]

Cheers DH,love that pic,cant weigh up what car it is though?

Ive been doing some reading up on layering images using software and i really fancy tackling it.Ive now got a good quality tripod and a remote shutter release so will have a play.

Regarding panning,i panned a lot of the pics in that set but they were all free hand as i forgot the head to the bloody tripod!
Also i struggle a bit with the lens i have to get a nice shot of both the boat and the skier as i have to set up quite a way away from the middle of the river Trent up on the bank.

I have to sit on the jetty on the right to get my pics.(Not my pic btw)


As soon as the weather gets a bit better i will be back and might brave taking some decent pics on the back of the boat to get some pics like this of my sister.



On a different note ive recently bought a lens hood but when i attach it,whenever the lens autofocus' the bloody thing turns round am i doing something very amaturish?Do i need to set it to manual focus or something?

[T_J_G]

I don't use a tripod to pan, just servo focus a slow shutter speed and technique. That applies to the shot above of the Ginetta.

[LowlifeDubber]

I think thats where i was going wrong as i was using a faster shutter speed with the thinking it will all be blurred but thinking about it im essentially making the subject still by panning and want the background blurred so i will take that on board for next time.

[Diamond Hell]

Definitely pan handheld and if those were paning drop the shutter speed even more.

The car's a VX220.

With the layering just dump the images on as layers and then scrub away the bits you don't want.  If they're all lined up the good bits will start shining through as you hide/show the different layers.  It's a pretty slow process, but gives really good results.

[LowlifeDubber]

Ah ok, i thought it would be more stable on the tripos as i dont have an is lens yet.Will keep it freehand then thanks.

Heres the exif details from this image (panning)


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Exposure   0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture   f/13.0
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Exposure Bias   0 EV
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Date and Time (Digitized)   2012:06:02 12:18:35
Max Aperture Value   3.5
Metering Mode   Multi-segment
Sub Sec Time Original   86
Sub Sec Time Digitized   86
Focal Plane X-Resolution   4720.441989 dpi
Focal Plane Y-Resolution   4786.554622 dpi
Custom Rendered   Normal
Exposure Mode   Auto
White Balance   Manual
Scene Capture Type   Standard
Compression   JPEG (old-style)
Coded Character Set   UTF8
Date Created   2012:06:02
Time Created   12:18:35
Digital Creation Date   2012:06:02
Digital Creation Time   12:18:35
Viewing Conditions Illuminant Type   D50
Measurement Observer   CIE 1931
Measurement Flare   0.999%
Measurement Illuminant   D65
XMPToolkit   Adobe XMP Core 5.3-c007 1.136881, 2010/06/10-18:11:35
Creator Tool   Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.0 (Windows)
Metadata Date   2012:06:02 17:43:50+01:00
Lens   EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 III
Lens ID   53
Image Number   0
Approximate Focus Distance   0.93
Flash Compensation   0




So im guessing that wants to be dropped down to say 1/60?

[Diamond Hell]

Lots of light there and boats generally move slower than cars - dump down to 1/60 - you may be able to go even further down than that.

[LowlifeDubber]

Great stuff,will give that a try thanks
Now,i have 2 filters i bought,a cpl filter and an nd filter.Would i be better using one of these so i lose the water reflections or is it not needed?