Feedback is welcome!!

 

Nice! So that's how those GT-S's look in motion. I'm trying to get me those same wheels on my SS

BTW...what camera did you get?

 

nice wheels

 

Very nice! Why were you not at the Z-fest with her?

 

really excellent pics.

 

Lookin good bro. That Nikon D50 is pretty clean. The only reason I didn't get the D50 as opposed to the rebel is the megapixels. Doesn't look like it's much of a difference though. Ease up on the sharpening but other wise, great work!

 

Am I missing something? How can you tell it's a D50 when he hasn't specified it anywhere?

 

I was struck by lightning when I was a child. Now I can just sense things. For example,

He took this shot at f/3.8, 20mm, and 1/320 sec exposure.






Or I might've just saved the picture to my desktop, opened it in Microsoft office picture manager, and checked the camera properties

 

Hahaha...yeah, I just tried that now. I thought you called that just by looking at it. I was like holy crap?!?...

 

Cyber,

You were really freakin' me out with knowing the camera.....hahaha

I was looking for feedback from the experts so I appreciate it. This was my first shoot with the D50....

 

Haha, yea I like doing that to people. It's kinda funny. I mostly do it when I see a shot that looks nice. I like to see what kind of camera they used. It helps out a bit in the beginning because you can check out people's settings for a certain shot and then try it out. Not too sure of the technicalities of it. I believe they call it .exif data.

You might not be able to do it on some shots. Don't know why, but oh well. Something cool to try out.

 

GTSs look awesome rolling

 

nice wheels

 

nice pics..i def need to invest in a slr.

 

I do the same but I do it more so for the settings, especially look at all the shots from the pros. I use opera so the EXIF data is easy to pull from the webpage and not having to save the image then open it. I use a plug in for Firefox and IE when I use those browsers.

Here's a shot from Opera:


There are a few reasons when EXIF data doesn't show - 1) Save For Web in Photoshop will strip the EXIF data, 2) some uploaders will remove the EXIF data, 3) cut or copy/paste from the original photo and opening another window in a graphic program then pasting the re-crop will remove the EXIF data. There are probably a few more but these are the most common.

 

would it be possible to get a still shot of your Z with those GTSs? curious to see how they look. thanks

 

 

Suggestion for rolling/panning shots - what works for me is to keep the aperture around f/10-f/12 to allow for a nice blur but still keeping the vehicle in focus. If you look at your first picture, the area directly behind the vehicle is blurred nicely but as you move further towards the background (cars, trees) the blur is minimal since these objects are moving across the X plane at a slower rate than the objects closer towards you. You shot at f/20 which is great for landscape but won't work as well for what you're shooting.

The shutter speed to use will vary depending on the speed of the vehicle and if you are moving along at the same speed or if you have to do a pan. For rolling shots when you move at the same speed as the other car, shutter speeds of ~ 1/30 or faster make for a nice blur. So if you're looking to keep the shutter speed and aperture at a constant, the only setting you can adjust for a proper exposure is the ISO. With some practice, you'll be able to determine what ISO to shoot at depending on your available lighting to maintain the proper shutter speed and aperture that you want.

Here's a sample shot of a handheld pan at a local autocross (Canon 10D, 70-200 f/2.8L IS, 1/60, f/14, ISO 100, circular polarizer, custom white balance off a grey card, AI servo focus) to sort of show what I'm explaining (good background blur for better sense of speed and motion):

 

beautiful wheel, nice shot (though I'd frame it different but still a nice shot).

 

Rolling shots are hot!