Amazing colours Matt , think the beetle in the 1st is my favourite, nice angle and the green and yellow works a treat with the blule sky. Don't know if I'd be tempted to clone the cars out in the background. Think they'd have been okay if they were dubs but the blue oval is a no no!!

 

haha, i did consider cloning the cars out, the picture was taken in a car park at the show yesterday (i'm surprised more people from here did not attend, there were loads of beemers in the show ground!) but for an unpaid show picture it just seemed like a bit too much effort. If it was for something special or someone was buying a print then i'd sort it.

Cheers for the comments,

Matt.

 

 

Have you edited it that way, or did you (mis)use the ISO-funktion ?

 

Few from croft

 

Andy Gallacher having fuel issues last weekend at Knockhill!

Peter Taddei's Evo engined Fiesta outruning the Lambo-

The Lambo Superleggera having a slight off! -


The photographer was fine!

Colin.

 

going to silverstone f1, fri sat and sunday so should have some good ones from there

 

Thats a quality shot
Im gutted im not going silverstone this year being a huuuge Button fan. Still looking forward tp your pics mate!

 

click for large (more detail)

 

^ stunning

 

the camera cost me Ł4 from a charity shop. Unfortunately the aperture blades are stuck and i may never fix it.

And finally a self portrait, i never make much effort to do these and it's something i'd like very much to be better at.



Comments are very much appreciated.

Regards,
Matt.

 

Very skillful shots matt , im no portrait man either so cant really comment on the last, looks good to me though bar the highlight on the back of your jaw, flash from behind casting a shadow by your ear??? Still a great style that suits you sir

 

Thanks very much, yea, i could really do with a snoot to stop any light spilling out in future! More monies to spend!

 

Been playing with HDR, need more practice though as im not happy with the skys.

 

Few from another bike trackday (Cadwell Park 19th June)

 

TDezzy, it looks like you've not captured the full dynamic range of the scene, thats why your skies look washed out and under exposed.

StephenC, more great motorsport shots, you may have said before but what kit do you use? do you sell any of your work? i Really like the wide panning shots the most. if i may, i think that wide one would have benefitted from the bike being a bit further to the right of the frame.

Matt.

 

Dynamic range?

 

Cracking shot, loving the lighting in it, looks awesome

Sarah

 

Thanks Sarah.

TDEzzy,
Everything inbetween the lightest highlights to the darkest blacks. Looks like you've missed some of the highlights from the sky.

Regards,
Matt.

 

cheers matt im using a d200 with a 70-200VR. I love cadwell as the fences are tiny and you can get right on top of the action so the 200 is plenty. I tried the sigma 120-300 2.8 but didnt like it at all. Im going to get a 2.0 or 1.7 tc for this lense and think that will be me sorted. Ive never sold any of my work, I get approached quite a lot at these track days but theres always resident togs there and I dont want to upset them as they've paid a fair bit for the media access for that day.
The wider pans are with the trusty 10-20! It looks weird with everyone mounting huge lenses and im stood there with the tiny sigma but I like the results also, I think its better with cars as the bikes look really small in the frame. This was another from the day

 

A random one from Chatsworth;

 

Taken through a fence so abit blurry

 

"The Spirit of Ecstasy"

 

70-200, i'm jealous!

i like those F1 shots also, even through the fence they've come out well.

Matt.

 

best 650 i ever spent

 

650?! We are talking about the Nikon version...?!

 

Yep, 70-200VR, couldnt believe it myself, guy was selling it on ebay on boxing day, the winner had 0 feedback so I just emailed on the off chance, said Id give him 650 cash in the morning if he has any trouble, he said come down, deal done. I could sell it today and make a few hundred on it, proper chuffed.

 

Been reading through the whole thread.......what a read!! and some brilliant pictures guys.

I am a beginner so go easy on me......just bought a camera to mess around with really, here are a few pictures I have taken lately, few different subject areas but I think they are ok???

Any comments good or bad welcome















Cheers

Gary

 

no way! I am so envious!! You'd easily get over Ł1k for it on the second hand market now, it's rose to over Ł1500 new.

i need some luck like that.

Matt.

 

These pics keep on getting better.I so what one of these camaras.

 

 

some great photo's posted, heres a few from a recent zoo visit in Spain



cheers nomad

 

Aaargh!!! I need some free time to go get some new material... not been out with the camera in ages!

Keep at it lads, some great photos still appearing

 

Been to cadwell again just a few Ive fucked about with, just for messing abouts sake







And my best near miss to date

 

few of my niece









random

 

Orrr how cute ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

lovely aint she

 

anyone give me some tips on trying to take piccys of the moon

forget about the surroundings i was only sat at the bedroom window but just trying to get one of the moon itsself just wasn't happening kep on looking like well like this...

 

To take pics of the moon you need the camera on a tripod. Then you need a suprisingly high shutter speed and itl come out with all the detail.

 

i tried it on a high shutter speed but they was comming out way to dark?? i didn't have it on a tripod but had it resting on the window ledge so wasn't actually holding it