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    Downhill Mountain Bike Images

    Here are some shots from this year. The local trails are the hard, rocky, steep ones that have had a few races on them and the others are Otter, Fontana, Santa Ynez and Parkfield!
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    Re: Downhill Mountain Bike Images

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    Re: Downhill Mountain Bike Images

    It looks like you nailed #'s 1 & 6. Its looks like you've been having fun this cycling season
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    SB900 & SB800 flashes

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    Re: Downhill Mountain Bike Images

    Thanks, yeah it has been good. There will be 2-3 races next year on a veryhairy local trail so I am looking forward to that. Maybe JD will actually come up if he isn't too worried about injury!
    Shot 9 I thought Brian was gonna die, he went over the bars and fell like 5-7 feet straight onto a flat fireroad!

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    Re: Downhill Mountain Bike Images

    1, 5, 6, 13 are great.
    You seem to have the fill flash sorted.
    Took me a while to spot the reflective seams on the shorts in #1 !
    PAul

    Scroll down to the Sports Forum and post your sports pictures !

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    Re: Downhill Mountain Bike Images

    Quote Originally Posted by SmartWombat
    1, 5, 6, 13 are great.
    You seem to have the fill flash sorted.
    Took me a while to spot the reflective seams on the shorts in #1 !

    Yeah I don't have a Pocketwizard! So all were camera mounted 580. That was actually using a 70-200 F2.8 about 110 or so I think? Down the road a PW will be bought. I am not a fan of the over use of flash currently under use in sport shots like MTB, BMX, Skate etc.

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    Re: Downhill Mountain Bike Images

    Quote Originally Posted by ianjenn
    Yeah I don't have a Pocketwizard! So all were camera mounted 580. That was actually using a 70-200 F2.8 about 110 or so I think? Down the road a PW will be bought. I am not a fan of the over use of flash currently under use in sport shots like MTB, BMX, Skate etc.
    Have you looked into the real inexpensive Gadget Infinity radio triggers? I got one with two recievers, though have yet to try them out. I'm still working out the minolta shoe/hot shoe interface problems... one reasone to go canon/nikon I guess...

    My short term solution is get some Nikon strobes for off camera use...

    good shots, I especially like this one- you have the shutter speed nailed...

    http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k2...llnews/TJ1.jpg

    BM

    PS. have you had a looke at the Strobist blog? Just google it fi you haven't...

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    Re: Downhill Mountain Bike Images

    bmadau
    OK will check the blog out and see what it says!

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    Re: Downhill Mountain Bike Images

    great shots. instead of shooting from one angle like most lazy photogs do, you really showed your ability to nail different types of shots. This, in my opinion, is the most important technique to get correct. 4,5,6, and 8 are the best.

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    Re: Downhill Mountain Bike Images

    Thanks been working on the PANS, trying to get better at it!

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