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    Rolex 24

    Well the learning process continues. The good the bad and the ugly .


    Enjoy and leave comments here or on flickr

















    Rolex 24 2013 - a set on Flickr
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    Re: Rolex 24

    I like that last one, low sunlight angle, good panning. Were you able to get any night shots?

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    Re: Rolex 24

    I tried but couldnt quite figure it out. my kit lenses were wanting me to shoot at 1/25th with the ISo above 5000 . My lenses arent even close to being capable of that.
    I did try what you guys said on my last post though about slowing the shutter down. Most of the stuff was shot at 1/125

    My cousin just got a D5100 and put a tamron 70-200mmf2.8 on his and had some success. I haven't seen his shots yet
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    Re: Rolex 24

    these are the best i got of my night shots

    DSC_0414
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    Re: Rolex 24

    DSC_0411

    1/160
    f5.3
    ISO 6400

    DSC_0403

    1/160
    f5.6
    ISO 5000
    DSC_0402

    1/80
    f5.6
    ISO 5000

    DSC_0400

    1/100
    F5.6
    ISO 2500

    i guess not to horrible for a first time try. I didn't use any flash at all . Also no filter on the end of the lens . I'm hoping for a f2.8 lens by next year and a real flash with time to learn how to use it ahead of time. These were all taken in the dark reaches of the caveman campgrounds in turns 3-4
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    Re: Rolex 24

    I think you did great !!!

    When I had the chance to shoot cars in a circuit I get a large number of bad shots, both the good ones make the effort worth it !

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    Re: Rolex 24

    Thanks Armando
    I continue to learn a little each time out. I took around 400 and cut it down to around 170 to keep
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    Re: Rolex 24

    Those are not too bad for shooting under the track lights.

    You might try switching from matrix metering to spot, if you hadn't already tried that, see how it works out. Next time you're shooting race cars under lights at night.....

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    Re: Rolex 24

    thanks for the suggestion that one didnt cross my mind about metering. I remember you mentioned shooting center metered instead of matrix once didnt you??
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    Re: Rolex 24

    Probably so. I'll shoot spot on race cars and in air shows because I know then (probably...) that the exposure gets done correctly for what's in the center of the frame. Matrix accounts for stuff elsewhere that I'm not particularly worried about and will not be part of my final image if I'm having to crop anyway. (For example, not a single one of those air show pics I posted back in November was the full camera frame.)

    I also shoot races zoomed back far enough that the subject car is probably a little more than half the frame. That gives me "wiggle room" as I'm panning so if I fall behind of or get ahead of the car, it might still stay in the frame instead of being partly off the edge. The I crop when I get home to frame what I wanted.

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