Boris Liberman wrote: > Hi! > >> DIAL UP WARNING: THIS IMAGE IS OVER 600,000 BYTES IN SIZE! >> >> http://nutdriver.org/IMGP1464.jpg >> >> This is one of my favorite shots from the recent /Petit le Mans/ event >> at Road Atlanta. This is the diesel Audi R10 that ended up winning the >> event. This photo was taken during practice the Thursday before the >> main event on Saturday. In this photo, the Audi has reached "track out" >> after negotiating turn seven and is accelerating at max throttle down >> the back "straight" at Road Atlanta. Alan McNish is at the wheel. The >> car is travelling roughly 125 mph and is accelerating as hard as he can. >> >> The photo is presented directly from the camera via Raw Shooter >> Essentials (all defaults). Full frame. No "exposure compensation" >> during the conversion. >> >> Technical details: >> Camera: *ist D >> Lens: SMC-P F* 300/4.5 >> Shutter Speed: 1/250 sec >> Aperture: f/8 >> Exposure Mode: Tv (Hyper Program) >> ISO Rating: 200 >> Metering Mode: Pattern >> White Balance: Daylight
> Cool car... Well, or is it hot car, really? > > Doug, just to point out: slightly above the pilot's helmet, just on top > of his left mirror there is a bright point - looks like a bad pixel. > > I never thought they would make a razing TDI car one day... > > Boris Hi Boris... Well, I finally found it! I had to blow the image up so the helmet is about 26 cm across on my monitor (almost life-sized) and I finally saw what you're looking at, at about 2 o'clock from the helmet. At that magnification, the white dot is about 1 mm in diameter. That is TINY! What amazes me is, the shutter speed was only 1/250 and even the front wheel label (?) BREMBO is perfectly readable ~ not blurred! Good shot! keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

