John Francis wrote: > On Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 12:33:04PM -0400, ann sanfedele wrote: >> Adam Maas wrote: >> >>> A Viper before sunset: >>> >>> http://flickr.com/photos/mawz/1673348246/ >>> >>> Larger/Direct link: >>> >>> http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2348/1673348246_129bcc621a_b.jpg >>> >>> *istDS, 18-55 DA, ISO400, 1/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> O - That kind of viper.... sigh >> ann hoped for a beastie :) > > It's the kind of viper I expected. > > Definitely an improvement on the panning technique. Unfortunately the > car is moving too slowly for the selected shutter speed, so most of the > sensation of moving is lost - the car could just be parked there. > > Motion blur with short focal lengths is hard; the change of angle from > the start to the end of the shot mean you can't get the front and back > of the car crisp, even when the central area is nicely sharp. > > This is also a shot where some (diffuse) fill flash would probably help; > the visible part of the primary subject is almost totally in shadow. > > Beyond that, I'm not sure. There's nothing really wrong with the shot, > but it doesn't do anything for me, either. > >
The car was just coming off a stop, so even with the low shutter, there wasn't much motion. Fill flash really isn't an option for this kind of shooting, even though it probably would have helped here. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
