I thought it might be area lights reflecting off the white nose of the car.(?)
Jack --- On Fri, 11/14/08, PN Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: PN Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: PESO: Dodge Challenger Race Package > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, November 14, 2008, 5:41 PM > Here's a version with the halo cloned out. > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8227424&size=lg > > > On Nov 14, 2008, at 8:28 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: > > > PN Stenquist wrote: > >>>> > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8226674&size=lg > > > >> Hmmm, I could clone the halo out. It's due to > a shadow in the rear. Don't know what caused it in > front. I thought it contributed to the sensation of motion, > but perhaps it's distracting. > > > > Well, different viewers see things differently, and I > could easily be an "outlier" from the curve. :-) > When initially viewing the photo, I interpreted it as > something that'd been added in post, which I now know to > be wrong. > > > > I'm not sure either what could have caused that > effect. If the rest wasn't well focused, I'd wonder > if it came from a slight change in the zoom setting on the > lens. I think the Pz-1 cameras could do that automatically > with the Power Zoom lenses. On closer inspection, it looks > like motion blur from slight changes in panning speed, but > that's contradicted by the sharpness of the car's > body and the lack of similar halos on the > "interior" parts of the car's image. > > > > I had a somewhat similar shot from the Petit le Mans > this year. On mine there were two well focused images just > maybe 20 or 30 pixels apart horizontally. I finally decided > that what'd happened was I'd had a "hitch" > in my panning where I either sped up or slowed down with > relation to the car momentarily, but otherwise tracked it > accurately. I'll see if I can find it and post an > excerpt. > > > > --Thanks, > > DougF (KG4LMZ) > > > > -- > > 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. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.

