Knee Draggin'

[Durin]

Here is Lee draggin' his knee on Hickory Nut Gorge.

[Durin]

Summer, almost dragging a knee.

[wutske]

sweet :D . Nice bikes, hope I'll have one myself one day (Yamaha R6 or something likewise :p ).
The shots are great, but in the second one, the bike and driver seem a bit unsharp/overexposured.

[Durin]

Yes, it does look odd. It was not in focus. I used the unsharp mask and that really pushed the contrast. I tried to use the levels to lower both the low and high end, but still gave the rider an odd look.


sweet :D . Nice bikes, hope I'll have one myself one day (Yamaha R6 or something likewise :p ).
The shots are great, but in the second one, the bike and driver seem a bit unsharp/overexposured.

[Durin]

Shaun Riding a CBR 929

[VTEC_EATER]

Other than the lack of their own safety, and potentially the safety of others, for doing that on the street, the pics look nice. Tell your friends to get to the track so they can rip it up in a more safe environment.

Ill post up some knee draggin pics I took this past weekend later tonight.

[VTEC_EATER]

Okay, here's a few pictures I took over the weekend.

http://www.gixxer.com/photopost/data/500/a1.jpg

http://www.gixxer.com/photopost/data/500/b.jpg

http://www.gixxer.com/photopost/data/500/c.jpg

I believe the above pictures were all taken at Shutter priority: 1/320, ISO 200, Direct Sunlight white balance, "Vivid" colors (an optional color balance offered on the D50), and were all taken at 300mm (450 effective mm). This is how they looked straight out of the camera (no post-processing, no color corrections) other than resizing them to 800 pixels wide (no cropping).

I shot most of my stuff at 1/400, then slowed it down a bit more for the Intermediate and Beginner riders. Of the 2300 photos I took, I have probably 700 pictures that are total junk because they were too blurry, maybe 200 that are noisy becasue my lens doesnt have a low enough F-stop, another 500 that may make nice Avitars, and the rest should be not so bad. Some, like the above photos would make incredible desktop pictures.

Overall, Im somewhat dissapointed in the photos, but this is only my second time taking photos like this.

I just need more time behind the camera to work on shutter speed and panning. Maybe play with a few other settings.

[Durin]

I know what you mean: I took 126 pictures that Saturday and I only got a tenth that looked okay. I'm use my wife's FZ30 and it is hard to pan when the evf turns black when the shutter falls....I got to the point I just picked a spot in the curve and put it in burst mode and just held camera still and shot!
I just left the camera in program. I'll go next time and play with apeture priority. I'd rather have must less depth of field, but gotta start somewhere.

I'd rather have been using my OM-1n, but alas, the light meter is kaput.

Cool pictures V. However, at the speeds those guys go on the track, they are really putting their safety at risk....hehe

The people in my photos, were not going much above the speed limit if they did break it at all. They were not out there for speed, but just learning the road and trying to get proficient at getting the line.

[FLiPMaRC]

:cool: Nice shots everyone.

[VTEC_EATER]

The people in my photos, were not going much above the speed limit if they did break it at all. They were not out there for speed, but just learning the road and trying to get proficient at getting the line.


I understand, however being a rider myself, and doing 10 track days this year, I have found the road to be a very unsafe place to ride, especially when you want to use the bike for its intended purpose.

You never know what the road condition is going to be like, if an animal will just out at you, or if some soccer mom is too busy talking on her cell phone while calming down her 3 kids in the back seat may cross the yellow line and come into your lane.

I have found the track a much safer environment for using the motorcycle to its potential. Yeah you ride at higher speeds, but you know the track is free of debris, law enforcement, and oncoming traffic.

As for the photos, I wouldnt focus on apaeture, focus on shutter speed. If the camera is focused on the subject,and if you can pan with them, then the background will naturally be blurry. You dont have to worry much about depth of field. Since your camera has a digital view finder, I would probably start at shutter speeds of 1/1200 or so. It may be a little fast, but its hard to pan when you cant see out of the viewfinder, so you will have better luck of having a sharper image. If you find that you are having good luck getting clear photos, jump it down to 1/800. You should get some blurring of the wheels, not a lot but some, and the background will look more out of focus as well. Anything lower than that will be hard to get a clear image while panning. But try a lower speed if you want. Its not like you have to pay for film developing.

[Durin]

Here is yours truely...what does that mean anyway....trying my best to drag a knee or a toe or heck anything on the V-Strom. Has anyone seen anyone drag a knee on a V-Strom? I figure if I lower the rear suspension to the low setting and I wear a puck....I still won't drag.