Thanks Ann. The big guy with the floppy hat in 7890 was national champion 45 years ago. He's now in his mid 70s and still intense. Here he's psyching himself up while waiting for his race to start.
Paul via phone > On Aug 29, 2016, at 10:35 PM, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > > I love the people shots... especially 7800- such intensity! > > The toy cars don't do much for me as subject matter but I can see why you > would ahve fun shooting them > > ann > > >> On 8/29/2016 7:49 PM, Paul wrote: >> Classy R/C models. What engine displacement were they using? >> >> -p >> >> >>> On 8/29/2016 4:29 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >>> Shot an on-roadl radio control scale auto race for fuel burning cars >>> yesterday. Mostly just to provide some pics for my old pals, but also for >>> the practice it provides. It’s far more difficult than shooting real >>> motorsports, as the cars are incredibly fast and not very big. The fastest, >>> the 1/8th scale cars, are about 15 inches long and can accelerate to 60 in >>> 2 seconds from a standing start. They top out at about 80 mph at the end of >>> the straightaway. I shot most of it at a 1/8000th shutter speed and >>> concentrated on getting something in frame and focused. I used continuous >>> autofocus and it worked when I framed the shots right. I tried a couple of >>> slower shutter pans and partially succeeded on one, although it’s not >>> critically sharp. Hard to be smooth, moving the camera that fast. Lots of >>> fun in any case. A gallery is here: >>> http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1093049 > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
