RE: Peso: Rounding the Bend
> You were warned: > > http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_NVzVH#1346252054_Q > PB8Rzh-O-LB > they ought to put stabilisers on those bikes, otherwise they might scratch their knees. B -- 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.
Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend
Steven Desjardins wrote: You were warned: http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_NVzVH#1346252054_QPB8Rzh-O-LB I'm actually pretty pleased with this shot. It was taken with the M200 f4 at 5.6. The whole setup worked just fine with pre-focusing and "trap focus" by me. Given the really harsh light at that time of day the lens did well. It's a really odd photo , Steve - because there is no evidence of forward motion - looks like they are toys that you propped up on a faux track, kinda and they could all just be blown over . ann -- 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.
Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend
Oh, you caught me Ann. They were all resting on clear plastic kick stands. It cost me a fortune in beer and pizza. ;-) --Original Message-- From: Ann Sanfedele Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List ReplyTo: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend Sent: Jun 20, 2011 5:30 PM Steven Desjardins wrote: >You were warned: > >http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_NVzVH#1346252054_QPB8Rzh-O-LB > >I'm actually pretty pleased with this shot. It was taken with the >M200 f4 at 5.6. The whole setup worked just fine with pre-focusing >and "trap focus" by me. Given the really harsh light at that time of >day the lens did well. > > > It's a really odd photo , Steve - because there is no evidence of forward motion - looks like they are toys that you propped up on a faux track, kinda and they could all just be blown over . ann -- 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.
Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend
On 2011-06-20 14:41, Steven Desjardins wrote: http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_NVzVH#1346252054_QPB8Rzh-O-LB I'm actually pretty pleased with this shot. It was taken with the M200 f4 at 5.6. The whole setup worked just fine with pre-focusing and "trap focus" by me. Great shots, Steve, My experience has been that, for motorsports, trap focus works well when the targets are (predominantly) getting nearer or farther away from the camera, not so much when they're crossing the camera's field of view due to lock time. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- 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.
Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend
On 2011-06-20 15:22, Bob W wrote: You were warned: http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_NVzVH#1346252054_Q PB8Rzh-O-LB they ought to put stabilisers on those bikes, otherwise they might scratch their knees. They have a disc like a hockey puck attached to the outsides of their knees on their leathers. And they use them. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- 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.
Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend
They tell me (I always wander around and talk to the teams) that the knee is more of a feeler than a support. They do grind away those knee pucks, though. On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: > On 2011-06-20 15:22, Bob W wrote: >>> >>> You were warned: >>> >>> http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_NVzVH#1346252054_Q >>> PB8Rzh-O-LB >>> >> >> they ought to put stabilisers on those bikes, otherwise they might scratch >> their knees. > > They have a disc like a hockey puck attached to the outsides of their knees > on their leathers. And they use them. > > -- > Thanks, > DougF (KG4LMZ) > > -- > 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend
Especially when their motion is predictable. That shot was from my balcony, BTW. VIR has several onsite hotels and it was about $240 for two nights for my wife and I. It's a nice lodge and we get a relaxing weekend as well as the races. I wander aorund during the mornings but the afternoons get toasty in Southside Virginia. On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: > On 2011-06-20 14:41, Steven Desjardins wrote: > >> >> http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_NVzVH#1346252054_QPB8Rzh-O-LB >> >> I'm actually pretty pleased with this shot. It was taken with the >> M200 f4 at 5.6. The whole setup worked just fine with pre-focusing >> and "trap focus" by me. > > Great shots, Steve, > > My experience has been that, for motorsports, trap focus works well when the > targets are (predominantly) getting nearer or farther away from the camera, > not so much when they're crossing the camera's field of view due to lock > time. > > -- > Thanks, > DougF (KG4LMZ) > > -- > 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend
On 2011-06-20 20:02, Steven Desjardins wrote: They tell me (I always wander around and talk to the teams) that the knee is more of a feeler than a support. They do grind away those knee pucks, though. Oh, I didn't mean they leaned on them for support. I'm sorry if I implied that. If you stand close enough to the corner, though, you can often hear them going "thwok thwok thwok" over the rumble strips. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- 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.
Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend
Nothing implied by you. I was just embellishing. ;-) -Original Message- From: Doug Franklin Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:27:23 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend On 2011-06-20 20:02, Steven Desjardins wrote: > They tell me (I always wander around and talk to the teams) that the > knee is more of a feeler than a support. They do grind away those > knee pucks, though. Oh, I didn't mean they leaned on them for support. I'm sorry if I implied that. If you stand close enough to the corner, though, you can often hear them going "thwok thwok thwok" over the rumble strips. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- 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.
Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend
On 2011-06-20 20:04, Steven Desjardins wrote: Especially when their motion is predictable. That shot was from my balcony, BTW. VIR has several onsite hotels and it was about $240 for two nights for my wife and I. It's a nice lodge and we get a relaxing weekend as well as the races. I wander aorund during the mornings but the afternoons get toasty in Southside Virginia. I haven't been to VIR since 2006 when we ran the annual "Goblins Go" SCCA race in our ITA/IT7 RX-7. The hotel and lodge looked nice, but was booked. It's a very nice facility, but it's a long haul from Atlanta with the trailered racecar and all the tools and stuff in the truck. I really hate the last couple of miles from the highway to the track, too, when I have the trailer. I don't know how the pro rig drivers do it. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- 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.
Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > You were warned: > > http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_NVzVH#1346252054_QPB8Rzh-O-LB Very nice! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.