Comments on: Targa West 2009 Pics http://chanraymond.net/2009/08/24/targa-west-2009-pics/ From my perspective. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:22:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Raymond Chan http://chanraymond.net/2009/08/24/targa-west-2009-pics/comment-page-1/#comment-24674 Raymond Chan Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:48:07 +0000 http://chanraymond.net/?p=1406#comment-24674 <a href='#comment-24671' rel="nofollow">@cheahwey</a> - I was using my tele lens. I wasn't really sure what was the problem really, but definitely not the background. I've already had problems just stabilising the camera and it appeared that the camera had a little bit of trouble focussing. We (my friend and I) concluded that it was the angle/spot we had. The car was coming towards our direction at one point and then drifts into a corner, which at the point of drifting, IMO, is the sweet spot for panning since the car is facing us horizontally (and I did manage to get heaps of great shots at that point), but when the car is approaching us my body seem to have trouble with the AF. Or it could be just my hand. Or both. And I think zooming in too close to the car defeats the purpose of capturing these shots, maybe a few but definitely not all the shots. I do want to be able to see that it's a GTR, or an EVO. Thanks for the link! @cheahwey – I was using my tele lens. I wasn’t really sure what was the problem really, but definitely not the background. I’ve already had problems just stabilising the camera and it appeared that the camera had a little bit of trouble focussing.

We (my friend and I) concluded that it was the angle/spot we had. The car was coming towards our direction at one point and then drifts into a corner, which at the point of drifting, IMO, is the sweet spot for panning since the car is facing us horizontally (and I did manage to get heaps of great shots at that point), but when the car is approaching us my body seem to have trouble with the AF.

Or it could be just my hand. Or both.

And I think zooming in too close to the car defeats the purpose of capturing these shots, maybe a few but definitely not all the shots. I do want to be able to see that it’s a GTR, or an EVO. Thanks for the link!

]]> By: cheahwey http://chanraymond.net/2009/08/24/targa-west-2009-pics/comment-page-1/#comment-24672 cheahwey Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:28:27 +0000 http://chanraymond.net/?p=1406#comment-24672 Oh and I absolutely love the 6th pic. Not much a rally kind of person... don't like them cluttered with stickers. .-= cheahwey´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cheahwey/~3/omAPPuZ9-LI/carina-round.html" rel="nofollow">Carina Round</a> =-. Oh and I absolutely love the 6th pic.
Not much a rally kind of person… don’t like them cluttered with stickers.
.-= cheahwey´s last blog ..Carina Round =-.

]]> By: cheahwey http://chanraymond.net/2009/08/24/targa-west-2009-pics/comment-page-1/#comment-24671 cheahwey Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:26:52 +0000 http://chanraymond.net/?p=1406#comment-24671 If you think people would get bored of the background or angle, you could try using a telephoto and zooming in some more.. or longer exposures to blur out the background. There's this guy who takes some excellent photos of cars in motion. Lemme dig through my bookmarks. Found it: http://lifeinstillmode.blogspot.com/ If you think people would get bored of the background or angle, you could try using a telephoto and zooming in some more.. or longer exposures to blur out the background.

There’s this guy who takes some excellent photos of cars in motion. Lemme dig through my bookmarks.

Found it: http://lifeinstillmode.blogspot.com/

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