Some excellent pics posted from last weekend all! First time I've been to this event for ages, and first time I've tried taking any rally pics in anger. I slept in the car at the stage both Fri and Sat nights, and couldn't believe how many other folks were doing the same! Friday night was fun on exposed moorland in hail, thunder, 40mph gusts, heavy rain and 0 degrees.
All pics taken with a 40D and the 17-85mm IS kit lens (only one I have at the mo). With the variable conditions, I was often shooting at high ISO (640+) to keep the shutter speed up, so many pics are too grainy. I'm also a bit peeved that a lot of them appear soft. Is this due to poor technique, conditions, lens?
As I'm lacking zoom, I had to do some fairly aggressive cropping with some. I've also tweaked most of them in PaintShop/Digi Photo Pro and may have overdone it a bit, but the EXIF info should still be intact if you're interested.
I had a bad case of shutter-itis, snapping over 900 pics in two days. 6.5 fps is dangerous in the hands of a novice! Lots of throwaways, but perhaps 60 or so half decent ones (which are here). They won't set the world alight, but they're the first pics I've taken with this camera which have given me a real buzz.
Anyway enough blurb, here are my favourites. C&C welcome.
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4 (very soft & grainy)
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All pics taken with a 40D and the 17-85mm IS kit lens (only one I have at the mo). With the variable conditions, I was often shooting at high ISO (640+) to keep the shutter speed up, so many pics are too grainy. I'm also a bit peeved that a lot of them appear soft. Is this due to poor technique, conditions, lens?
As I'm lacking zoom, I had to do some fairly aggressive cropping with some. I've also tweaked most of them in PaintShop/Digi Photo Pro and may have overdone it a bit, but the EXIF info should still be intact if you're interested.
I had a bad case of shutter-itis, snapping over 900 pics in two days. 6.5 fps is dangerous in the hands of a novice! Lots of throwaways, but perhaps 60 or so half decent ones (which are here). They won't set the world alight, but they're the first pics I've taken with this camera which have given me a real buzz.
Anyway enough blurb, here are my favourites. C&C welcome.
1
2
3
4 (very soft & grainy)
5
6
7
8
9
10