My Boyndie pics!

[jen]

So on the Saturday I used our 400D with the regular 18-55mm lens. Thought I got some pretty good shots although on my panning ones just a tiny bit is out of focus. I just need a longer lens and stand further away. Here are the shots from Saturday. I also used a polariser filter all day to help with the brightness of the frog! Worked pretty well I think!









On the Sunday I borrowed Mikes 4 thirds Panasonic G1 as I'm thinking of buying a G3. A cracking little camera, he has a zoom lens with it too. The frog's colour causes havoc with this cameras lens too, so the colour isn't great, but I thought the images were pretty sharp:










The next two were taken by fluke. I was sitting in the mini trying to heat back up, and playing with the different settings on the camera. I went to take a picture of the car through the glass and as I pressed the shutter it refocused on the raindrops on the window. If you look closely you can see the frog upside down in every single droplet! I thought that was quite cool!




More from the sprint:













Thanks for looking!

Jen

[CubanGav]

Those water pics came out really well.

[Dominic]

Great pics Jen,.. especially the Toxic Frog, although I guess it would be easier to shoot as it would be one of the slower cars

[Dominic]

P.S. the 7th and 21st shots (Alan in motion) are great

[Scotty C]

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[jen]

Thanks guys! Just have to add, these havent been adeited at all, so hopefully should look much better when I'v time to sit down and play with them.

[smee]

Well done Jen, I particularly like the panning shot of the Midget, very close to perfect, colours good and nice composition. I also like the 4th one below the raindrops of the frog.

I am assuming both cameras were shooting JPEG rather than raw? Bear in mind that there will be differing levels of in camera sharpening. I also think that you will notice a massive improvement in sharpness when you ditch the 18-55. Anyway looks good and hope you both enjoyed the weekend.

[jen]

Thanks!

The Canon is jpeg and the G1 gave me raw and jpeg files......

I liked having the polarising filter on the canon. It seemed to separate the colours better, if that makes sense?!

[smee]

Thanks!

The Canon is jpeg and the G1 gave me raw and jpeg files......

I liked having the polarising filter on the canon. It seemed to separate the colours better, if that makes sense?!

It will do that, is it a linear or a circular polarising filter? Did you notice the strength of the effect varying depending on your angle between the subject and the sun etc?

[jen]

I didnt realise it is a circular one until Graeme showed me on Sat night when I was showing him the pics! It was my first time using the filter so didnt really know what I was doing with it to be honest! I'm going to take it out during the holidays and experiment.

[smee]

Ha ha it took me a wee while to realise you need to tune the filter and it only works well at 90degrees to the sun or reflected light

[SLR0091]

Great pics Jen, I especially like the photo with my car and the umbrella, that was a very wet day!

[jen]

Hey Blair! glad you like it! If you want a copy of them, fire me a PM with your email and I'll send them on!

Cheers!

Jen

[Gourlay83]

Great pics Jen, I especially like the photo with my car and the umbrella, that was a very wet day!

Hi Blair, nice meeting you at the sprint and seeing another Superlight R

That's the 3rd on here, Mass has the other.

Keep your eye on the track days section and i'll maybe see you at knockhill ?

Cheers
Alan