Hi thoughton,

Ken was correct when he said the Tamron, 70-300 (its excactly the same as this one that Jackitec has for sale here) not sure if he remembers me mentioning it before or read it in the exif info, I used it almost exclusively thoughout the event with only one or two pics (image 4 for example) where I used the 18-55 kit lens.

Regards
PaulM

I like the idea of this john but its lacking some thing.

Have you tried putting some colour back in to the tree that the rainbow is hitting ?

Regards
PaulM

Unfortuantely the timing of this meant I just missed out on the fortnightly competition so here is a couple of pics from this weekends V8 supercar races in Sydney. As usual shooting through the wire fences kind of detracted from the images and there were very few oportunities to shoot without it in the way but I was quite please with the overall results

Enjoy

Practising my panning skills on the V8 Utes, by focussing on a spot and counting fench posts up to it. (the people around me must have thought I was a bit odd whispering 1, 2, 3, click)
[IMG]http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb113/pnjmcc/IMGP6417.jpg[/IMG]
So I was ready for the V8 Supercars
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[IMG]http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb113/pnjmcc/IMGP5968.jpg[/IMG]
Looking down one of the straights from my stand
[IMG]http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb113/pnjmcc/IMGP6192.jpg[/IMG]
The Fujitsu V8s (a lower class feeder series) getting ready
[IMG]http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb113/pnjmcc/IMGP6239.jpg[/IMG]
Pushing hard in the Australian GT series
[IMG]http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb113/pnjmcc/IMGP6388.jpg[/IMG]
A fire Marshall keeping watch.
[IMG]http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb113/pnjmcc/IMGP6025.jpg[/IMG]
and another marshall
[IMG]http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb113/pnjmcc/IMGP6508.jpg[/IMG]

I will try some cloning on one or two of my faves to see if I can remove the fence altogether but on the whole I did't think they turned out to bad but feel free to correct me though

Regards
PaulM

Thanks Mike

I dont really have a refernce point for the GN numbers so i hadn't really given it much thought but I agree, better to have a muted higher output flash than finding out its not powerfull enough.

The main reason I looked at these was the on board remote triggering abilities, so maybe I should consider an IR / RF trigger with some older flash guns

Also could you point me in the direction of the "accessory that adjusts the power output" you mention ?

Thanks again
Regards
PaulM

I like those.

Whats the last one? is it a freshly hatched butterfly?
The wings look transparent

The more I see pics like these the more I think I should get 'proper' macro lens. Did you use a flash ?

Regards
PaulM

Love the shots of the waves breaking,

How did you get that nice blue, was it pp or in camera ?

I have been trying to capture shots like this but they just dont have that blue colour

Regards
PaulM

Nice set Galoot,

1 & 3 for me.
I am not a portrait fan, (I find them all visually a bit to similar and bland). But I really like hpw you have done no.3.

Regards
PaulM

Hi Mate,

The blur looks ok but doesn't really recover the picture, the head is still out of focus and that detract from the whole image (IMO of course)

Have you considered maybe cutting out parts of the head that are in focus and overlaying them on the parts that are not in focus, then distorting them to fit?

I admit it will be a bit of a PITA but would probably be the best method of rescuing the pic if you really want to?


Regards
PaulM

Crikey its a bit early for all this isn't it?

Oh-well if you cant beat them, Join them.

Happy Christmas all,

Regards
PaulM

Hi all,

I thinking about getting one or two of these to play around with.

Click Here

Now I'm not expecting a high quality unit, but for $78 bucks I figured it would a good punt and as long as it will fire remotely and have some adjustment on its output i will be happy.

So just before I leap in and order one I just wonered if any one had ever bought one?

Regards
PaulM