More Moto-X from Ferns

[joe_elway]

March 24, 2008 at 11:03 am

#3 rocks. Love it. Pin sharp, action and you get a sense of height. You should post them over on motocross.ie. The riders love seeing their photos. Execllent colletion. The last one is the weak one of the litter … bike is too small in frame & too much foreground.

Panning – I find the best location in Ferns is at the curve before the bikes come back towards the start … you can walk right up from the car park to it. There’s a stretch there were the ropes aren’t in the way (too much) and you have nothing behind the bikes.

Here’s how I set up my 40D:
– Multi point AF
– AI Servo AF
– F8
– Around 1/80th second shutter speed.
– Adjust ISO to get to 1/80th shutter speed or reduce aperture more.
– IS on lens set to mode 2.

It’s all about your stance, smooth movenet and tracking the subject with AF on the the subject after that. It helps to use the * button to keep AF on all of the time. Older cameras like the 350D, 400D and the 30D can use the * button for AF by enabling custom function 4-1.

I didn’t make it on Saturday due to work. Beautiful light tho as we can see above. I did make it on Sunday and met up with some of the Wexford Camera Club lads including Pat. I haven’t had a chance to put the photos on the laptop yet. Had to get straight back to work when I got back to the house and I’m still at it now.

[nfl-fan]

March 24, 2008 at 11:29 am

Thanks to everyone for their feedback and additional thanks to Aidan for the extra info there which I’m sure will aid me and anyone else thinking about giving this a try.

Yeah, agree about the last one… I don’t think the other 6 do the dust any justice so I put this one in solely to demonstrate the crazy conditions on Saturday, although Wonka has already put in a “dust classic” in his set.

I’d highly recommend giving this a try… it’s certainly something different… not something I had the slightest of interest in before hand but I really did enjoy it.

ps. Aidan: Do you ever stop working?

[Martin]

March 24, 2008 at 11:37 am

2nd for me. Like the colours in it and it has a different feel to it than the normal bike shots you see posted. The shadow is great and perfectly framed. well done

M

[joe_elway]

March 24, 2008 at 12:30 pm

nfl-fan wrote:

ps. Aidan: Do you ever stop working?

These days? Very rarely. Only those all too brief moments when I can escape with the camera. My last post-work-project deadline is this week. Then I’ve some studying to do and I’ve a presentation to prepare for in a couple of weeks.

Oh – next event in Ferns is 17th/18th of May. I _might_ be able to escape to Gormonstown in north Dublin next weekend … will see how things go work-wise.