Sequence Shot and a Few Other Shots

motox424
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Edited Date/Time 1/21/2012 7:37pm
Finally got the new camera and went out to the practice track and shot these pics of the kid-- C&C welcome!

This is the sequence shot of the biggest jump they have on the track--










The kid showing off for me LOL--




I like these two


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Russ Cannon 7/6/2008 9:18am
7/6/2008 9:18am
Nice framing on the jump sequence. Good timing to get the look-back. Nice job with the new camera!

Overall, they look underexposed. First try shooting with the sun to you back or near to your back as much as possible. Remember, the sun moves so if you are shooting for any length of time, move as the sun moves. You can't always do that however... To shoot the shots here, you will have to go more manual. Looks like you are shooting with a Rebel XSi in Sports/Action mode. I am not sure if this mode allows for exposure compensation, If it does (read the manual), adjust using exposure compensation starting with a 1/3 of a stop at a time. You can always play with exposure bracketing to get a feel for how this works in your situation. If exposure comp. is not allowed in Sports mode, you will need to go to shutter or aperture priority and adjust with compensation there. Hope this helps.
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motox424 7/6/2008 9:39am
7/6/2008 9:39am
Russ Cannon wrote:
Nice framing on the jump sequence. Good timing to get the look-back. Nice job with the new camera! Overall, they look underexposed. First try shooting with...
Nice framing on the jump sequence. Good timing to get the look-back. Nice job with the new camera!

Overall, they look underexposed. First try shooting with the sun to you back or near to your back as much as possible. Remember, the sun moves so if you are shooting for any length of time, move as the sun moves. You can't always do that however... To shoot the shots here, you will have to go more manual. Looks like you are shooting with a Rebel XSi in Sports/Action mode. I am not sure if this mode allows for exposure compensation, If it does (read the manual), adjust using exposure compensation starting with a 1/3 of a stop at a time. You can always play with exposure bracketing to get a feel for how this works in your situation. If exposure comp. is not allowed in Sports mode, you will need to go to shutter or aperture priority and adjust with compensation there. Hope this helps.
You are right on the money with your comments, as to the camera and mode. The sun and natural lighting was horrible with the dust(very dry). In the Sports mode, can't change anything, so now I will be playing with the manual mode and get it all figured out and dialed in. Going to the races next weekend, so I need to get this camera dialed in this week! The new lens should be here by then too.

Thanks for the comments Russ.
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Russ Cannon 7/6/2008 5:07pm
7/6/2008 5:07pm
Another tip... when the lightening to horrible (overcast skies or rapidly changing from sunny to cloudy) try to take shots with a dark background. Get higher than the rider or on the same level so you have trees/people/hillsides in the background. This will help keep the camera from being "fooled" when calculating the exposure. You might end up talking more shots in the woops, rollers, or turns then the tables or doubles, but the shots will come out more consistent for you.

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