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[alex_m]

Dude I bought a new Nikon 14-24 lens the other week - Not cheap!

 

nice! the lenses are for life, though, unlike the camera body which is likely to be replaced at some point (unless you change makes of course). we're canon lovers canon vs nikon is like the stihl vs husky of the photography world!

[Tonythetree]

Hi John I agree with Jamie No 1 the background needs to be a a little more blured, I hope you don't mined but I took 5min's to tinker with your photo it's not finished, ain't photoshop great

Tony

 

 

It's a bit fuzzy around the riders

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

The best way to achieve max motion blurr but razor sharp detail on focus point is a wide open maximum aperture, whilst panning a fast auto focus is benificial here as it takes some of the effort of your mind when tracking.

 

most zoom lenses limit maximum aperture values to around 4-5.6 a fixed focul length could get this down to F2

[John Hancock]

Hi John I agree with Jamie No 1 the background needs to be a a little more blured, I hope you don't mined but I took 5min's to tinker with your photo it's not finished, ain't photoshop great

Tony

 

 

It's a bit fuzzy around the riders

 

Cheers Tony,

 

Of course I don’t mind – knock yourself out brother!

 

That pic was taken on a difficult corner as the cars and bikes are de-accelerating from 100mph + to about 30mph so motion blur is hard to achieve. I’d like to go down the 2.8 route but finding it an expensive pill to swallow!

 

Thanks for the input..

[WeeDee]

Nice images, John.

 

Leaving the technicalities aside, I'd offer comments on the composition.

 

1. Leave more 'space' in front of the riders - allowing them to move forward into it - and less space behind them.

 

2. On some shots, frame extra space above or to the side of the subject. This space is best if it is fairly mundane. This is very useful when selling the image as a front cover ( room for a title ) - or even offering it as a local bike

club news letter.

 

It's always good to view your images, thanks again. Dee