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Mosport
Mosport
jduffett


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Challenge: Free Study XIII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
Location: Mosport International Raceway, Bowmanville ON
Date: Sep 10, 2006
Aperture: f/20
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/125s
Galleries: Action, Transportation
Date Uploaded: Sep 29, 2006

BMW school @ Mosport. Taken from a platform by the hill leading down into turn 2. My goal for the day was to practice my panning shots, and I think this is the best of a handful of decent ones.

Statistics
Place: 457 out of 615
Avg (all users): 5.1639
Avg (commenters): 5.1429
Avg (participants): 4.9929
Avg (non-participants): 5.7209
Views since voting: 559
Views during voting: 252
Votes: 183
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0


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10/13/2006 03:46:47 AM
Hello from the Critique Club,

Nice job with the panning in this image. The car has considerable detail and the background blur helps provide the motion feel needed for this kind of image. The technical aspects of this image are pretty well done. I would suggest spending a bit more time in post processing to see if the detail in the hood area could be better defined. I'm not sure if the lighting, too high of contrast, or over-saturation, is the cause for the loss of detail in this one area of the car. Even with better detail in the hood, this image still might not have scored in the 6's. The problem being that the image just doesn't have enough DPC "wow" for a 600+ free study challenge. Over 40% of your votes were 5's. That, to me, signifies people looking for literally 2-3 seconds and saying, "this picture isn't bad (so I can't give 4 or less), but it doesn't do too much for me (so I can't give 6 or more). 5".

I think you achieved your goal when shooting this image of getting better at panning. You did a nice job and achieved an image you can be proud to have in your portfolio.

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions regarding this critique.

Tim
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/06/2006 12:37:52 PM
The definition on the vehicle's hood and trunk are lost. Perhaps a light bit of sharpening applied to the car itself would bring that back out?
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10/05/2006 03:24:46 PM
my neighbor has a blue one of those. Good capture.
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10/04/2006 11:31:49 PM
perfect background blur
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10/04/2006 12:51:50 PM
Looks like fun!
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10/03/2006 04:25:14 PM
nice job panning.
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10/01/2006 06:35:36 PM
Well done on the motion in the background, the car is nicely focused.
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10/01/2006 06:17:53 AM
Well executed movement shot with good colour.
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