Pics from Oak Ridge Mall 6-27-2004

Post by **disneyd** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 7:49 pm

I took a few pics... only of the third run group. I was playing around with different settings on my camera, so I only posted the shots that came out (some good, some ok).

They're HERE in the gallery.

TonyBolton · Post by **TonyBolton** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 8:07 pm

Man, i feel special! 3 pix!

ImpressvRS · Post by **ImpressvRS** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 8:10 pm

Man your camera is good!! You got the whites of my eyes as I was looking ahead for once!

Post by **disneyd** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 8:26 pm

Its pretty tricky getting good pics of something that's going 40 mph. You'll probably notice that only a few of the pics are really crisp and clear. I'm getting better at it though. The high speed autofocus still isn't quite fast enough. I found that pre-focusing on where the car would be and then taking a pic as the car came by worked best. On several of the shots, you can tell that I used a cone to focus on... so the cone is crisp but the car isn't. I should have used the pavement exactly where the car was going to be, not a cone several feet away. Eh well, I'll try again next time.

I wish I had gotten Stu's whole car in the frame on that one three wheeler pic. He drove a little wider line than I expected

I also took pics of Adam's car, Cliffs, and several others... but none of them were worth posting (too out of focus)

TonyBolton · Post by **TonyBolton** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 8:29 pm

disneyd wrote:Its pretty tricky getting good pics of something that's going 40 mph.

I also took pics of Adam's car, Cliffs, and several others... but none of them were worth posting (too out of focus)

So your saying i was one of the SLOW ones?!

Post by **disneyd** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 9:22 pm

So your saying i was one of the SLOW ones?!

Nah, stray gamma rays from that radioactive fluffy toy Tyler gave you were probably messing with my camera.

(beware nuclear engineers bearing gifts

)

Steven · Post by **Steven** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 9:25 pm

Williampreza · Post by **Williampreza** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 12:40 pm

Not to jack a thread, but I didn't want to start a whole new one for this while a relavent one was going. I've posted some in-car footage from Sunday's race for those that need an ego boost.

It's 11Mb so 56k beware.

Here it is.

Charlie Valentine · Post by **Charlie Valentine** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 5:48 pm

Dave,
Enjoyed the photos a lot - nice work! As to the discussion about cars being driven SLOWLY being easier to photograph - all your pics of my car were nice and crisp. I'll try and pick up the pace next time!
Charlie Valentine
(blue factory five roadster)

CMS-GT4 · Post by **CMS-GT4** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 6:21 pm

Same here. I got a quick vid of my runs. There is also one from the day before at the dragon. About 1-1.5 megs each.

I am open to any constructive remarks? I need some practice with the new suspension bad.

http://www.alltrac.net/media/uploads/626_dragonrun.mov

http://www.alltrac.net/media/uploads/626_autox1.mov

http://www.alltrac.net/media/uploads/626_autox2.mov

http://www.alltrac.net/media/uploads/626_autox3.mov

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:30 am

Thanks for taking those pictures Dave, they are the best ones I have so far.

disneyd wrote: I wish I had gotten Stu's whole car in the frame on that one three wheeler pic. He drove a little wider line than I expected

I guess my car was just a little camera shy.

East Tennessee Region SCCA