Bimmersport Calendar 2010 - Photo Competition

[crazyarab 6]

Any CHCH lads want to get together for a last minute group shoot on the w/end?

Yep, I am keen.

It depends if I can get the car out of the mechanics though! Fingers crossed.

Keep me posted please Mark.

[Mark 178]

It's still in the shop Atta?

What's wrong with it?

[|ncary 0]

Awesome shoot today! Teaser :o :o

[DRTDVL 0]

^^^ bad memories of albany hill

[joshnz 2]

I hope that was a "closed road"

[Guest Simon*]

Haha it could be parked like that for all the photo tells us!!

[Guest Simon*]

Gives me great idea

where's my camera?!!!

[Braeden320 0]

Haha it could be parked like that for all the photo tells us!!

+1, needs a bit of smoke out those rears

[bravo 34]

Can you still buy smoke bombs?

[Guest Simon*]

Boys don't be mean, it's only an M20. They can't smoke AND move forwards

[DRTDVL 0]

haha i love the fact that i get to see my car every time Bravo posts...

the pug plague is spreading...!

[|ncary 0]

I'll be someones slave for a week if they can get smoke out of the rear tires on a downhill slide. Smoke comes from powering, DH stuff is all inertia

Another one you guys can pisstake :

[Guest FrantiC]

Boys don't be mean, it's only an M20. They can't smoke AND move forwards

Wanna bet

[DRTDVL 0]

just need more angle then...

[crazyarab 6]

It's still in the shop Atta?

What's wrong with it?

Nothing, just the standard service etc.

Ok, I am on for the weekend... Sunday shoot anyone ??

[|ncary 0]

just need more angle then...

Like this?

There's only 10-20% throttle on in a DH drift, smoke is impossible unless it's a really long corner and the the tires heat up enough.

[Guest FrantiC]

Like this?

There's only 10-20% throttle on in a DH drift, smoke is impossible unless it's a really long corner and the the tires heat up enough.

They are great shots and good effort for doing them. But they do look abit plain for an 'action shot', Like too clear. Maybe if the shot was focussed on the car and the background abit blurry it would look more like it's in motion ?

[|ncary 0]

I didn't take them, I know they need a slower shutter speed. And I'm posting the rejects.

[Guest FrantiC]

Insert your e30 here

[Mark 178]

Slower shutter speed won't help. Only way you can get a shot with the car in focus and the background blurred is if the cameraperson is in a car alongside going the same speed, or if you have a camera rig on the car.

You could always pshop some smoke in?

[|ncary 0]

It will help, you can reduce shutter speed and track the car with AI Servo focus and that way the car is in focus and the back ground has horizontal blur. Just like Frantics Pic there. But the idea today was crisp pics for a mature Calender. The submitted pics don't have much oversteer going on.

[DRTDVL 0]

Slower shutter speed won't help. Only way you can get a shot with the car in focus and the background blurred is if the cameraperson is in a car alongside going the same speed, or if you have a camera rig on the car.

You could always pshop some smoke in?

Like my pic of rapido...

No photoshop zoom effects on these bad boys...

Edited October 15, 2009 by DRTDVL

[|ncary 0]

Going the same speed as the subject is not the _only_ way to get blurry background though. Certainly have to know shutter speeds are their effects to get a shot like your second one Heath.

I'm still quite surprised you think that Mark, you seem to know your stuff!

*Took shots like this last week at the MotoSoc trackday. I wasn't running down the mainstraight at 130kph to get them haha

Edited October 15, 2009 by Incary

[DRTDVL 0]

Going the same speed as the subject is not the _only_ way to get blurry background though. Certainly have to know shutter speeds are their effects to get a shot like your second one Heath.

I'm still quite surprised you think that Mark, you seem to know your stuff!

*Took shots like this last week at the MotoSoc trackday. I wasn't running down the mainstraight at 130kph to get them haha

Or just have it on autofocus, stick your hand with camera out the window and snap away!

By moving the lens with the car you can match speed with the object

[Mark 178]

True true, I don't know everything.

AI focus can work wonders. But you'll notice your last shot isn't completely in focus.

A large aperture telephoto zoom is the shizz (what was most likely used in the shot Frantic posted). But they're lots of $$$.