Lol, the light did improve, first pics werent that light but the close ones (like the No1 car) i was getting around 1/1200s shutter which surprised me.

edit: i got one or two of the boxter but they were crap, my dad got a good one, will link it when he gets them up ;)

I was using iso1600 1/125th for most of the day.

I got ISO200 :D and never above F4, mainly F3-F3.6

The lighting was shocking, its amongst the worst i've ever photographed a rally in. One thing that i've noticed the rally photographers whose work with the wrc i usually admire have all taken crap shots at rally ireland.

My idea is to fill the memory card (or take a laptop and fill it a few times) and you will always get a few good pictures :D

I generally take very few photos at events. I think i've filled my mem card twice in total.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21060031@N08/2043893392/ there is a pic of that Boxter, looked quick.

I took very few pictures compared to what i normally take yesterday, i think me and my friend got over 1000 pictures at the TEESSIDE ACES this year.

http://www.northernracer.com/3.jpg
http://www.northernracer.com/2.jpg
http://www.northernracer.com/1.jpg

These were actually last years RAC, I didn't make the trip this year.

Nice shots there Stu!

Here's my favourite picture from the RAC rally last year.......

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...spectating.jpg

do i spot a spoon?:D

Also... is that a squirrel hanging on to the roof... or is it one of them there moggots....?:confused:;)

Hahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaahaaaaaaahahahahaha.....

Class.

Moggots. :rolleyes:

A bit of snoring car action from yesterdays Modeltune GP.

http://www.mole2k.co.uk/rc/modeltunegp/_MG_1663.jpg

http://www.mole2k.co.uk/rc/modeltunegp/_MG_1709.jpg

http://www.mole2k.co.uk/rc/modeltunegp/_MG_1919.jpg

http://www.mole2k.co.uk/rc/modeltunegp/_MG_1944.jpg

We brought our buggys to show them how it should be done though ;)
http://www.mole2k.co.uk/rc/modeltunegp/_MG_2040.jpg

Hello everyone. I'm new to the Oople forums and I thought I would introduce myself. My name is John Cary and at one point I was a photo student and decided to go a different route. Though in the mean time I do shot quite a bit of R/C Stuff along with night photography as well. Recently I did some work for R/C Car Action in the form of shooting both studio and action for some up coming reviews in the magazine. The two cars are the new Team Associated B44 and the Kyosho Lazer SP. Let me know what you think and I will be posting stuff as often as I can.

Thanks,
John

And some more......

Some of my favourite photos from my trip to Alaska last summer. Taken with a 100 quid camera on landscape mode :p Original images are of course a much higher resolution.


http://a709.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...c0f2a79384.jpg


http://a951.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...5f9e3c417e.jpg
http://a280.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...fa378eb63f.jpg
http://a126.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...7431d0c8dd.jpg
http://a310.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...ab106e95cd.jpg
http://a608.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...004318005f.jpg
http://a579.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...c105ef4faa.jpg
http://a858.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...4941032731.jpg
http://a694.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...36c9d471bd.jpg
http://a716.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...8973c4deb3.jpg
http://a239.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...dcb3b9ff96.jpg
http://a838.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...5e4978ae1d.jpg
http://a793.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...580bc51e90.jpg
http://a373.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...1b0c52f954.jpg
http://a545.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...6063bfc940.jpg
http://a44.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/...a4148712d3.jpg
http://a26.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/...c0f7774541.jpg
http://a838.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...38e0418c9d.jpg
http://a734.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...c912e4e6d5.jpg


And from around my house

http://a155.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...d8ca6cb41a.jpg
http://a916.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...d6ff17d833.jpg
http://a927.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...ce3039d07e.jpg
http://b3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/0...60261303_l.jpg

Caryphotography.....

Wow dude those pictures are awesome, what kind of camera are you using? The colours are so rich and well balanced too! Do you photoshop them much or are they mostly all just good camera work?

Your pics dont look over-saturated like a lot of "photographers". (a.k.a people that take average pics and photoshop the shit out of them later!)

Awesome job, they look great, very professional looking!

nice photos cary, like the night strobed stuff lots! :)


DF03, I think I take the most over saturated photos ever - but that's what I like. It's a camera setup thing rather than photoshop. Check out the photos from the Worlds I took with my D200, awesomely saturated! :)
If you look around the net, you'll see a lot of grey images from the event - not mine. Not to everyones taste maybe but I do it to appeal to myself and hopefully some others will like it also. :)

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/world...s/OOP_7853.jpg

Some great shots there john, I like the night stuff they are nice and unusual.

Im quite the opposite to jimmy my camera's setup to undersaturate to give even more dull pictures with higher contrast, but that again is my preference. Some people prefer high saturation some people prefer low. With my rally shots I often have a little bit more saturation than my usual shots as it helps the cars stand out a bit more but my most peoples standards they are still undersaturated.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2209/...3e41d4.jpg?v=0

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2025/...0a92f4.jpg?v=0

likewise I don't like too much contrast in my photos, mainly because it doesn't tend to go well with the bright colours & things can get a little too intense.

You can see my preference for bright warm colours all over this site, even the orangey-yellow borders on the forum.

Yeah If i did this forum skin it probably would be muted colours with high contrast :P

High saturation and high contrast can be messy, low saturation and low contrast can be very grey and dull looking i find.

If we joined forces we'd be able to produce really normal and boring images! :D

Haha :p

Just starting to get into this photo taking stuff, here's a few i've taken recently

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/DSCF1104.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/lil_me/okish.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/DSCF1110.jpg

and some i took the other week on a very dull day at norc raceway

http://www.flickr.com/photos/turbo_b...86567859/show/

Those look quite good turbo_brick, the first I would of shot with the composition showing more of the bridge in the background. to get a bit of a more balanced composition, a bit of light on the front of the car would of been nice too. A quick and dirty way of doing this is get a torch and during the exposure shine it over the darker area's of the car to try and paint them brighter.

DP + an extra bit because 2 characters is too short a post :P

a bit like this

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/DSCF1103.jpg

Thanks for the comments guys. I try an use photoshop as little as possible. I had teachers at photo school that drilled it into me that photos should be shot correctly the 1st time rather then using photoshop as your main source of operation.
The Flash shots were done with my studio lights and a Nikon SB-26 as a slave as a back ground filler.
I'm a big fan of color in images but Mole2k, those rally shots just above are awesome. I really like that undersaturated color look with high contrast.
the weapons in my arsenal are:
Digital
- Canon 20D
Film
-Canon EOS 1VHS
Lenses
70-200mm 2.8L
50mm 1.8
20-35mm 2.8-3.6


http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...e/Picture1.png

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...e/tebo72-2.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...Trackmerge.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...ht001small.jpg

Yeah I personally much prefer that last shot :)

The car is nicely balanced by the bridge in the background halo'ing it, I personally would prefer a lower angle but a lot of people prefer to see more of the car like in your shot. Great shot though :)

Just a cool pic of my truck on the local club last year, Photo by: M Lindsley

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...MF2/truck1.jpg

This is done by me, my old AE car

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...T/S5030025.jpg

What a coincidence! My favourite car in the whole world!

Amazing pictures.

That's ace - the high contast setting makes the scoob look chrome plated.

The best bit is it's one of mine and i didn't have to buy it just talked my mam into it.

I get to drive it while she works away in iraq for 10 months of the year. Only downside is the fuel bills, when i was out taking the pictures I used £20 worth of optimax in the grand sum of 45 miles.

Lots more quality stuff has been posted here since I last looked, this thread has provided lots of inspiration over the months.

My photographic life has only been marginally more active than my (nonexistent) racing life the last few months, but here are some of my better images of late:

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/a.../poncy/ZBR.jpg

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/a...poncy/halo.jpg

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/a...cy/street2.jpg

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/a...poncy/rays.jpg

Does it have a fuel leak:o:D


Very Very smart pics there PB, i like the green think what and where is that

PB I love those pics....especially the walkway one. very joy division esq (My fav band) just like the type of thing i like to do

No it's just a very enthusiastic right foot :D

Great shots as always PB!

I havnt done much work lately at all, keep meaning to change that fact but i've not really gotten into the swing of things yet.

Isnt that the halo thing over my way (Rossendale)