Some DH pics.

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I ambled around the hills at a local grassroots Dh race on Sunday. No
really good carnage this year. I missed all of the good stuff since I
was constantly on the move and shooting video most of the time.

http://www.petefagerlin.com/ggg04/gallery/GGG04

I was surprised at how few accidents we had this year. Only one red flag, as
far as I know. And the kid was fine, other than some scrapes and bruises...
he had hit the rock jump and took a spill. Somehow his helmet got jammed
between 2 hay bails (with his head still in it!)

I think the worst we had happen on race day was another kid with heat
exhaustion. Other than that there were just a few accidents on practice day.

So are we going to get another GGG video this year? 🙂 Suhweet! Last years
vid rocked. I spoken with many people who watched it before the race.

Thanks Pete! Very cool of you to share the photos.

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P e t e F a g e r l i n said:

I ambled around the hills at a local grassroots Dh race on Sunday. No
really good carnage this year. I missed all of the good stuff since I
was constantly on the move and shooting video most of the time.

http://www.petefagerlin.com/ggg04/gallery/GGG04

Cool pics!

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I ambled around the hills at a local grassroots Dh race on Sunday. No
really good carnage this year. I missed all of the good stuff since I
was constantly on the move and shooting video most of the time.

http://www.petefagerlin.com/ggg04/gallery/GGG04

nice as always. got a photography question for ya. when panning, do you
change the settings on your camera at all to get the blurred background or
does it just happen? I've been messing around with it a bit and have had
less than stellar results so far so I wasn't sure if I had some settings
incorrect. of course, I know just enough about manual settings be dangerous
but that's a seperate issue.

Michael

P e t e F a g e r l i n said:

I ambled around the hills at a local grassroots Dh race on Sunday. No
really good carnage this year. I missed all of the good stuff since I
was constantly on the move and shooting video most of the time.

http://www.petefagerlin.com/ggg04/gallery/GGG04

Bad ass pix... I think these are my favorites
http://www.petefagerlin.com/ggg04/gallery/GGG04/ggg04_156

Someone looks like they're carrying some speed
http://www.petefagerlin.com/ggg04/gallery/GGG04/ggg04_164

Picture's worth a thousand words
http://www.petefagerlin.com/ggg04/gallery/GGG04/ggg04_166

Can't wait for the video!
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nice as always. got a photography question for ya. when panning, do you
change the settings on your camera at all to get the blurred background or
does it just happen? I've been messing around with it a bit and have had
less than stellar results so far so I wasn't sure if I had some settings
incorrect.

Drop the shutter speed by stopping down the aperature.

The panned shots in the shade were at around 1/100 sec (with fill flash) and
the panned shots in the bright sun were around 1/300 sec.

If you shoot in auto mode in low light yes, they can just happen because the
camera will drop the shutter speed for you (don't forget the flash though).

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nice as always. got a photography question for ya. when panning, do

you

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change the settings on your camera at all to get the blurred background

or

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does it just happen? I've been messing around with it a bit and have

had

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less than stellar results so far so I wasn't sure if I had some settings
incorrect.

I usually use 1/60 to 1/125, but I tend to enjoy more blurriness.

Make sure you meter the scene in which you'll actually take the picture.
Example: the person may be coming out of the deep forest into the bright
sun, where your exposure will be auto-set way too bright. Either meter it
manually, or meter the destination scene shortly before locking the exposure
and going back to the subject.

If you're using a digicam, use the viewfinder and keep both eyes open.
Practice with cars in your spare time.

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p e t e f a g e r l i n said:

Drop the shutter speed by stopping down the aperature.

The panned shots in the shade were at around 1/100 sec (with fill flash) and
the panned shots in the bright sun were around 1/300 sec.

If you shoot in auto mode in low light yes, they can just happen because the
camera will drop the shutter speed for you (don't forget the flash though).

Can you recommend any newbie resources on the web for learning more about
photography techniques? I've always been a point-and-click sort of person,
but I'd like to progress to a better level.

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Can you recommend any newbie resources on the web for learning more about
photography techniques?

Buy a book? That's how I learnt.

Steve

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yeah, that's what I've been doing but wasn't getting the blurriness effect.
So, I didn't know what I needed to change or how much. Sometimes, that's
the problem with experiemntation. if you don't know what to change, you may
not always observe the change had an effect.

with the info you and Pete have provided, I forsee many bad moving vehicle
shots will find their way on to the smart media card!

thanks

Michael

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I ambled around the hills at a local grassroots Dh race on Sunday. No
really good carnage this year. I missed all of the good stuff since I
was constantly on the move and shooting video most of the time.

http://www.petefagerlin.com/ggg04/gallery/GGG04

thats nucking futs,

great pics,

Dave