DH Race pictures

graigdavis · May 24, 2004

Here are some pictures from this weekends races. Im pretty happy with them. Let me know what you think.

pilgrim · May 24, 2004

The second one is primo!
Magazine quality.

danalec99 · May 24, 2004

#1, 2 spectacular!!
I second pilgrim's view on 2.

Awesome job!! :thumbsup:

mfacer · May 24, 2004

absolutely love the second one!! the fifth one is also great - lots of green!!
nice work!!

BigRC · May 24, 2004

Awesome job! I think my fav is the second one also.

thebigbillybob · May 24, 2004

2 and 4 are my fav one looks like the DOF was off though it is an awsome shot!!! i would love it soo much more if the rider was just a lil more finely focused.... number 2 well that one speaks for itself congrats that is an awsome motion shot!!!!! sell it to mtn bike mag

and i like 4 just cuz everthing is nicely in focus and i enjoy the scenery around the biker so i feel its a strong composition...

altyfc · May 25, 2004

I agree re: the second one. That's great.

Aaron

Artemis · May 25, 2004

niiiicceeee such good quality with action that is really really really good

graigdavis · May 25, 2004

Thanks guys.

I sent some to some bike magazines. We will see what happens.

bogleric · May 25, 2004

The second shot is really good. I would have prefered to have the rider slightly crisper to make him almost pop out of the grass. I do really like the motion effect, but the bright green is very distracting to the eye. This may have been helped with what I suggested above.

graigdavis · May 25, 2004

bogleric said:
The second shot is really good. I would have prefered to have the rider slightly crisper to make him almost pop out of the grass. I do really like the motion effect, but the bright green is very distracting to the eye. This may have been helped with what I suggested above.

Interesting. Everyone that has seen that picture loves the bright green. Helps the rider stick out more. Seems to be the style that magazines like. If you ever flip through a bike magazine all their pictures are extremely bright and vibrant.

It would have been extremely difficult, almost impossible to get the rider any more crisp. At the speed he was moving (30-35mph) with the slower shutter speed thats as crisp as the rider can get.

markc · May 25, 2004

Great stuff, graig! I especially like the second one. I like the green myself.

His head is faily sharp, while it's his body and bike that has a bit of blur in an up/down motion. This tells me that it was the uneven ground that caused the blur, and there isn't much you can do about that.

graigdavis · May 25, 2004

markc said:
Great stuff, graig! I especially like the second one. I like the green myself.

His head is faily sharp, while it's his body and bike that has a bit of blur in an up/down motion. This tells me that it was the uneven ground that caused the blur, and there isn't much you can do about that.

Thanks.

Exactly.