He's fast.

[manicmike]

And he's only 17.

 

[Travis F]

Nice panning and composition! I've never tried any motorsports other than motocross which is considerably slower than this. I don't know that I could pull off panning shots like this.

I love the concentration in his eyes! Probably a good thing that he is concentrating.

Did you use a high pass filter to sharpen this? It looks like it may have been overdone just a tad or the opacity might be a little too high. Or maybe it's just due to compression for the web. Anyway, it looks good!

Thanks for sharing,
Travis

 

[manicmike]

Nice panning and composition! I've never tried any motorsports other than motocross which is considerably slower than this. I don't know that I could pull off panning shots like this.

I love the concentration in his eyes! Probably a good thing that he is concentrating.

Did you use a high pass filter to sharpen this? It looks like it may have been overdone just a tad or the opacity might be a little too high. Or maybe it's just due to compression for the web. Anyway, it looks good!

Thanks for sharing,
Travis

Yeah, my first step in post was a high pass filter. I think I may have had the opacity 5-10% higher than it should have been.

Thanks for the comment, I've been working pretty hard to improve.

 

[Travis F]

Yeah, my first step in post was a high pass filter. I think I may have had the opacity 5-10% higher than it should have been.

Thanks for the comment, I've been working pretty hard to improve.

I have a hard time using the high pass filter to sharpen images. I either unerdo it or overdo it all the time it seems. It's very tricky to get right IMO.

If you have the PSD file still just drop the opacity a little. You are using Overlay as blending mode too, correct? That's what I have always read to use.

Weird how you can tell the high pass from just an oversharpened image.

Keep up the great work! BTW - I bet it would still look great as a print.

Travis

 

[manicmike]

Yeah, my first step in post was a high pass filter. I think I may have had the opacity 5-10% higher than it should have been.

Thanks for the comment, I've been working pretty hard to improve.

I have a hard time using the high pass filter to sharpen images. I either unerdo it or overdo it all the time it seems. It's very tricky to get right IMO.

If you have the PSD file still just drop the opacity a little. You are using Overlay as blending mode too, correct? That's what I have always read to use.

Weird how you can tell the high pass from just an oversharpened image.

Keep up the great work! BTW - I bet it would still look great as a print.

Travis

I actually use vivid light for the blending mode, between 40-60%, depends on the image. I also do a couple other things to get the effect I want.

 

[Travis F]

I actually use vivid light for the blending mode, between 40-60%, depends on the image. I also do a couple other things to get the effect I want.

Maybe I'll have to give that a try. Everything I've read recommends using Overlay but hey, I'm up to learn new tricks! :thumbup:

Travis

 

[gsgary]

Has it been cropped, too tight for me

 

[manicmike]

Has it been cropped, too tight for me

I think I cropped a little off the right side. But if the crop is the worst thing, coming from you, I'm ok with that.

 

[gsgary]

Has it been cropped, too tight for me

I think I cropped a little off the right side. But if the crop is the worst thing, coming from you, I'm ok with that.

Are you going to reprocess it because i may have more to say just letting you off this time

 

[manicmike]

Has it been cropped, too tight for me

I think I cropped a little off the right side. But if the crop is the worst thing, coming from you, I'm ok with that.

Are you going to reprocess it because i may have more to say just letting you off this time

Nope no more Topaz for me. :lmao: Actually trying to learn how to process now.

 

[gsgary]

I do as little as possible to mine sharpening action from FM

 

[CNCO]

what is this guys name? does he race ama?

 

[manicmike]

His name's Brad DeLong. He races WMRRA right now, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him in AMA in the future.

 

[Fate]

Great shot! Nice panning and love the fact you can see some of his face through the visor!

 

[LaRoo]

That's great focus against the bokeh, mike.

Is his knee touching the track??
:shock: