NSW 1/10th scale R/C car club series round 2

[DanPower]

Inspired by <a href="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/photography-beginners-forum/198721-new-action-photography.html" target="_blank">this thread</a>, I took my 550d and a hired 70-200 2.8 to the second round of the NSW 1/10th scale radio controlled car club series which just happened to be down the road from me. I had a CRACKER of a day, got to test-drive the lens I'm looking at buying for 10 hours straight and learnt a lot, mainly since these little buggers are so quick that capturing them in action is f'ing hard. I learnt a lot about setting up and waiting for action, along with autofocus (the 550+70-200 2.8 did a damn good job in AI SERVO) which is something I don't use much since my kit lenses focus so slowly.<br>
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I have a few ideas for next time, in particular I would like to try Magic Lantern's trap focus function.... the AF was good, but these cars are SO fast that taking shots head-on, when I hit the shutter release the AF stops and by the time the shutter opens the car is outside the DOF. I couldn't really see it on the screen but looking on the computer I have hundreds of photos where the car is out of focus but the track a foot behind it is in focus. The obvious solution is to use a smaller aperture to lengthen the DOF but then I might run into issues with the shutter speed being too slow.... *shrug*<br>
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I'm still working through the processing but I've gone through about 1/8 of the keepers (had 975 keepers), and isolated about 35 of those as the top photos . I've posted my favourite 8 here (tried to limit it to 6 but I couldn't choose), the rest can be found <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.359034740819018.92149.299371420118684&amp;type=1" target="_blank">on my Facebook page</a> if you're interested.<br>
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When I finish the set I'll post a few more photos and links and stuff... I expect the final set to be about 200 images!<br>
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Constructive C&amp;C always welcome and appreciated <img src="http://thephotoforum.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" border="0" alt="" title="smile" smilieid="105" class="inlineimg"> I'm aware the watermark is excessively large but I did that on purpose as I got enough absolute cracker shots that I think I can sell some prints!<br>
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2. Thought this one might make a nice FB cover for the owner, had to crop the top due to a bad background but still happy with it<br>
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4. That little bit in the middle is a tie rod <br>
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7. Wheelies FTW!<br><img src="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9890&amp;stc=1" attachmentid="9890" alt="" id="vbattach_9890" class="previewthumb"><br>
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8. Lucky shot<br>
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[DanPower]

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