Danny & Duncan in the rain

Hamish · Forum Veteran Joined: 29 Sep 2006 Posts: 1020

Here are a couple more shots (the better one being in POTM) from a 10-15 minute demo that Danny Macaskill and Duncan Shaw did at Innerleithen last Saturday. The heavens opened just a few minutes before they started and I was caught out without any protection for myself or the camera.

I managed a few shots in horrendous conditions using D200, Tamron 17-50 f2.8 & SB600 before the LCD stopped working. Camera has since dried out and seems to be working fine though. So much for British summer, eh?

C&C appreciated, as always (escpecially with regards to contrast/exposure as I'm using a new laptop and am not too confident about the brightness/contrast setting at the moment):

Duncan sidehopping

Danny backflipping

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JAW · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:02 pm Post subject:

You've done well considering the conditions! Perhaps a shallower depth of field might have looked good in the first shot as the rider is a tad lost in the crowd, not badly though.

Is it just me or is that a tiny ramp he's flipping from in the second shot?!
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Hamish · Forum Veteran Joined: 29 Sep 2006 Posts: 1020

The kicker is about 1-2ft.

Mental.
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BenAtBedgebury · Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:38 pm Post subject:

Great shot timing. know what JAW means about the first.

That must have required fast rotation!
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Hamish · Forum Veteran Joined: 29 Sep 2006 Posts: 1020

Sadly it's not really possible to get less DOF in the first shot as it's a wide/normal angle. It's actually f2.8 which is as wide as that lens goes.

I don't have a lens that takes shots at 24mm with a wider aperture. And I can't afford a Nikon 24mm f1.4 at the moment, even if I could track one down.

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