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Daytona Continental Historic Races
Started November 11, 2008 @ 8:22pm by SlowPan
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SlowPan
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| Daytona Continental Historic Races | November 11, 2008 @ 8:22pm | All,
Apparently, someone beat me to the name aerophoto on the new site. Oh well. Anyway the old aerophoto is now SlowPan.
Below are some images from this past weekend’s Daytona Continental Historic Races - Grand IMSA Reunion. Auto racing is one of my favorite subjects so I enjoyed it immensely.
Some of the cars there were similar to (or the same) as the cars I watched with my Dad back in the 1980s, which was a real treat.
I would appreciate any constructive criticism you may have.
Chris
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JohnC
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| November 11, 2008 @ 8:38pm | I like 2, 3, and 4.
#1 doesn't quite work for me because of the background. Too much going on. I would like to have seen this taken with a much longer lens to narrow the field of view behind the car. The truck, the palm tree, the multicolor tiles, etc. all take me away from the car, leaving it an incidental bit in the corner.
The panning on the others is very effective.
John
John Cornicello
Seattle, wa
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SlowPan
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Becky
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| November 12, 2008 @ 4:01pm | I too like 2, 3, and 4. I like the black and white in #4. It reminds me of the old Daytona images.
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Flo
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| November 12, 2008 @ 5:23pm | Hi, Chris. I like your slow panning technique. I think, tho, that all these images could benefit with some cropping down from the top - make them more panoramic proportions. This will get rid of the background distractions and focus attention more on the cars. Only with the B&W image is the background not distracting. But then, just my opinion. Perhaps you wanted to show the environment, too.
Flo
Flo - PPY
"May we live in peace without weeping. May our joy outline the lives we touch without ceasing. And may our love fill the world, angel wings beating." aziza
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SlowPan
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| November 12, 2008 @ 9:47pm | Becky and Flo,
Thank you for your thoughts. I was shooting more loose than I normally do last weekend. On a website that focuses on automotive photography, I previously received some comments to a post suggesting that I let the cars breathe more (put them in context). This was my attempt to implement that advice.
I do agree that the backgrounds can be distracting. I will take these comments into account next time I am at the track.
Chris
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Flo
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| November 13, 2008 @ 6:43am | Chris, the backgrounds of the 1st and 2nd images definitely compete with the car, which is the main subject. The 3rd - well, this one does give the car breathing room, and the 4th is fine.
It just that sometimes giving a car breathing room then becomes a distraction. IMHO, of course.
Flo
Flo - PPY
"May we live in peace without weeping. May our joy outline the lives we touch without ceasing. And may our love fill the world, angel wings beating." aziza
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