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Chris Kelly
03-25-2009, 01:58 PM
So many shots to choose from... While maybe not the clearest, sharpest, or cleanest, these do have something a little different than my technically best stuff from the weekend.

Looks like I have a problem with noise with my night shots. I'll work on that for the future.

Otherwise, constructive critique is welcomed.
Ronnie Renaldi
03-25-2009, 02:16 PM
Sweet pics!
William Jones
03-25-2009, 10:21 PM
Very Nice!
John Thawley
03-26-2009, 12:06 AM
Hmmm... the noise is odd. Was the Audi shot through the fence? I shot a lot through the fence and overall was pleased with the results. Even at ISO 400 yours seems pretty noisy. That's odd.

I like your first two. Not wild about the Lizard shot. The night stuff doesn't look like YOU did anything wrong. .. just something going on with either the noise or white balance.

We should look at the hi-res originals. Will you be in St. Pete?

JT
Chris Kelly
03-26-2009, 12:37 AM
John:

Nothing shot through the fence. Noise reduction was set to off in camera, but I don't think any of those were at 1/2 sec so that shouldn't come into play.

I'll look at my raw files, play with noise reduction a bit, and see what I come up with. White balance was set to auto. (These images are jpegs from camera, cropped, sized, levels, contrast, saturation and minimal sharpening in CS4. I just upgraded from CS and have noticed that some of the tools do not seem to work exactly as they did in the earlier version, so I may have not PP'd these correctly).

Thanks for the comments and offer to help. I have tried to learn from previous critique (the dreaded center focus syndrome) and appreciate any help you pros dole out. Yes, I'll be at St Pete, but probably Sat and Sun only. I just saw the entry list and it's pretty scary how few cars are entered.

Ronnie and William: Thanks for taking the time to comment!
Keith Schoeler
04-02-2009, 02:27 PM
Late to the party....

Really like the composition and heat that you captured in #1.
Steve Stein
04-02-2009, 03:21 PM
#1 is sweet. Looks like you have a dirty sensor though. #2 has lots of spots in the sky.
Chris Kelly
04-03-2009, 09:01 AM
#1 is sweet. Looks like you have a dirty sensor though. #2 has lots of spots in the sky.

Thanks for picking that up. I THOUGHT the issue had been resolved prior to the weekend but it looks like it needs readdressing.