Drift Yo..

tromboads · Expire: 2015-10-01

Remember all those kids with skateboards, wondering where they ended up? Well they all have money, jobs and families and spend their weekends "drifting"

Ie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcvvLwWh-m4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puwGBRdL_4Q

So fresh with the Photocopied 5D and the Series 1 70-210, best go practise some pans.

I always liked those I suppose "focus pulled" shots, you know with the zoom modified along with the Pan to have a crazy washed out background and the action somewhat presentable. Anyway, in effort to capture some of that excitement best I give it a go and see what happens.

Easy doers it, do I have much focus at all... ok just enough at S=1/60th

S=1/45th was a little smoother still

Didn't land to many shots at 1/20th, but this one worked out ok. If it wasn't for the angle you would be forgiven to think it was a normal proper race car.

This might have been interesting if there was a giant cloud of smoke washing out the right hand side of the image. Alas not this time. This effect is way heavier then i was planning for, S=1/30th

And of course the venerable 180 would be the one that kinda worked. S=1/30th again and this time along with the horizontal movement a little bit of "zoom" blur, 80's Japanese cartoon style as drawn by the diagonals appearing in the corners.

Neat, but surprisingly tricky. I do enjoy how this really does just colour in the otherwise boring field and bits of race track. Field, Bokeh... Fiel-Keh, Yes. I dub this, Fielkeh Razz

More practice for me! Wink

Oldhand · Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2018 8:12 pm Post subject:

Pretty cool Daniel.
Looks like lots of photographic fun.
You've moved on from Pentax I see.
Smile

Tom

tromboads · Expire: 2015-10-01

Yes can recommend hanging around race tracks and practising panning, if that's what you are into.

The Photocopier 5D wasn't a religious decision, it was just that when the K5 died, 5D's where about the same price. And I confess to being interested in the larger photocopier since well when they came out.

Anyway, I think I'll always be religiously bent towards pentax, I mean a ME Super was my first.

Sjak · Joined: 29 Sep 2017 Posts: 696

Some really cool shots here!

Is this lens a push/pull-zoom?

tromboads · Expire: 2015-10-01

Yes it is that's right.

Selected distance more or less stays pretty close when switching between mm's, so its pretty natural to pan and zoom together.

Sjak · Joined: 29 Sep 2017 Posts: 696

Thanks!

I noticed my local photo store has a push/pull zoom for cheap, will take it home and play a bit with it. I never thought of this type of application for it.