DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Mike wrote:

Those bushes look like they were well overdue replacement.
I bet that transformed things.
But Mike, both hands on the wheel please....

Ferry Man wrote:

But Mike, both hands on the wheel please....

But how's he going to wave to the passersby?

Neat photo – ever thought about taking up photography for a living?

Must feel great to be driving it again.

Where have you moved to Mike ?

Ferry Man wrote:But Mike, both hands on the wheel please....

But how do you change gear or open the windows then....

Lightweight_911 wrote:Must feel great to be driving it again. Where have you moved to Mike ?

Small village near Alton in Hampshire Andy, roads around here are like having your own private Nordschleife!

Mike, your pictures never fail to impress. Love that.

Was this with your phone or camera? I haven't ever tried moving images but will definitely be having a go, great fluid shot.

Tp81 wrote:Was this with your phone or camera?

Dusted off the 'big' camera for that one, needed the 16mm to get the angle of view.

Great pic Mike. Lovely part of the world to drive in as well - the A339 is one of my favourites if you are there early enough.

I often meet a few guys at Loomies or Wilton House if you ever want to meet up.

Regards

Feroz

shhh, don't mention the A339, trying to keep it a secret!

That's a wonderful pic, thanks for posting.
A339 is indeed good...

Mike, thanks for coming back about the lense. I have had a go at this today with my son but all with no real success, before I crash can you tell me what shutter speed and settings did you use? My attempts are either all too bright with a slow speed to capture the movement or pin sharp, perhaps not going fast enough.

You might need to reduce your iso/asa setting (often quite high with modern sensitive sensors) to balance the exposure with a longer shutter speed if the high f-stop isn't enough.

1/100sec, f5, iso 100, 16mm.

Blatantly stolen from the exif data

It's a real case of trial and error, and in a situation like this where the light is constantly changing you need very good matrix metering.

This is where the camera computer is taking readings from various places around the chip and computing the best mean average. So from an exposure point of
view you'll get the best balance between the highlights and shadows, but you will still have to even it up more in photoshop/lightroom, especially on a bright day.

Then you just experiment, you can try your camera on shutter priority so you know what speed it's firing at and as you taking shots switch speeds from around a
30th up to 100th and fire the motor in bursts, the more you take the more chance you'll get it right and get a sharp one! Or try fully auto, the cameras are very
clever these days, or go 'P' for *issed and see what happens....

You see what I mean about trial and error, I'm guessing for my shot I took a hundred frames, maybe two or three usable, story of my career really.
Or you can always cheat with photoshop, or a combination of both, it what the car mags do all the time

^^ That makes me feel so much better.

I thought it was a single chance shot and when I read Gary's post died that such a setting would do it, 1/100th for goodness sakes.

I'll never get a grip of this picture taking lark.

The car looks just out of this world Mike, it is now 'perfect'?

And he's not going very fast either. And the camera is probably mounted on a massive sucker inside the window!

If it was hand held I'm even more impressed:)