Motorcycle Ice Racing

spocklingspockling Registered Users Posts: 369 Major grins
edited March 11, 2010 in Sports
Caught a guy practicing on a lake today. Couldn't believe the ice was still 2 feet thick.
Enjoy...
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Here's the gallery if interested..
http://photoshare.shaw.ca/view/912638238-1268006090-94995/gallery/
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  • Mike JMike J Registered Users Posts: 1,029 Major grins
    edited March 8, 2010
    spockling wrote:
    Caught a guy practicing on a lake today. Couldn't believe the ice was still 2 feet thick.
    Enjoy...
    preview_img_68200.jpg?rev=0

    Here's the gallery if interested..
    http://photoshare.shaw.ca/view/912638238-1268006090-94995/gallery/
    Looks like he was having fun but this one and the others in your gallery look underexposed.
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  • spocklingspockling Registered Users Posts: 369 Major grins
    edited March 8, 2010
    Mike J wrote:
    Looks like he was having fun but this one and the others in your gallery look underexposed.

    Funny, histograms look good to me!
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  • Mike JMike J Registered Users Posts: 1,029 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2010
    spockling wrote:
    Funny, histograms look good to me!
    I have to disagree with you. Here is the histogram of the posted photo:
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    For a photo with that much ice in it, I would expect to see a peak of the histogram much closer to the right. Let me ask you a question - is the ice really that gray? I hope not. I think you camera is getting fooled by the the higher reflective of the ice and underexposing.
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  • spocklingspockling Registered Users Posts: 369 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2010
    Mike J wrote:
    I have to disagree with you. Here is the histogram of the posted photo:
    806012265_Kk6t2-XL.jpg
    For a photo with that much ice in it, I would expect to see a peak of the histogram much closer to the right. Let me ask you a question - is the ice really that gray? I hope not. I think you camera is getting fooled by the the higher reflective of the ice and underexposing.

    Hmmm, I guess I better send my sekonic in to get re-calibrated then! See, here's the thing, It's exposed to not blow out the highlights. If the ice happens to be that colour, due to the angle of the sun, then so be it. I wasn't shooting the ice, I was shooting the motorcyclist. The ice was not the subject. I have looked at your other posts, and quite frankly, you are quite the party pooper! I have seen very few of your posts that don't criticize this or that. Sometimes, it's better to say nothing at all. You are now added to MY ignore list. Good Day!
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  • mutti_wilsonmutti_wilson Registered Users Posts: 33 Big grins
    edited March 10, 2010
    I agree with Mike. Try bringing your white level closer to the whites in your histogram. Maybe repost an adjusted pic?
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  • Mike JMike J Registered Users Posts: 1,029 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2010
    spockling wrote:
    Hmmm, I guess I better send my sekonic in to get re-calibrated then! See, here's the thing, It's exposed to not blow out the highlights. If the ice happens to be that colour, due to the angle of the sun, then so be it. I wasn't shooting the ice, I was shooting the motorcyclist. The ice was not the subject. I have looked at your other posts, and quite frankly, you are quite the party pooper! I have seen very few of your posts that don't criticize this or that. Sometimes, it's better to say nothing at all. You are now added to MY ignore list. Good Day!
    Humm...not sure how to react to this. One of the basic premises of these forums is to learn from each other - not just pat each other on the back. If you are happy with these photos, then fine. I still think they are underexposed. Let's see what others have to say.
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  • Mike JMike J Registered Users Posts: 1,029 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2010
    Check this thread out: http://dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=158620
    Two sets of photos from the same event...
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  • mutti_wilsonmutti_wilson Registered Users Posts: 33 Big grins
    edited March 10, 2010
    Good find Mike. Even though there are blown out highlights, it still looks white, and we don't need to see texture in those areas. The subject is the most important.
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  • richmoffittrichmoffitt Registered Users Posts: 27 Big grins
    edited March 11, 2010
    I especially find that I need to bump up my metering in ice rinks by almost a full stop, and even then I find the need to crank exposure up in PP. The histogram for this photo is nearly pegged on highlights:

    805358428_kASCc-S.jpg

    I take it that's what is happening in the ice racing photos. Just so much white!
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