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now that's a lot of photos! you are going to be busy today;)
this shot is awesome!! i guess there was other racing going on yesterday beside the Indy 500.....hehe. It was a big year for the 500 as it was the 100th anniversary of the race.
fab. Just a quick question, do you download all your photos go through them and then delete or the other way around? Im not sure what to do in terms of memory space on the computer. Cant always see all the detail on the camera screen.
@mikegifford - It was taken while panning. Here is the relevant exif data:
Model - Canon EOS 5D Mark II
DateTime - 2011:05:29 11:37:18
Artist - Photographer: Damon Guy - Netkonnexion
Copyright - Copyright: Damon Guy [The Author]
ExposureTime - 1/100 seconds
FNumber - 13
FocalLength - 280 mm (on a Canon 70 - 200 F2.8 L USM IS - and a Canon x1.4 extender)
Quality - RAW
Flash mode - Not fired
Sequence mode - Continous
Focus mode - One-Shot
Shooting mode - Manual
Metering mode - Evaluative
Focus type - Auto
White Balance - Cloudy
It is a relatively slow shutter value to make the background blur. But that means you must pan consistantly or the moving subject will blur. The subject was travelling at approx. 145mph as this shot was taken.
@chantal - for brevity here is some advice...
1. I will NEVER delete before downloading. You cannot tell what you have using the on-camera screen.
2. Of all the shots I took at this race I have deleted around 30. Most are where someones head is in the way. I rarely delete anything because (a) I have often used shots I had previously wanted to delete, (b) ones taste, observation skills and artistic sense WILL change and you could throw away a real winner. My leopards feet shot nearly had that fate but hit the popular page this week [ http://365project.org/netkonnexion/anotherone/2011-05-26 ]. I don't throw away blurred or misconcieved shots because to some people that picture is art, or I can sell it/use it for a purpose I do not know of now. For example, I have often put a picture in a competition I personally do not like. However, it suits the subject and may score well.
Now advice about computer memory...
I suggest that you NEVER keep your images on your computer. It is highly vulnerable to malware attack and hardware failure. Hard drives are the the most unreliable computer component. I suggest you should have three external hard drives. One to download onto, one to back up onto immediately after download is complete. The third is kept off-site in another building. Back up to that one regularly. I do it weekly. I take between 500 and 1000 shots a week most weeks. If I lost those it could be several days work wasted. I have around 200 thousand images on hard drive. If I lost them I would be in serious trouble - it could possibly destroy my business.
I worked in computers for about 15 years. I hear echos of literally dozens of people who said, "it's not worth backing up, I have nothing of value on my computer". Then, when they lose a hard drive they are both devastated and incapcitated. They simply did not realise what a disaster it was until it happened. If nothing else remember this:
this shot is awesome!! i guess there was other racing going on yesterday beside the Indy 500.....hehe. It was a big year for the 500 as it was the 100th anniversary of the race.
Model - Canon EOS 5D Mark II
DateTime - 2011:05:29 11:37:18
Artist - Photographer: Damon Guy - Netkonnexion
Copyright - Copyright: Damon Guy [The Author]
ExposureTime - 1/100 seconds
FNumber - 13
FocalLength - 280 mm (on a Canon 70 - 200 F2.8 L USM IS - and a Canon x1.4 extender)
Quality - RAW
Flash mode - Not fired
Sequence mode - Continous
Focus mode - One-Shot
Shooting mode - Manual
Metering mode - Evaluative
Focus type - Auto
White Balance - Cloudy
It is a relatively slow shutter value to make the background blur. But that means you must pan consistantly or the moving subject will blur. The subject was travelling at approx. 145mph as this shot was taken.
1. I will NEVER delete before downloading. You cannot tell what you have using the on-camera screen.
2. Of all the shots I took at this race I have deleted around 30. Most are where someones head is in the way. I rarely delete anything because (a) I have often used shots I had previously wanted to delete, (b) ones taste, observation skills and artistic sense WILL change and you could throw away a real winner. My leopards feet shot nearly had that fate but hit the popular page this week [ http://365project.org/netkonnexion/anotherone/2011-05-26 ]. I don't throw away blurred or misconcieved shots because to some people that picture is art, or I can sell it/use it for a purpose I do not know of now. For example, I have often put a picture in a competition I personally do not like. However, it suits the subject and may score well.
Now advice about computer memory...
I suggest that you NEVER keep your images on your computer. It is highly vulnerable to malware attack and hardware failure. Hard drives are the the most unreliable computer component. I suggest you should have three external hard drives. One to download onto, one to back up onto immediately after download is complete. The third is kept off-site in another building. Back up to that one regularly. I do it weekly. I take between 500 and 1000 shots a week most weeks. If I lost those it could be several days work wasted. I have around 200 thousand images on hard drive. If I lost them I would be in serious trouble - it could possibly destroy my business.
I worked in computers for about 15 years. I hear echos of literally dozens of people who said, "it's not worth backing up, I have nothing of value on my computer". Then, when they lose a hard drive they are both devastated and incapcitated. They simply did not realise what a disaster it was until it happened. If nothing else remember this:
LOCKSS...
Lots Of Copies Keeps Systems Safe!
I hope that helps.
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