Photos from NZ Superbike Championship, March 2012, Taupo

[Damien_Toman]

http://flic.kr/s/aHsjziduZ4

Most photos taken with Canon's latest camera - the 5DMKIII :).

Regards

Damien

[gixerracer]

http://flic.kr/s/aHsjziduZ4

Most photos taken with Canon's latest camera - the 5DMKIII :).

Regards

Damien

Great work

[Damien_Toman]

Thanks. Awesome riding by you.

[quickbuck]

Wow,
Must say, those photos look great!

[SMOKEU]

How come there's no motion blur?

[Damien_Toman]

Wow,
Must say, those photos look great!

Thanks. I have 10,000 more!

Just email me on damien.toman@xtra.co.nz if you want to see more.

Regards

Damien

[Damien_Toman]

How come there's no motion blur?

You mean like this?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dty1/6917476528/sizes/o/in/set-72157629686657773/

Setting the camera at a slow shutter speed only works well for some types of shots. I take a variety :yes:.

Regards

Damien

[SMOKEU]

You mean like this?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dty1/6917476528/sizes/o/in/set-72157629686657773/

Setting the camera at a slow shutter speed only works well for some types of shots. I take a variety :yes:.

Regards

Damien

That's some pretty hard core camera work right there. Whenever I take pics of fast moving objects the whole pic ends up really blurry. I'll leave it for the experts.

[quickbuck]

You mean like this?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dty1/6917476528/sizes/o/in/set-72157629686657773/

Setting the camera at a slow shutter speed only works well for some types of shots. I take a variety :yes:.

Regards

Damien

Cool!
Serious question: I just bought a Lumix (Panasonic) GF3W (DSLR) and I tried to take a photo of the moon.... No joy.... It seems to be over exposed! Tried reading the book, but no joy....
Tried playing with the manual settings, but can't work it out....

I am thinking fast shutter speed, with lots of ISO? Or, am i on the wrong track?
Of course steady hand and all....

Thing is I used to have a Canon SX100IS with heaps of zoom (even though most of it was digital) and has no issues of taking photos of the moon in manual mode. It seemed more intuitive to me, and took awesome shots, Free hand. Shame the camera hated the sand at the beach! And no longer works!

Don't get me wrong, taking pictures of the moon isn't my only hobby, but it is a cool thing to have a photo of the moon when it is Full.

Yup, judging by the photos you took, I should have got another Canon.

[Damien_Toman]

That's some pretty hard core camera work right there. Whenever I take pics of fast moving objects the whole pic ends up really blurry. I'll leave it for the experts.

In that case just up the shutter speed, try a few more shots and keep doing that till you get sharp results. Shutter priority will help. I like to choose both the shutter speed and aperture and use auto ISO, with an overide if required for back-lighting or a dark background (like tyres).

[Damien_Toman]

Cool!
Serious question: I just bought a Lumix (Panasonic) GF3W (DSLR) and I tried to take a photo of the moon.... No joy.... It seems to be over exposed! Tried reading the book, but no joy....
Tried playing with the manual settings, but can't work it out....

I am thinking fast shutter speed, with lots of ISO? Or, am i on the wrong track?
Of course steady hand and all....

Thing is I used to have a Canon SX100IS with heaps of zoom (even though most of it was digital) and has no issues of taking photos of the moon in manual mode. It seemed more intuitive to me, and took awesome shots, Free hand. Shame the camera hated the sand at the beach! And no longer works!

Don't get me wrong, taking pictures of the moon isn't my only hobby, but it is a cool thing to have a photo of the moon when it is Full.

Yup, judging by the photos you took, I should have got another Canon.


The moon will always come out over-exposed against a dark night sky with any camera in all but manual mode. The camera averages the light and dark - in your shot it was probably mostly dark sky. The Lumix will have metered exactly as it is designed to. You can dial-in some negative exposure compensation to fix that. For a static aubject like that I would just use manual and adjust exposure till perfect for the moon (like you did with the SX100IS). You don't need a fast shutter speed. Choose the best aperture for the lens (lens test charts for most DSLRs are available on the net and will help) and as low an ISO as possible to minimise noise. You don't need a Canon though they do make great cameras and long lenses for such subjects. A solid tripod or image-stabilised lens will also help. Serious answer :).

[Damien_Toman]

That's some pretty hard core camera work right there. Whenever I take pics of fast moving objects the whole pic ends up really blurry. I'll leave it for the experts.

Another panned shot at slow shutter speed with blurred background:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dty1/6917575972/sizes/o/in/photostream/

At the slower speeds you have more reject photos but the keepers tend to make up for that :).

[Damien_Toman]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dty1/6917602736/sizes/o/in/photostream/

I used to race buckets against Lincoln :). Wow, he has grown up quickly and is riding superbly. Must be his dad's coaching ;)

[quickbuck]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dty1/6917602736/sizes/o/in/photostream/

I used to race buckets against Lincoln :). Wow, he has grown up quickly and is riding superbly. Must be his dad's coaching ;)

Jase does a great job at coaching, but Tyler is very good at listening to many who offer advise, and putting it into practice. Dr Steve is his main coach.
He had a few practicle lessons from two very fast Team Air Force Racing lads nearly a year ago, then proceeded to kick out butts the very next race!

[Damien_Toman]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dty1/7063989715/sizes/o/in/photostream/

Detail:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dty1/6917932456/sizes/o/in/photostream/

:)

Damien

[quickbuck]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dty1/7063989715/sizes/o/in/photostream/

Detail:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dty1/6917932456/sizes/o/in/photostream/

:)

Damien

WOW!!!!
Better get my paint job touched up before the bike goes near the track again!
That is SHARP!

[Damien_Toman]

Just checking out and tweaking a few of my photos from last year. Like this one:

http://flic.kr/p/dM1xMK


I have many thousands from the event :). (Two photographers working).

Damien

[wharfy]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dty1/6917602736/sizes/o/in/photostream/

I used to race buckets against Lincoln :). Wow, he has grown up quickly and is riding superbly. Must be his dad's coaching ;)

Yeah he certainly looks the business in this one, all concentration :)

[steveyb]

Pretty choice looking bike too!! :niceone: