Galway Powerboat Festival

vulcan57

The Galway Powerboat Festival started today and these are a few of my favourite pics.











Once again thanks for looking.

PCPhoto

ok... you can take pics while panning....but theres nothing interesting in the pics.

(suppose theres not a whole lot you can do with a boat just speeding along...unless it crashes or driver waves or something)

vulcan57

PCPhoto wrote: »

ok... you can take pics while panning....but theres nothing interesting in the pics.

(suppose theres not a whole lot you can do with a boat just speeding along...unless it crashes or driver waves or something)

Fair enough.

Borderfox

Maybe a tigher crop would concentrate attention on the boat better, cut some off top and bottom

youllneverknow

your in the same boat as me lol(no pun intended) you think the photos are good (im not saying they are bad)and interesting but when some one else looks at it they dont think the same or see the same as you
i like them

i like the way number 2 almost has an edited look to it.

Borderfox

I have done an edit on the first one just as an example, hope you dont mind?

Had a look at your pix.ie and imo would be better to post some variety sort of tell a story about the day (dont have to but helps you advance)

Crop and topaz filter in Photoshop

Borderfox

One other thing, the pictures are nice and sharp which is a good start too, what gear do you use?

Prenderb

I like them. I think you've done well panning, and there's a good sense of movement in the images. I also think you've got a good crop already on some of the pics, and they do reasonably fill the frame - you used a fairly long lens or were you out in a boat yourself?

AnimalRights

Borderfox wrote: »

I have done an edit on the first one just as an example, hope you dont mind?

You gotta love people who don't cross reference!
http://pix.ie/keithjack/1719691/in/album/378886?#Comment525914

vulcan57

Borderfox wrote: »

I have done an edit on the first one just as an example, hope you dont mind?

Had a look at your pix.ie and imo would be better to post some variety sort of tell a story about the day (dont have to but helps you advance)

Crop and topaz filter in Photoshop

Like the crop on this one, thanks for the advice. I was a little worried about darkening it up too much as it was starting to make it look a little, over contrasted or unreal. I do appreciate the help though.

vulcan57

youllneverknow wrote: »

your in the same boat as me lol(no pun intended) you think the photos are good (im not saying they are bad)and interesting but when some one else looks at it they dont think the same or see the same as you
i like them

i like the way number 2 almost has an edited look to it.

Thanks. Yes, I think that photography is very much a case of what individuals like in a picture. That is not to say that the technical side of things shouldn't be taken into account. I thought these were quite good, for me in particular, but until you get the opinions of those that have far more experience do you see your faults and that is how we learn and improve.

I see the point made by PCphoto that there is nothing interesting in these pictures. However there is nothing interesting in a lot of sport, in particular, motor sport photography, just a lot of panning shots, unless there is an accident etc., but people make a living from it.

Borderfox

As I was saying earlier the original was a good start.

keps

Panning and getting a sharp image is not all that easy.


Overall a good set of shots imo

vulcan57

Thanks for all the help, comments and advice. Just a couple from today, maybe they're a little better?

keps

Can I just say that some of your photos seem FLAT

I churned 1 thru Ps


You need to look at the settings on your camera

AnimalRights

Well while his shots are def flat your version is prob OTT, a happy medium of in the middle would be good!

Learning PP is very much part of the learning experience that goes hand in hand with learning to use your Camera.

Def a good capture Vulcan is #1 from today.

vulcan57

This ?

AnimalRights

Bit better, was that a tight crop you had to use? I notice the detail looks worse in both shots PP'd by you and Keps.

vulcan57

AnimalRights wrote: »

Bit better, was that a tight crop you had to use? I notice the detail looks worse in both shots PP'd by you and Keps.

It was quite tight, they were further off shore yesterday for some reason.

ronanphilip

keps wrote: »

Can I just say that some of your photos seem FLAT

I churned 1 thru Ps


You need to look at the settings on your camera

what did u do to it on ps to get this ?

keps

Actually on that one all I did was go to 'image'
then did Auto Tone,Auto contrast & Auto colour
Then under 'filters' and Unmask Sharp!
(this is on CS4)

That's why I think there maybe an exposure issue

vulcan57

Some of the Zap Cats from yesterday.

agentreid

if you,re a powerboat nut you,ll like these shots