The theme for round 6 is 'Sport'.

Photograph anything in and around the world of sport, from a crunching tackle in a sunday league football match to a rally car losing it on a tight corner and anything in between.

Last day for entries is 30th April. Three images per photographer

Entries should be posted in here (http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthread.php?p=3210867#post3210867) as usual with discussion here.

Good luck

Cool :)

The first round of the BTCC is on at Thruxton on Sunday, so for anyone else who's there: I'll be the guy with the long lens and the long hair!

It's either that or my colleagues having a 5-a-side kickabout. Great footballers we're not :D

so is there a date when the programs must have been taken in between? got some great off-piste shots from skiing w/c 28th March

Quoted from the rules in the entries thread

3. Image must have been taken within the competition period, which is from 9th April to midnight on 30th April.

HTH

WizzBang

Shame this cant be used, as I think it is a fantastic shot (not mine btw)

http://www.rallymarshal.co.uk/temp/PaulBourne.jpg

S

breathe sigh of relief that that's not allowed ;)

Nice wide topic choice Wizzbang :D

Sonic, is that on the barbados rally by any chance?

Wonder if I can get any decent pictures of my Dad's Impreza "Sport" :D

I can't believe that picture's not Photoshop'ped - there seems to be nothing in the near- middle- or far-ground in focus except the car, which is fantastically in focus from front to back. And all the tyres are far too sharply defined against the background

...but I'm happy to stand corrected ;)

One word, Martin: 'Pan'.

The photo looks real enough to me - sharp car, motion blurred background, just as any good motorsports shot should be.

One word, Martin: 'Pan'.


Ah, I forgot that ...not :D

Well, I've looked at it at 400% in Photoshop and I can't see any great evidence of pasting the car into the picture, apart from a vertical line just to the right of the RH side of the front bumper (as we look at it) where there are some discontinuities in colour - but there again, maybe the picture wasn't taken with a 1D ;)

But the more I (and the current Mrs MartinM) look at it, it just appears a bit too un-natural...

So getting nerdy.....
What direction is the car travelling wrt the camera?

If it's at right angles, then I'd expect to see some of the fore/background to have 'horizontal blur', but it just seem blurred to me

If it's straight on, then no panning would be required and, as the car is in sharp focus, the elements of the picture at the same distance as the car would also be in sharp focus - but they're not.

If it's in between and it was panned, I would still expect the background to be blurred in some 'directional' sense, but I don't see any evidence of that.


Maybe the car has been carefully masked in the orginal and then sharpened heavily so that it appears to all be 'in' the depth of field?

Anyway, still doesn't look quite right to me, and I'm sure it's had some sort of post-processing to make it look like it does - and I've also spent more time writing this than the subject deserves :D

M

LOL

for the doubting thomas's :)

http://www.rallymarshal.co.uk/temp/Paul_Bourne_Montage.jpg

S

OK, OK

Rgds, Thomas

Well, someone had to be first :) My first photo is now up - there will be more... ;)

Its been a while since I've taken anything worthy of a competition, and mine is an old photo too!
Not been out on my bike much since getting the scooby :)
chris.

Again, far too old for the comp :( - as the EXIF shows... and it's panned too:D Canon D30

http://www.milleners.eclipse.co.uk/hurdler.jpg

Daryl,

Well done, thats a cracking picture.

Darren

not sure i'm going to get anything done for this had a busy life recently :eek: but a nice one :D

Also BTTT for last few days :)

Si

Posted 3 pics from this weekends Somerset Stages Rally.
I prefer the Hyundai, although it's not 100% in focus, still playing with panning to get that bit of blur in the background.

got a trackday to goto today, so i'll see what i can do :)

Out of the timeframe for this round, but would this have been acceptable?

http://www.motorbikestoday.com/photo_demos/brands_4a.jpg

Fuji S2 Pro with Sigma 28-300 f3.5. 1/500 sec f6.3 200ASA.

SB

From your public profile:

Occupation:
Bike journalist

Cheat! :D

Ah yes, but it doesn't say "photographer"

All that means is that I get a press pass to get to decent viewing areas...

OH OK I admit it. It's cheating. But there are too many good photographers on here - I have to even things up somehow :)

SB

got a trackday to goto today, so i'll see what i can do :)
came out rubbish :o nevermind eh?

OK, entries posted.

SB

My third and final effort is up too. Last day is Friday! :D

Duck_Pond, you should be ashamed of yourself.

It's Stirling Moss.

An appalling pun is one thing. A miss-spelled one is something else entirely...

SB

PS :D

It was deliberately miss-spelled!! :rolleyes: A play on words, so to speak. As for being ashamed of myself... nah, done far worse things, and besides, I normally reside in the Muppets, so this is a rare outing! Just a bit of fun! ;)

Only one day left to vote here (http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthread.php?t=326465) :D