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ReyGay
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A few from last Sunday. World Rally Championship (WRC) has been hosted again in Auckland but I was only made aware on Saturday, so preparation was minimal. Public areas have very limited access for saftey reasons, so choosing a suitable vantage point is pretty much minimal as well. I'm glad I have a few keepers as well. I really wanted to take shots of the cars lifting a few feet from the ground but due to controlled access, it's just a horrible feeling missing those shots.

Anyhoo, back to the D7000 focus at faced paced, weather changing conditions... it's freaking awesome! Focus tracking (not 3d) is spot on and sll of my shots are in focus. I found a way to speed up AF on the D7000:

On custom setting menu/Autofocus/Focus tracking with lock-on/ - this must be set to off

What this does is disable the delay on the camera when it starts focusing on a subject, so off is the quickest...even really fast on a Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF (non AFS).

Buffer issue? I use 2 Sandisk Extreme 32gb uhs-1 and read/write performance on this cards makes the buffer isuue almost neglible. While I burn through 10 frames at 14bit, maybe around 3 secs past, the card can save about 4-5 raw files already, which gives me extra frames to use on burst shots. Slow cards are really slow. Fast cards make a lot difference on the D7000, no doubt.

I have some focus stacking project at cue but the amount of work is simply nuts. Shots below have no photoshopping, no cropping. CHeers.


WRC Rally Auckland : Nikon D7000, Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF ED IF

WRC cars in Gravel by ReyGay, on Flickr




WRC Rally Auckland : Nikon D7000, Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF ED IF

WRC cars in Gravel by ReyGay, on Flickr




WRC Rally Auckland : Nikon D7000, Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF ED IF

WRC cars in Gravel by ReyGay, on Flickr




WRC Rally Auckland : Nikon D7000, Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF ED IF

WRC : The Official Photographers by ReyGay, on Flickr




WRC Rally Auckland : Nikon D7000, Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF ED IF

The Yellow and the Alpine by ReyGay, on Flickr




WRC Rally Auckland : Nikon D7000, Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF ED IF

WRC cars in Gravel : Russian Team by ReyGay, on Flickr




WRC Rally Auckland : Nikon D7000, Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF ED IF

WRC cars in Gravel by ReyGay, on Flickr




WRC Rally Auckland : Nikon D7000, Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF ED IF

WRC : Gravel Frozen in Time by ReyGay, on Flickr




WRC Rally Auckland : Nikon D7000, Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF ED IF

The Fence that Separates by ReyGay, on Flickr




WRC Rally Auckland : Nikon D7000, Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF ED IF

WRC cars in Gravel by ReyGay, on Flickr




WRC Rally Auckland : Nikon D7000, Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF ED IF

WRC cars in Gravel by ReyGay, on Flickr




WRC Rally Auckland : Nikon D7000, Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF ED IF

Spectors : Eye for an Eye by ReyGay, on Flickr




WRC Rally Auckland : Nikon D7000, Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF ED IF

WRC cars in Gravel by ReyGay, on Flickr




WRC Rally Auckland : Nikon D7000, Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF ED IF

WRC cars in Gravel by ReyGay, on Flickr




WRC Rally Auckland : Nikon D7000, Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF ED IF

WRC cars in Gravel by ReyGay, on Flickr




WRC Rally Auckland : Nikon D7000, Nikkor 18-35mm AF ED IF, B+W EW KR6, Lee .75 Soft ND Grad

WRC cars by ReyGay, on Flickr




WRC Rally Auckland : Nikon D7000, Nikkor 18-35mm AF ED IF, B+W EW KR6, Lee .75 Soft ND Grad

WRC cars by ReyGay, on Flickr




WRC Rally Auckland : Nikon D7000, Nikkor 18-35mm AF ED IF, B+W EW KR6, Lee .75 Soft ND Grad

WRC cars by ReyGay, on Flickr




WRC Rally Auckland : Nikon D7000, Nikkor 18-35mm AF ED IF, B+W EW KR6, Lee .75 Soft ND Grad

WRC cars by ReyGay, on Flickr




WRC Rally Auckland : Nikon D7000, Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF ED IF

WRC winner Sebastien Loeb and partner by ReyGay, on Flickr




WRC Rally Auckland : Nikon D7000, Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF ED IF

WRC cars by ReyGay, on Flickr




WRC Rally Auckland : Nikon D7000, Nikkor 18-35mm AF ED IF, B+W EW KR6

WRC cars by ReyGay, on Flickr




WRC Rally Auckland : Nikon D7000, Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF ED IF

WRC winner Sebastien Loeb and partner by ReyGay, on Flickr




WRC Rally Auckland : Nikon D7000, Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF ED IF

WRC winner Sebastien Loeb by ReyGay, on Flickr




WRC Rally Auckland : Nikon D7000, Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF ED IF

Three Transcievers by ReyGay, on Flickr




WRC Rally Auckland : Nikon D7000, Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF ED IF

Posing for his Father by ReyGay, on Flickr



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Jun 25, 2012 at 05:16 AM
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p.547 #2 · Your Best Nikon shots.


Good job Rey, I know not your usual subject. Nice spin with the filters, don't see pics of the cars done this way much.

Great pics of Seb and "Partner".

He is a living legend.



Jun 25, 2012 at 08:03 AM
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Thanks dude. It's just irritating to see that the official photogs have images of the flying cars... I should have them too, lol. Next time, I will get that vantage point. Sebastien looked better in person and I have some shots of him on my D1X. Not suire if would need to post those. Cheers.


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Jun 25, 2012 at 04:23 PM
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Great job Mr ReyGay.


Jun 25, 2012 at 04:26 PM
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Rey, I saw the rally on TV. Amazing shots. You deserve to be given access to the prime photo spots.


Jun 25, 2012 at 09:23 PM
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Hiey thanks Nik and Greg. Press passes can be applied 2 weeks in advance but accreditation can be hard for me as I'm not even a freelance photog anymore. I just hope the next WRC event organisers are a bit slack on this.


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Jun 26, 2012 at 02:04 AM
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Two recent shots of rapper Wiz Khalifa:

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m68lw7NhzO1qds7uio1_1280.jpg

D800E, 50mm 1.4G.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m68lyqqkCj1qds7uio1_1280.jpg

D800E, 85mm 1.4G.



Jun 26, 2012 at 01:30 PM
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agentbird wrote:

Two recent shots of rapper Wiz Khalifa:

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m68lw7NhzO1qds7uio1_1280.jpg

D800E, 50mm 1.4G.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m68lyqqkCj1qds7uio1_1280.jpg

D800E, 85mm 1.4G.


DOPE!!! You got more?



Jun 26, 2012 at 08:06 PM
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In your face, baby, yeah!

D700 and 24-70mm @ 50mm and f6.3


http://philpage.zenfolio.com/img/s11/v30/p351484018-6.jpg



Jun 26, 2012 at 11:48 PM
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A traditional scene (apart from the robot jockey used these days) so a traditional black and white conversion

D700 & 24-70 @32mm and f9



http://philpage.zenfolio.com/img/s3/v44/p704819689-5.jpg




Jun 26, 2012 at 11:50 PM
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dubaiphil wrote:
A traditional scene (apart from the robot jockey used these days) so a traditional black and white conversion

D700 & 24-70 @32mm and f9

http://philpage.zenfolio.com/img/s3/v44/p704819689-5.jpg



Impressive shot and B&W processing!



Jun 27, 2012 at 04:29 AM
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It is very good processing.


Jun 27, 2012 at 05:32 AM
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Thank guys - the light in Dubai at best is pretty horrific! Summertime and it's even worse


Jun 27, 2012 at 06:58 AM
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ReyGay wrote:
WRC


Amazing pictures! I am VERY jealous Would have love to attend and shoot some cars there! *thumbs up*



Jun 27, 2012 at 03:29 PM
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ReyGay wrote:
A few from last Sunday.
...
Anyhoo, back to the D7000 focus at faced paced, weather changing conditions... it's freaking awesome! Focus tracking (not 3d) is spot on and sll of my shots are in focus. I found a way to speed up AF on the D7000:

On custom setting menu/Autofocus/Focus tracking with lock-on/ - this must be set to off

What this does is disable the delay on the camera when it starts focusing on a subject, so off is the quickest...even really fast on a Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF (non AFS).
...



Fantastic shots and thanks for the tip regarding the focus-lock-setting.
I will try this for my next soccer and handball-games.
Cheers, Georg!


dubaiphil wrote:
A traditional scene (apart from the robot jockey used these days) so a traditional black and white conversion
...


Fabulous pictures and I really like the processing.




Jun 27, 2012 at 05:29 PM
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Here is a really old shot - done 2001 with a D1 (yes, the 2.7-Megapixel-monster) and a 80-200/2.8D push-pull-zoom. I've found some never processed NEFs while searching for other pictures from the early 2000-years. It was like a journey through time...

Show-off or White-headed duck

White-headed duck von georgsfoto auf Flickr

And here is a more recent shot:

training session von georgsfoto auf Flickr

Training session - D700, 14-24/2.8 at f/4, 1/25sec, ISO1600, fill flash



Jun 27, 2012 at 05:38 PM
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Nice action shots Georg and from everybody else too, great stuff!

Thanks Khoua and Georg. I'm purdy sure you'll see a difference on the focus response. Thanks and cheers!

Rey.


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Jun 28, 2012 at 03:16 AM
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Dragonfly Lotus Blossom by jupitersolo, on Flickr



Jun 28, 2012 at 10:43 AM
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http://www.frankscallo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/1938-1.jpg
D700 + 85mm f/1.8G

Couple more on my blog



Jun 29, 2012 at 12:00 PM
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Frank, really like these, love the flare!! That 1.8 does well!


Jun 29, 2012 at 02:56 PM
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