Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: BernardLanguillier on November 23, 2015, 06:20:06 am
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Hello my friends,
Here are some photographs captured during another Japanese horse back archery event, this time on the beach in Zushi.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5695/23238876975_875fb670ca_o.jpg)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/618/23238866785_b13c49b0de_o.jpg)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/638/23238881625_69b92ddec0_o.jpg)
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5672/22611756943_14215f3ba2_o.jpg)
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5829/23238848025_ceb54567c0_o.jpg)
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5805/22610404384_c850929504_o.jpg)
More after the link (https://www.flickr.com/photos/bernardlanguillier/albums/72157659215408884).
Cheers,
Bernard
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Wow!
Ken
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Nice, Bernard. Technically excellent.
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Wow, yes, this is all I can say…
Mille fois bravo!
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Well worth the effort to post them and looking at them was well worth the effort. Very nice!
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Gee, Bernard, how do you achieve such pin-sharp images of high-speed subjects moving toward you? Care to share the technique?
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Thanks for the kind words.
There were multiple challenges here:
- the movement of the horse isn't 100% predictable,
- the AF can lock on the head of the horse instead of locking on the rider,
- the crowd surrounding me was moving a bit, forcing me to adjust my position which isn't easy with a long lens and monopod.
The first thing is to know where to stand, which involves knowing the discipline and you equipment well. These events get very crowded and I had no particular accreditation giving me special privilegdes which forced me to position myself 2 hours before the start of the event. There was no way I could have moved more than 50 cm after that without generating a lot of frustration among the people standing around me.
Then the key is to select the right AF mode (here a mix of group AF and single point depending on the image) and to track the rider well. I used a monopod of course with the RRS monopod head which I find to be best for such applications. Still, success ratio isn't any close to 100% if you try to frame tight. Few images are completely out of focus, but few are 100% perfect.
Using a long lens (400mm here) helps with framing since you get to shoot the subject more from the front with less angular velocity.
In this context I find my equipment (D750 and 400mm f2.8 E FL) to perform well from an AF standpoint, even if I find the AF points of the body a bit too centered. Faster frame rates and a deeper buffer would also help. I will most probably invest in a D5 for such images. ;)
Voila. ;)
Cheers,
Bernard
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Bernard,
Aren't you going to tell us that the first three were actually stitched from 12 shots each? :D
I always enjoy your mountain shots, but it is gratifying to see how well you can handle difficult, fast-action situations, too.
Beautiful work, as always.
Cheers,
Eric
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Aren't you going to tell us that the first three were actually stitched from 12 shots each? :D
I always enjoy your mountain shots, but it is gratifying to see how well you can handle difficult, fast-action situations, too.
Beautiful work, as always.
Thanks Eric,
Stitching those is the next challenge in line! ;)
Cheers,
Bernard