RUn2it

some sky pics from tonight

Ha ha, looking at your pics and was thinking how much it looked like the hills around the race track this weekend, at Lake Elsinore and then saw your avatar. Did you go to the track last weekend? Anyway, I took some sunset pics at the beach with bumped up k settings to see what happened, this is 1 of them.

some sky pics from tonight

Nice pic, did you use the custom white balance and bump the k up to 7-8 Kelvan? That makes some good saturated reds in a sunset.

ya mans on my bypasses are scratched up a little and when they where pulled apart he had to grind them down a bit from the gouges. so upper part is buffed with a die grinder just a bit and the restof it is polished but the finish doesnt match

Capt

I've done tons of aluminum polishing and if you don't want a ripple reflection get a roll of emery or even good backing wet/dry, wrap around and sand like old timer shoe shine guy. Depending on how rough/deep the imperfection you might need 2-3 progressively finer grades, it actually goes quicker this way and will buff out quick. If you're not sure how bad the finish is get some regular Mothers (white & red container) and try it. Harbor Freight use to carry all the Dico pads and stick type compounds and if you are really N 2 it use the SCR compound last (S-CR stainless/chrome) and aluminum will look like a mirror, at least till you drive it :porn: I've buffed out hard clear plastic with the PCP compound (PC-P polycarbonate/plastic) like headlights and mini mag flashlight lens'. Mothers works the best, forget "Neverdull" or whatever it's called. If you polish under flourescent light and it looks good, it will look chrome in the sun. Get a couple pads for your grinder or you'll get big azz thumbs, good for olympic hitch hiking and polishing.

Wow...big difference, thank you!

...and your editing in adobe photoshop?

I have PS but have yet to learn/play with it yet....maybe I need to start that picture looks 10x better now.

:?: :worthless_without_pics: I have the old Adobe Elements 4 is all. All I did was like putting makeup on a model is all. Had to have something really good and unique to work with, what I did was the easy part, the hard part is finding and capturing the subject, you did that.

Forgot 1 thing, once the highlights are blown out, they're gone. You can recover a dark exposure but not clipped highlights so I only nudged the brightest from 255 to around 250 and basically just lightened the shadows and bumped the mid range contrast up a little to increase the overall detail and light unsharp mask sharpening. A better way would be duplicate the pic and work mids and shadows in one and the highlights in the other then merge/clone the sky/clouds (highlights) into the mid/shadow pic to preserve the contrast in the clouds that was lost in lightening the shadows but adds another step. Try different stuff, you can always hit the back button.

The good orig and the bumped result

oops, disregard

Heres one I took in Red Rock while hiking with my lil ones..

Now this is a pic that the HDR type editing is great for. It's already a great pic which are the best ones to work on. Kinda like restoring a classic '55 chevy instead of a '55 Dodge DeSoto (if there is such a thing). It would give you more detail in the brightest area of the clouds and the dark area of the red rock mountains. It's really a good pic. Oooops, I think the urge to edit is overwhelming me.

Just from this pic that i took.. it looks like my my sensor is a little dirty...should i try to clean it myself or just send it off to be cleaned

I've never cleaned my sensor other than using a bulb blower doo-hickey. Could be dust on either end of your lens also or on your uv filter if you have one.. Solid colors are probably the only area that they show up so you could edit them out. There's online threads about sensor cleaning if U R n 2 it.

was watching fuel tv and they had the enduro at erzberg in austria on. couldnt hear anything because it was at bw's but it sure looked narly. never heard of it before but its a big deal. all the big bike riders go including travis pastrana. maybe its old news to some but new to me. out of 1300 entrants only 30 finish on average. i just bought a dvd from bang productions on it. looking forward to getting it in the mail.

Was David Knight there? He's the Iron Man usual

No prob.

I bet the extra light helped this time as well.

Looks great, Tim. That's funny you say that. After shootin some shots at rogers807's boy's baseball game, all the parents wanted me at every game as well.

I hear Van Halen I think .....

RIP....I just hope i can get to 60 or so

Don't talk like that, that would only give me 2.5 years

Same now as 2,000 years ago, caveat emptor, buyer beware. An old dump and transfer driver/broker told me to always expect/plan for the worse, it will be "that", or better. You're only paranoid till it happens. :?: At least you know your rail is good now

Good eye Lee. We have brush drags we tow behind to wipe the road clean from time to time. It's the big brushes that are inside the car washes that go down the sides of your car. They have ways of getting past those but I can't say how on here. We are always working on a better way to do it and they work on a way to cross undetected. Cat and mouse games all day!

2 words ... Predator & FLIR

Banshee Hill still had some people this morning about 10:30...

Did you happen to see any of these exiting the gap between the dunes? If it was whooped out like usual the big haulers were probably rock and rollin

You needed a faster shutter speed...plain and simple. Take it off sport mode and set it to TV (shutter priority

I sound like RUn2it now. I guess I'm into it. :clown:

It's about time ... and I bet if you think about it, you feel like there's more that you don't know than when you 1st started taking pics with your 50D

Yeah, i was using the 28-135 IS. I tried the C2 setting and the sport mode. I think the IS was left on at all times.

What did the pics look like, blurry from motion or maybe point of focus in front/behind subject? Check your settings for shutter half press etc, you don't want the focus or exposure to lock when following action. Mine is set for start metering & AF with half press. I use Tv (shutter speed priority) and the camera sets aperture for exposure, the viewfinder shows the f-stop & ISO for the speed you select. Try a shot then check the results by zooming in. the normal view can look alot better than when you see them on the computer. If this doesn't get you close post an example, somebody here will get you going.

Good pics. The road looks like someone had a big broom dragging behind their truck, doesn't look like a blade.

My yfz doesn't get ridden much and lately it's been popping and the bike seems to be putting off a lot of heat more than they are supposed to. I need to get it ready for a trip to Utah and am looking for someone that knows these bikes. Any suggestions? The bike is completly stock except for a K&N filter.

Thanks,

Terry

Popping after non use is usually a lean condition from restricted fuel flow. Just take the carb off, remove the bowl and check your main & pilot/low speed jets, most likely it's old dried up fuel residue, best way is remove the jets and use spray brakeclean and maybe a bristle plucked from a brush with needle nose, I've used fine thread also (jet floss). Backlight it, look through the jet at a light or any bright reflective surface. Look at www.hlsm.com for an online microfiche of your year & model. Clean those and try riding it. The only other thing that could need cleaning is the fuel screw/ seat, it's in the bottom between the slide and engine, might be hidden with a brass plug, drill it and it'll pop out. When you remove the fuel screw 1st screw it in/closed and count the turns so you know where it was. good luck, and if you park it for awhile put some fuel stabilizer in it, it's at most auto parts stores.

you guys Im pretty much a newb at digital photography, I did take photography classes in HS and College(when I went )but that was back in the actual film days....I was looking at cameras to get back into it today(because of this thread...so thanks for the insp.) and I was looking at the nikon d40...question for you guys is ...is that a good beginner camera to play with or do I go with something else like????

I dont want to spend to much on one yet but would like to get something that can do a decent job....

TIA Bryan

I can't comment personally on the Nikon D40. I don't know for sure if anyone that's posted uses a Nikon, know that there's at least 4 using Canon in the 40D/50D level. If the pros don't have a Canon they have a Nikon. I guess the reason I went with Canon is all the white lens' I saw at pro sports events are Canon and then started reading reviews. Monkey see .....

What mode do you use for action, Tim? Details on your settings will help give some pointers.

I think more importantly is what are your settings set at for action shots?

Yeah I heard about the 60D, but doesn't sound like anything I gotta have. Movie mode?

Ditto, if I want video I'll get a dang video camera

I ask about the lens because of IS and focus is done in the lens and some of the lens' are just slow to focus. Need to know what he's got to know what he can do. My 24-70 2.8 L doesn't get any use for action, it doesn't seem as quick even close compared to the 70-200.

What do u mean about their return policy?

They're far easier than any other retailer that I've dealt with about returns. Their return policy has changed since a worker told me of a customer that returned a computer, got a refund, bought a new computer that was faster along with a printer and left with $ in his pocket. Vizio is owned & supplied by Sony I'm told. If I remember right the new 32 Vizio LCD is true HD now, 1080p. I've seen them at Walmart also, go compare the picture.

Thanks Lee, Coming from a guy with ALOT of camera time means alot. Guess I am doing ok so far.

I tried taking pictures of my work softball team. Stills are easy but moving objects are very tough! But I like the challenge.

You have the 50D, right? So what lens you use for action? Side note, just heard a rumor that Canon is has the 60D ready to release soon, something around 8 fps and HD movie mode at 24 & 30 fps. Dang, my 40D will be 2 releases old

Here is a picture I took a while back. I like it and its my screensaver at the moment.

I 2nd Pete, nice pic. The mental test I give a pic is if it looks like you're looking out a window at the scene, it's a good 1.

Here's is a faked HDR from a pic from the "DDR invades Maui", the 1st is original & the 2nd is the fake, fake because there's no plugins, no CS3, no special HDR program so nothing great but closer to the way it would appear being there. The sand could be dark but I did it fairly quick so eff it.

Well this sucks, I just seen the same tv on ebay go for 127 that has the same problem so I might do that to get some money back out of it... I'm buying a 4yr warrent with the next one

Just go to Costco and get a Vizio, can't beat the price and the return policy is great. I have 1 (travels in motorhome also) as well as my brother and a friend and never any problems.