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VERT
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| ryda wrote: | | VERT wrote: |
photos are pretty boring as usual*, though there is one of me getting air!! (I actually thought I was only pulling a wheelie)
*I cant understand how these photography companies always turn up to these events and find the most boring peice of track they can find "setup shop" and shoot off really boring photos, then expect to charge big bucks for them.
XC races aren't the easiest for getting exciting shots and with the Moonride being pretty flat it would have been difficult, but I can think of many more interesting places they could have been shooting photographs. |
unfortunalty they go with the aim of getting a clear photo of everyone (but strangly enough the didn't manage that this time) so the pic the easiest place to achieve this  |
| Datsane wrote: | To take photos in the forest in some of the more interesting parts would have taken abit of setting up and mucking about with remote flashes etc...
Also not good for someone in a darkish area to have a flash go off.
Then again they may have got some better pics of riders and people more willing to pay.
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Are they not professional photographers?
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ThingOne
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psychavoc
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| Posted: Fri 16th May 8:22am Post subject: |
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Ah yup. Only one photo of me, which confirms the fact that I only saw one camera out the whole entire time 
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dented
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| Posted: Fri 16th May 8:49am Post subject: |
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| ThingOne wrote: | | Maybe I should join the crusty demons. |
Thats you just coming in to land after completing a backflip, right?
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ThingOne
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| Posted: Fri 16th May 8:51am Post subject: |
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| dented wrote: | | ThingOne wrote: | | Maybe I should join the crusty demons. |
Thats you just coming in to land after completing a backflip, right? |
Great I was hoping you could see the transistion from that, and you can just see my hands coming back onto the handbars after doing a one handed frame grab.
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tricks121
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| Posted: Fri 16th May 8:52am Post subject: |
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Wow your amazing Clive ... 
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tyred
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| Posted: Fri 16th May 9:19am Post subject: |
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| Datsane wrote: | To take photos in the forest in some of the more interesting parts would have taken abit of setting up and mucking about with remote flashes etc...
Also not good for someone in a darkish area to have a flash go off.
Then again they may have got some better pics of riders and people more willing to pay.
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Ive been to lots of races where the photographers took the time and effort to take better pics in more interesting spots. Its a shame they only took pics of us riding on the fire road, pretty boring shots.
They are pro photographers and for 69 bucks I would expect a lot better qaulity of photo than what they provided.
Check out these pics from sportograf.de which were taken at the Scott 24hr enduro in Mt Stromlo...they toom all the pics there and were damn good qaulity:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/firemansam/sets/72157603072099058/
They are actually pretty good qaulity, photos that I would (and my fiancee did) buy. There were plenty of spots in the moonride for great photos in the forest, a real shame they didnt take advantage of this. I guess for the photographers they just wanted to treat it like a production line and get lots of clear shots of peoples race numbers.
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Datsane
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| Posted: Fri 16th May 11:24am Post subject: |
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| VERT wrote: | | ryda wrote: | | VERT wrote: |
photos are pretty boring as usual*, though there is one of me getting air!! (I actually thought I was only pulling a wheelie)
*I cant understand how these photography companies always turn up to these events and find the most boring peice of track they can find "setup shop" and shoot off really boring photos, then expect to charge big bucks for them.
XC races aren't the easiest for getting exciting shots and with the Moonride being pretty flat it would have been difficult, but I can think of many more interesting places they could have been shooting photographs. |
unfortunalty they go with the aim of getting a clear photo of everyone (but strangly enough the didn't manage that this time) so the pic the easiest place to achieve this |
| Datsane wrote: | To take photos in the forest in some of the more interesting parts would have taken abit of setting up and mucking about with remote flashes etc...
Also not good for someone in a darkish area to have a flash go off.
Then again they may have got some better pics of riders and people more willing to pay.
IMHO |
Are they not professional photographers? |
You make a very good point. They must make some money other wise they wouldn't do the same thing every year.
If I was more motivated and had the money I'd get a couple of remote flashes, lenses and take my own. But even riding in a team the last thing I wanted to do was go for a pedal into the forest to take some pics, but if was to be making money out of it my mind would change very quickly (maybe).
Is it just my monitor or are the pics rather dark?
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slidecontrol
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i dunno about the photography, the race approved? ones have rarely interested me, but if you compare wafes pics to the 'race approved' ones from the 4x race in hamilton a few months back, we see the difference between a bored camera for hire and a photographer who gives a parc about the final product
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xcmtb
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| Posted: Fri 16th May 3:30pm Post subject: |
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| slidecontrol wrote: | | VERT wrote: | photos are pretty boring as usual*,
XC races aren't the easiest for getting exciting shots and with the Moonride being pretty flat it would have been difficult, but I can think of many more interesting places they could have been shooting photographs. |
I hear ya on that one 
I wonder if we could convince the race directors to hire Wafe? |
best idea yet
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ryda
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| Posted: Fri 16th May 3:35pm Post subject: |
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| xcmtb wrote: | | slidecontrol wrote: | | VERT wrote: | photos are pretty boring as usual*,
XC races aren't the easiest for getting exciting shots and with the Moonride being pretty flat it would have been difficult, but I can think of many more interesting places they could have been shooting photographs. |
I hear ya on that one
I wonder if we could convince the race directors to hire Wafe? |
best idea yet |
I suspect after the debarcle at taupo last year with photographers, it turned out anyone can take photo's and sell them there, so I assume it would be that same at Rotorua 
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xcmtb
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| Posted: Fri 16th May 3:53pm Post subject: |
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| ryda wrote: | | xcmtb wrote: | | slidecontrol wrote: | | VERT wrote: | photos are pretty boring as usual*,
XC races aren't the easiest for getting exciting shots and with the Moonride being pretty flat it would have been difficult, but I can think of many more interesting places they could have been shooting photographs. |
I hear ya on that one
I wonder if we could convince the race directors to hire Wafe? |
best idea yet |
I suspect after the debarcle at taupo last year with photographers, it turned out anyone can take photo's and sell them there, so I assume it would be that same at Rotorua |
that rings a bell. what happened again?
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ryda
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| Posted: Fri 16th May 3:57pm Post subject: |
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Another photographer came and took photo's and sold them on his web site and got theatened with lawsuits and alsorts apparently
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Flyboy
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| Posted: Fri 16th May 4:41pm Post subject: |
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| xcmtb wrote: | | slidecontrol wrote: | | VERT wrote: | photos are pretty boring as usual*,
XC races aren't the easiest for getting exciting shots and with the Moonride being pretty flat it would have been difficult, but I can think of many more interesting places they could have been shooting photographs. |
I hear ya on that one
I wonder if we could convince the race directors to hire Wafe? |
best idea yet |
Seconded
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VERT
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| Posted: Fri 16th May 4:46pm Post subject: |
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| Flyboy wrote: | | xcmtb wrote: | | slidecontrol wrote: | | VERT wrote: | photos are pretty boring as usual*,
XC races aren't the easiest for getting exciting shots and with the Moonride being pretty flat it would have been difficult, but I can think of many more interesting places they could have been shooting photographs. |
I hear ya on that one
I wonder if we could convince the race directors to hire Wafe? |
best idea yet |
Seconded |
who's Wafe?  anyone got an example of his/her work?
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