Monday, April 23, 2018

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Ethanol fuel warning

WARNING FOR ANYONE DRIVING IN GEORGIA.
On days that the temperature outside will exceed 90 degrees,
Do not fill your car or motorcycle with ethanol gas.
Ethanol in the fuel will vaporize causing misfire and potential catastrophic
Damage to your cars engine or motorcycle engine.
Ethanol vaporizes at 93 degrees .
If you have to drive and the outside temp is higher than 90
Put as much ethanol free gas in your machine as possible.
Always make sure to follow the manufactures octane recommendation for your particular engine.
Not all ethanol free will meet that requirement, so please be cautious.
If you must use ethanol gas in the higher temps, make sure to not excessively idle your machines,
I.e. Sitting in traffic without proper airflow  will certainly cause this problem.
If you ride a motorcycle, keep you bike moving in hot weather, always keep moving.
If you get stuck in traffic, pull over shut off your machine until temp falls below 93.

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Shooting low light fast moving objects


Just for fun I like to challenge myself to shoot difficult subjects under harsh conditions. A very dark gradiated motor vehicle moving really fast . So starting out you need a fast lens, I shoot with a 50mm f1.4 or a 50mm f1.2 lens if I need the extra light. The camera doesnt really matter, it just needs manual controls. This shot was composed shooting above my head, holding the camera as rigid as possible. I twisted at the hips keeping the camera as rigid as possible, using my body as the tripod as I panned using my body. My exposure was right around 1/40th of a second at prolly around an f4.0. I know what you are thinking , you said I need a fast lens, and yes you do. The fast lens affords depth of field when stopping down from its maximum aperature, creating more sharpness. The panning motion creates motion blur in the background, and if you pan properly, the car is in focus. This particular shot took about 10-15 tries to perfect for my conditions. The result, a sweet shot like this one . This is why I shoot stills. 

Monday, July 25, 2016

holly fuel pump

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