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[edit] Go Kart

Go Kart, Bairnsdale Kart Club
Go Kart, Bairnsdale Kart Club
Edit 1, by User:Fir0002, rotation and contrasting
Edit 1, by User:Fir0002, rotation and contrasting

A nice action shot of a go kart at the Bairnsdale Kart Club, and althought it looks like it needs anticlockwise rotation, if you check to plane of the two front wheels they are in fact horizontal.

  • Support Self Nom. --Fir0002 08:58, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment. Titlted :-). The two wheels should not be level as the cart is not driving parallel to the camera (perspective). I'd rather take the apparent horizon as a measure. --Dschwen 09:25, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
    • And while the quality is quite good the subject looks a bit dull. Aren't there lots of carts on a track? I imagine something like a view from a little more ahead with chasing carts in the background and more exiting bits of the track. --Dschwen 09:28, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment... But... the subject is not supposed to be horizontal as it is viewed at an angle and perspective dictates that it will appear diagonal as you are not viewing from exactly straight on (this is the same phenomenon that we debated in the Radcliffe Library FPC) The horizon should be straight but anything above or below the point parallel with the horizon will converge. I'm not particularly good at explaining perspective. Perhaps a Mapmaker/Physics PhD student could do a better job. ;-) Suffice to say though, the kart appears to be driving uphill, but otherwise, its a pretty good capture of movement. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 09:32, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
    • Dschwen beat me to it. ;-) But obviously our sentiments are the same. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 09:32, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment Have uploaded an edit which address rotation and is a little more striking (although if you think it's too much I can do another edit without). --Fir0002 10:40, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose Not interesting enough, with little sense of movement. I think more than one Go-Kart is needed - Adrian Pingstone 12:25, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Not a very impressive shot, and Go-Karts are quite common. As Adrian Pingstone, it would be nice if there was more than one. NauticaShades 13:39, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Since we're racking up wishlists, how about proper protective gear? That jumper is not going to save his skin and bones when he goes over. - Samsara (talk ยท  contribs) 20:20, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Not promoted --KFP (talk | contribs) 13:43, 21 November 2006 (UTC)