thanks for the photos

 

sorry was listening to Chingy - Dem Jeans
so kinda inspired edit :D

cool pics as always stoo

 

Just don't go too slow on the shutter speed!
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While displaying one's best pan looks cool, I (as a teacher) believe we can also learn from mistakes- and I've had tons of my share!

This pic shows what'll happen when the shutter speed is pretty low. (I tried 1/25 @ f/32)


Aside from that "Sunny 16" and "ASA/ISO Speed" Rules I was trying to share with you that Saturday, there's also some lens magnification thing. I need some help here . . . 300mm lens . . . 1/300th handheld? 50mm . . . 1/50 handheld?

Come on . . . one of us OGs has to remember this!

 

1/250th



1/40th



Both hand held with the 300/2.8. You would not believe the number of crap shots there were in this series!
Juan, I know you've seen these before!

Jim

 

Hey, Ems....do you know what kind of driving shoes those are?

 

1/50 s



1/60 s




1/80 s




1/20 s


The distance, angle, and speed of the car are all factors. It's easiest to pan a side shot where you're at the car's at a constant radius. When that doesn't happen, you can get an interesting effect where parts of the car are blurred and parts sharp.

Lots of practice helps. I get noticeably worse at it if I have even a few weeks with no practice.

And I hate to think of how many tries it would take me to get one decent one with a 300/2.8 at 1/40s! I need to do some arm excercises this winter... .

Mark

 

I'm not sure I'm an OG, but yeah, the 1/focal length for slowest handheld shutter speed is another good guideline. Some people have steadier hands than others, but that is a good ground rule - for still shots.

 

Cool, thanks for the pics!

 

Sitting on the tarmac without a tripod, tilted level p.p.


Using a tripod.
Don't know the f-stop nor aperature because it was on "automatic" which causes more problems than having to know the settings. Telephoto exaggerates the blur. That's all I know.

 

Great pics everybody, ESPECIALLY the MINIs!

Juan, is that all you want to show from Pomona?

 

This looks like a fun thread. I did much of my learning to handle the camera in the Canon "P" mode and have more recently taken to Aperature Priority ("Av"). The best tip I can say is go out at night and practice panning traffic go past on the street in a darker area(faster the traffic the better). You'll end up with lots of poor results simply because you are forced to go sooo slow but if you "chirp" and see how your panning is with each shot after a few hundred you'll begin to see some good results. I'm going ot post some of my shots as a referance for the panning. This will be a handfull of hundreds. I'm also going to try and include the approx. speed of the car. If you have an airshow that is also a good place to practice panning, a 500 MPH jet will get you moving in a hurry. I tend not to use a tri-pod for much of this, and just practice smooth hands. To cheat rest you elbows on your chest, plant your feet shoulder width and rotate your torso (how I got many of my night time pans to come out clearly). Also try doing some telephoto panning without taking shots, just follow whatever moves, then when you are shooting lear to pick a spot on the car mirror up and then when mirror goes down have that same spot in the same area on the viewfinder (focus points are great for this).

1/25 @ 40MPH

It was a situation where I panned as it approached not passed so the back 1/2 loses some of the focus while th fornt stays intact.

1/125 @ 35 MPH

I spent a good 40 minutes on the inside of this corner to warm-up and shot almost everyone with the same borign composition but getting my pans smooth.

1/100 @45


Same corner as last, this was the experianced group and they were allowed to go all out so the car were a little quicker.

1/50 (Turn one @ 24 @ Daytona)


1/50

Out of focus but its still clear enough to give oyu the sense of motion with the panning (the straighter the lines of light the clearer the car is.

And to show the contrast, same corner, same car but at 1/125


Another at 1/125 (couldn't pass up the chance to post a car shooting flames)


1/25 @ 100-110 MPH

I goofed on this one, followed the back-center area of the car instead of the front.

1/40

This is unique because I was on the out side of the turn so you'll notice front and rear blurring/distortion (and a chance to post the Playboy car!!)

1/25

Same as above (outside of the turn, not Playboy), this is my current desktop, 3rd in a sequence of the pan with the other Crown Royal pic.

1/125 @ 100-110 MPH

This shows what happens to the blur when you eliminated the background. Less sense of motion but you can still see through the wheels and get the sense of speed that way.

On the night photos I took about 1k panning shots that night, out of a total of 1500 from the event. I have mabye 100 postable shots out of the mix.

1/640 @ 100-100 MPH

This faster shutter usesthe wheel blur to show the motion while keeping the car crisp.

1/250


1/60


1/50


See the differance that 1/10 of a shutter speed and a little angling makes?

Its something that takes lots of practice, a bit of luck, and makes digital your best friend.

Hope the explination helped.

 

Hey MarkS !!
What Exposure Mode do YOU shoot in?
Jim

 

Heh heh!

Mark

 

Paul, here's one of another Paul.


And a race between a couple of MINIs.








And what a MINI can do to a spark plug . . .


Deep under the bonnet . . .


Finally, this wouldn't be without a Halloween treat!




-Juan

 

Local color.

 

That is the BEST comment to this photo!! You made me laugh out loud!!

 

I knew you had the goods Juan!

Thanks!

 

1/1250 at Barber's

 

I'm laughing to hard to read all the cool tips on photographing moving objects......hahahahahaha I'll do it as soon as my stomach stops hurting hahahahaa