Panning practice

[Esprit87]

Spent sunday at the race track watching/shooting an 8 hour endurance race. I had lots of time and opportunity to practice my panning technique. Below are a few images that I like - and while I realise that they're far from technically perfect I think they manage to capture the speed and feel of the event.

All were shot handheld 1/30 second @ about 230 mm.








And finally my favourite pic of the day





Cheers

Magnus

[simpo two]

(1) is spot on.

I like the bizarre atmosphere of the last one: pity you can't turn the car round so it's coming towards them.

[LongQ]

Esprit87 said:

All were shot handheld 1/30 second @ about 230 mm.

Magnus,

Why 1/30th?

Was this a pre-concieved plan as part of the panning practice? It looks like you had plenty of light to play with faster shutter speeds. Or is that a deceptive quality in the shots presented - I note that the track is obviously wet in the last frame.

[daydreamer]

My favourite is the second one - shame that you didn't manage to get the back of the Porsche in though .

Looks like it was shot on the moon!!!!

Rich

[poah]

nice shots.

I have to practice at the local duel carridge way lol

[bilko2]

"Practice?!!!!"

That's what i blurted when i scrolled down to no.1. Because it looked to me like everything was perfect. Note to self, use 1/30th for panning.

No.2...."good" with me nodding my head. I know the back is cut off but the light is brilliant, so much so that it gives it a nice mood.

No.3.Still nodding and "OWHHH!" like when your favourite footballer misses a goal but comes so close. I could see the front going out of focus as the car turns the bend. That would have been my fav.

Looked at no.4..."Yes!" if i had a t-shirt on i would be pulling it over my head and running round my frontroom! Blummin nice picture that, i mean realy good imho

Scrolled back up to see who it was, this novice that's been practicing."Ah, well that explains it then"

Very nice set of pictures there

[Esprit87]

LongQ said:

Esprit87 said: All were shot handheld 1/30 second @ about 230 mm. Magnus, Why 1/30th? Was this a pre-concieved plan as part of the panning practice? It looks like you had plenty of light to play with faster shutter speeds. Or is that a deceptive quality in the shots presented - I note that the track is obviously wet in the last frame.

You're right about the light conditions, it was a bright sunny day. It's not actually wet in the last pic, the main straight on the track doubles as a drag strip and the surface at the start is covered with some sticky stuff which looks excactly like wet tarmac.

The very slow shutter speed was intentional, partly because I like the background to be as blurred as possible and partly because I figured it'd be good practice.


/Magnus

[Esprit87]

bilko2 said:

"Practice?!!!!" That's what i blurted when i scrolled down to no.1. Because it looked to me like everything was perfect. Note to self, use 1/30th for panning. No.2...."good" with me nodding my head. I know the back is cut off but the light is brilliant, so much so that it gives it a nice mood. No.3.Still nodding and "OWHHH!" like when your favourite footballer misses a goal but comes so close. I could see the front going out of focus as the car turns the bend. That would have been my fav. Looked at no.4..."Yes!" if i had a t-shirt on i would be pulling it over my head and running round my frontroom! Blummin nice picture that, i mean realy good imho Scrolled back up to see who it was, this novice that's been practicing."Ah, well that explains it then" Very nice set of pictures there

LMAO @ your comments - cheers mate!
Thanks for looking guys.



/Magnus

[LongQ]

Esprit87 said:

You're right about the light conditions, it was a bright sunny day. It's not actually wet in the last pic, the main straight on the track doubles as a drag strip and the surface at the start is covered with some sticky stuff which looks excactly like wet tarmac. The very slow shutter speed was intentional, partly because I like the background to be as blurred as possible and partly because I figured it'd be good practice. /Magnus

Umm. I like the idea of a stiicky surface. I wonder if it would improve the grip for the next bend if one was to drift off line a little ...?

I understand about the shutter speed thing, though I reckon 1/60th would have worked also, but perhaps you played with that in the course of the day?

The front wheel of the Porsche shows the odd 'out of round' effect I often see with my shots if one end of the car is sharp but the other is out of focus. I assume the effect is something to do with shutter movement and focussing effect which varies with aperture. Whatever it is quite interesting.


Anyway, great shots. I think you have had adequate practice!

[nomoregravy]

hello mate!

I love that last one...

byee!

[V6GTO]

Number 4 gets my vote, I'd love to have my loo decorated with pictures like that, fantastic shots with an amusing twist!

Martin.

[poah]

shutter speed is dependant on focual length and the target speed for panning. I'm quite crap at it so I tend to use higher shutter speeds on slower cars. your blur is not so great on the background but you tend to get a sharper image. practice on bikes they go slow lol