After some advice

[spdpug98]

I went to watch an enduro on Saturday as I am going to start doing enduro later in the year, so I thought I would take my camera along.

I have attached some of the photographs below............what am I doing worng every single one is out of focus I was using a D70

[mneame]

They're not out of focus. It looks like you've done is tried to freeze the action and the shutter speed is too low to do it. Try tracking the moving subject. By moving the camera at the same speed as the object you will find, with practice , that the subject is sharp and the background is blurred. Or if you want everything sharp use a higher shutter speed.

This is what i mean about tracking the subject and the background being blurred (click to see full size and get rid of the blocky edges):




ETA - i quite like the top 2. With a bit of post processing you could get them looking quite smart. You've got 1 bike sharp and one blurred which conveys motion nicely.

Edited by mneame on Monday 26th March 11:09

Edited by mneame on Monday 26th March 11:11

[_dobbo_]

As above, in addition set the focus type in the menu to AF-C so that it tracks the subject rather than focusing once.

[spdpug98]

mneame said:

They're not out of focus.

ETA - i quite like the top 2. With a bit of post processing you could get them looking quite smart. You've got 1 bike sharp and one blurred which conveys motion nicely.

Just shows that I don't know what I am talking about..........I think the top two are the best as well

Thanks for the feedback

Edited by spdpug98 on Monday 26th March 11:45

[Gemm]

As well as the above comments, I think the shutter speed is a bit too slow to get a sharp picture even with panning (especially if you have't done it before), so increasing the ISO is another option.

[thinfourth]

2nd one is just right

Don't confuse out of focus with blurred

A few little things to play with Put the mode dial to S and you will see a speed figure in the LCD display and through the the view finder. now the knob on the front of the camera makes this go up and down.

Now go outside and move the camera side to side while taking some pics now try it with different speeds from very fast about 1000 down to very slow 2 You will see different results dependant on speed

Now faster freezes the motion where as slower gives a blur

Now arse around with this at a trackday or something else with movement and you will learn