First goes at motorsport photography and panning

[aspender]

Mostly taken with a 55-200 Tamron on my 400D. Venue is Daytona Speedway for the practice and qualifying sessions for this weekends Rolex 24. C&C appreciated:

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The best of about 300 odd photos there. A lot of failed efforts got deleted straightawy - panning is hard!

And also saw/met a couple of famous Brit drivers:

Derek Bell:



Dan Wheldon:



And finally there was a distinct lack of pit-babes on a practice day, but there was the occassional bit of eye-candy

[Gemm]

They look bloody good to me (first goes or not).

I'd just clone out the yellow cap from the #5 and zoom in a lot more on the last one.

Edited by Gemm on Saturday 26th January 23:06

[flat-planedCrank]

Nice panning shots

What sort of shutter speed were you using ?




Cheers.

[trackdemon]

I like how you used the rule of thirds on the totty shot

[aspender]

Gemm said:

They look bloody good to me (first goes or not).

I'd just clone out the yellow cap from the #5 and zoom in a lot more on the last one.

Cheers! Funnily enough I got CS3 on my way home from Orlando, so need the practice material...

flat-planedCrank said:

What sort of shutter speed were you using ?

Mostly around 1/50th. Anything I tried with a lower speed didn't work out due to camera shake or just plain not tracking the car smoothly. The Exif data for them is available from the originals on flickr.

[aspender]

trackdemon said:

I like how you used the rule of thirds on the totty shot

Happenstance, but I see what you mean now

[V6GTO]

trackdemon said:

I like how you used the rule of thirds on the totty shot

[mattsayle]

Real good pictures, first time or not!

[Luca Brazzi]

FANTASTIC panning. Throwing away is the norm, and why digital is great. Very impressed. Bet they look great when shown huge

Love the totty shot - great top.

[Elderly]

A little C. & C. on the 'totty' shot.

I would have prefered it to have been a little more over-exposed
and next time try 'aperture priority'

Great panning on the cars BTW!!

[F308 MAN]

"First goes at motorsport photography and panning"

ha ha! .... and then you woke up 'n ate yer corn flakes ?



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[franv8]

Just as a suggestion - you can give the motion/speed impression a bit more by tiltingthe frame slightly - I think making the car look it is going 'downhill' is the better way but either makes the shot a bit different.

Great pics - just my 2p worth!

[Shropshiremike]

aspender said:

I really like this one - reminds me of the old Parnelli Jones Trans-am Mustang.



I've got a panning setting on my compact which I've been trying out today - no results as good as that though....