panning / track photography

[bigjobs]

my first attempt at photographing cars on a track. thoughts and comments appreciated. TIA

[aim54x]

Firstly, welcome to the forum.

They are not quite sharp, but pretty good efforts for a first go, it takes a bit of practice but you will get there. I remember my first attempts, in the company of seeto.centric
http://dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32910

I really want to get out there and give it another go, it has been a long time and i have been itching to shoot.

Keep posting!!

[Raskill]

Good first attempt here. Panning is used to give a sensation of speed, but typically, it pays to give your car 'somewhere' to travel into, i.e. have a larger space at the front of your car, than behind. You can either shoot wide and crop, or frame properly and take the shot. In the last shot you have cut the ass off the car, which isnt a good look. The images could do with a bit more saturation. Looking at the rims of the cars, you are shooting pretty slow shutter speeds. You will find a major improvement in sharpness if you go higher. You will still get background blur and wheel blur, but sharper details on the vehicle.

You can find a bit on panning here:

http://dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=27574

Keep posting!

[bigjobs]

thanks for the replies. i am going to shoot again this weekend. i had planned to use higher shutter speeds (160 - 200th)

i am also trying to convince my wife to drive up and down our street so i can practice - i think that would last about 5 shots

i'm also trying to capture a part of the car (front wheel, front quarter panel etc) and pan with that (sort of like the silver sti in the first pic) - they all turn out blurry though.

regards the feedback about shooting where the car is going to / coming from i have some shots like that, they just turned out pretty bad.

[CraigVTR]

I did some panning shots at the superbikes recently and was surprised that I could keep increasing the shutter speed and still some blur in the wheels and background. I ended up with a shutter speed of around 640.

Here is a link to one that was shot at 400. http://craigvtr.smugmug.com/gallery/757 ... aZmJL-A-LB

[Doctor]

Wheel blur will occur at shutterspeeds below 1/640th, although at this sort of speed the background still looks relatively static, and the blur is small....

This shot was 1/320 but the bike was moving relatively slowly, the effect can be similar on 1/640...

http://drmphotography.net/wp-content/ga ... lag-01.jpg

[bigjobs]

hi again,

a few more shots. these were on a skidpan, so cars were not as quick and were sliding sideways mostly.

feedback sought and welcomed.

[binny]

I like the second

the 1st and 3rd the spray covers the cars a bit

(are these going on rexnet too ?)