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The Skater
Posted:
Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:31 amby Atorie
My first attempt at panning a skateboarder...
The Skater
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: 18-70mm 3.5-4.5 (kit)
Focal Length: 38mm
Exposure: 1/400s @ f/8
ISO: 100... (EDIT: Arh, i meant 200)
Posted:
Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:46 pmby stubbsy
Michael
You've nailed it pretty well. Only his hands are a little blurry. Panning is something I've yet to master so kudos to you.
Re: The Skater
Posted:
Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:57 pmby Paul
Atorie wrote:Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: 18-70mm 3.5-4.5 (kit)
Focal Length: 38mm
Exposure: 1/400s @ f/8
ISO: 100
ISO 100
surely ISO 200
Nice picture, great underneath angle!
Re: The Skater
Posted:
Wed Jul 20, 2005 2:45 pmby Geoff
Paul wrote:Atorie wrote:Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: 18-70mm 3.5-4.5 (kit)
Focal Length: 38mm
Exposure: 1/400s @ f/8
ISO: 100
ISO 100
surely ISO 200
Nice picture, great underneath angle!
Paul,
Didn't u get the firmware upgrade that allows the D70 to go to ISO 100?
Posted:
Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:07 pmby PiroStitch
how do you pan at 1/400???? Everytime I've tried panning something at 1/400 I always end up with a frozen image :S
Good stuff
Geoff, there's also an uber update which lets me drop my iso down to 25
Re: The Skater
Posted:
Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:07 pmby Paul
Geoff wrote:Paul wrote:Atorie wrote:Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: 18-70mm 3.5-4.5 (kit)
Focal Length: 38mm
Exposure: 1/400s @ f/8
ISO: 100
ISO 100
surely ISO 200
Nice picture, great underneath angle!
Paul,
Didn't u get the firmware upgrade that allows the D70 to go to ISO 100?
Is this the upgrade that gives me 11 A/F positions and 24MP?
Posted:
Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:13 pmby Atorie
Yeah i meant 200.. my Sony... ah we can only hope.
Posted:
Wed Jul 20, 2005 5:31 pmby big pix
good image....... but to tell more of a story I would have liked to have seen a bit more in front or behind the skater so he is coming into or going out of frame, this should give more impact. Maybe a different crop......
Posted:
Wed Jul 20, 2005 6:28 pmby Jeroen
nice image good angle
jeroen
Posted:
Wed Jul 20, 2005 6:46 pmby kipper
Nice shot, but for panning with busy backgrounds you'd probably want a slower shutter speed. It's tack sharp but I would like to see the background blurred to show motion. Take a look at a previous POTW winner of a Mountain Bike competition, in that case though the subject would of been travelling a lot faster so it would of helped to blur while panning.
Posted:
Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:24 pmby Atorie
Thanks for the comments everyone...
BP - This is the uncropped image, i got pretty close, i have a few more but didn't pay enough attention to my DOF.
Kipper - Yeah I need a fair bit more practice with panning to capture those sort of pics, that one on the bike is a fav of mine... i had a bit of trouble with the light, it was midday and very bright.
Posted:
Wed Jul 20, 2005 8:35 pmby kipper
Just keep up the work, experiment. Set it to manual and play with varying settings. If you know the blokes ask them to repeat what they did so you can try different techniques.
Then go home and review what you did. Hopefully you can figure out what worked and what didn't.
Posted:
Wed Jul 20, 2005 8:38 pmby big pix
shoot slower speed, to get more movement, give yourself a bit more room in frame with your subject, try some using fill flash to get a bit of sharpness along with a blur, and a quickpan, the same as shooting cars, you can practise on the local highway........