Motorcycles on backroads

[Snyder]

guys i know its out of focus, im wondering how/why it would have been out of focus. was it me? lens? camera? i shot 1/4000th at f2.8 which is very fast. i had the camera to center dot metering and it was set on af-c. what went wrong is what im asking about the wheelie pic. i didnt attempt any panning at all except the last shot, i wanted crisp still shots. that was my intention, no action.

Definately user error... im sure you didnt have the auto focus point on the subject and it re-focused on the background then you took the shot.

 

[CNCO]

i am not good enough to manually focus and manually zoom in/out when i pan. the distance obviously changes as you decrease your distance then increase your distance to the car. im pissed because a really nice lambo went by and i missed it.

i went back out tonight and tried some panning. down the road from my house there is a straight away in which i went to practice. i could not do it. nothing came out crisp. the subject was always partially blurred not enough motion blur etc.... ill do some more research on technique and see what happens.

when i shoot on sport mode everything is crisp. that is what i want.

 

[Josh66]

when i shoot on sport mode everything is crisp. that is what i want.

What settings is sport mode using?

 

[CNCO]

not sure, just looked at all images in adobe bridge and they either said auto or manual. if you want to know the settings try it at various places in a 25mph zone and a 55mph zone n see the difference. there are a lot of variables.