Motorsport -- panning, SS & motion

[Braineack]

Sliding into Sunset @ Sun-Life Stadium

I know the owner of this car. He's on my turbo miata site.

 

[Rags]

Can I join the party?...

Rags

 

[gconnoyer]

I have some drift ones I need to upload as well. Shot at 1/50-80

2.8, 1/160, ISO4000. Taken right at the starting line at the track

 

[Steve5D]

This is a recent one that I like:

 

[lambertpix]

Can I join the party?...

Rags

Nice panning on the dragster! I think the truck would work better for me in a tighter crop - there's implied movement in the top pickup and the race truck that are fighting in opposite directions when I view it.

 

[Rags]

Can I join the party?...

Rags

Nice panning on the dragster! I think the truck would work better for me in a tighter crop - there's implied movement in the top pickup and the race truck that are fighting in opposite directions when I view it.

Ha! I didn't notice the conflicting parked pick up... This is better.. Thanks

Rags

 

[R3d]

DSC01132-3 by R3d Baron, on Flickr

The only thing I don't like about this one is that there's not enough room in front of the car for my personal preference, but I do really enjoy the aesthetic. This was a REALLY tough one, and the best of a couple hundred tries to get it.

 

[Rags]

Well then... (sorry posted horse race pan by mistake)

Rags

 

[R3d]

1/50


Austin 400 Pit/Paddock by R3d Baron, on Flickr

1/60


Australian V8 Supercars Austin 400 by R3d Baron, on Flickr

1/20 or thereabouts can be fun with a wide-angle.


DSC01803 by R3d Baron, on Flickr


1/30


Washington DC SCCA Rallycross by R3d Baron, on Flickr

 

[Braineack]

great set!

 

[jfrabat]

OK, I had not seen this post, so I'll post some of mine (including ones I put in a recent thread). First some older ones (maybe 10 years ago? This first set was before I got a DSLR, by the way):

1. Porsche 944



2. Honda Civic


3. Volkxwagen Super Beatle (this thing was a beast, running neck to neck with non-turbo porsches!)


And here is one from about 3 years ago:

4. Kart

• ISO 100
• f/5.6
• 1/250 sec.
• Focal Length 80mm

And here are some I posted recently which I took in Exotics Racing in Las Vegas (talk about a parade of great subjects!) to show the improvement over time:

1. McLaren MP4-12C

• ISO 100
• f/13
• 1/200 sec.
• Focal Length 70mm

2. Corvette Z06 (red)

• Sony SLT-A77V Camera
• Sony SAL70300G Lens
• ISO 100
• f/13
• 1/125 sec.
• Focal Length 70mm

3. Ferrari Scuderia

• ISO 100
• f/11
• 1/160 sec.
• Focal Length 70mm

4. Porsche 977 turbo

• ISO 100
• f/13
• 1/160 sec.
• Focal Length 70mm

5. Lamborghini Gallardo Superleghero

• ISO 100
• f/14
• 1/100 sec.
• Focal Length 75mm

6. Lamborghini Gallardo

• ISO 100
• f/14
• 1/100 sec.
• Focal Length 75mm

6. Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren (braking hard)

• ISO 100
• f/13
• 1/125 sec.
• Focal Length 90mm

I know I got some more somewhere, but I have to get home and look for them...

Anyway, feel free to critique me, as I want to improve my technique! R3D already commented on trying even slower speeds on my other post, and I know I should have left more room in the front (it was not available for all the shots, and they are going on my son's wall, so I needed all the shots to be more or less in the same scale), but other than that, let me know if you see something that could have been improved.

By the way, do you guys shoot a single image or burst when shooting these?

Felipe

PS: Don't ask me why, but I just noticed looking at this that all my panning shots are always right to left... Something to think about for the future!

 

[R3d]

I shoot bursts of about 8 per flyby, but it also depends on how fast they're moving past.

 

[DBA]

Another one I got from an event a couple weeks ago.

 

[12sndsgood]

Jfrabat I put my D7000 and go with around 3 shots per car. I found when shooting all day at a drift event if I had it on high continuous I would go thru 3000 photos in a day and that's just to many to deal with. I worked on going with a slower speed and just pressing the shutter right before they got to the spot I had picked out. I will generally start at around 1/200 for the first 30 minutes then step down to 1/100 for the next half hour. then it's usually down in the 1/60th range the rest of the day depending on how late we go. I will always take a few runs trying to get down in the1/20th range for practice but on a 70-200 with no vibration reduction I don't come out with to many keepers going that slow. even on a monopod. One thing in your photo with the supercars I would have just tried to get different positions to give yourself some variety. I will generally change spots every hour if I'm shooting all day

 

[jfrabat]

I agree with the number of shots; in this one, I was shooting burst for about 15 to 20 minutes, and I got over 150 shots to go through... of course, the Sony A77 does not help in that regard, as it shoots VERY quick burst. But I tried shooting single shots, and I did not quite get as many shots as I would like, so I defenetly have to stick with burst (maybe just go with slow speed). As for the position, on this particular track, that is the only place that you can go. I could have changed the angle to get the curve at the end, butit was a little too far...