Motorsport -- panning, SS & motion

[lambertpix]

3 from the old Rolex Series

I guess it *is* the old Rolex Series now... good set. Is that Mid-Ohio?

 

[pdq5oh]

Hi. Yes that's Mid Ohio. & I don't cheat on my pans. They turn out in the camera, or they turn up on the floor. I wish a TUDOR race was coming to Ohio. I like the World Challenge Series that will be there tho. The Audis actually have a chance. Maybe in TUDOR they will; given how they did in testing for Daytona. And didn't do too badly last year. Maybe I'll run into you there this summer.

 

[Rags]

Ahhh... one man's cheating is another man's art....

Rags

 

[lambertpix]

Maybe I'll run into you there this summer.

Hopefully - I made it up there for the vintage cars & vintage bikes last year. I forget what I had going on for Rolex there, but I caught those guys over at Indy. I'm hoping to make it to a couple more races this year.

 

[pdq5oh]

Ahhh... one man's cheating is another man's art....

Rags

I guess we all end up at the same place

 

[midgeman]

...I don't cheat on my pans. They turn out in the camera, or they turn up on the floor...

Couldn't have said it better. Nothing wrong with tweaking the exposure, sharpen, etc. but adding wheel blur is just a no for me. No matter how you put it its fake.

 

[lambertpix]

...I don't cheat on my pans. They turn out in the camera, or they turn up on the floor...

Couldn't have said it better. Nothing wrong with tweaking the exposure, sharpen, etc. but adding wheel blur is just a no for me. No matter how you put it its fake.

I want to read the name on the brake calipers.... ;-)

 

[skwty]

Rather than hijack someone else's thread, I figured I'd start a new one here. Feel free to add panning & motion shots, tips for panning, etc.

The context of the discussion in the original thread was that slower shutter speed helps create a sense of motion, but the speed needed to do so is somewhat variable. To that end, here are a handful of shots that (I think) show motion pretty well.

Both of these first two were at 1/250 -- the first shot is turn 3 at Road America:

I was excited to see this was at Road America. I live in the area and my first trip to Road America with my brand new Canon T2i garnered me this shot:


It was my first attempt ever at stopping something moving this fast and was taken with my 250mm "kit" lens from Canon. The sharpness is there on some of the shot, but maybe didn't hit as much as I could've with a faster shutter speed. I LOVE the shot I quoted above though, excellent!

 

[lambertpix]

I was excited to see this was at Road America. I live in the area and my first trip to Road America with my brand new Canon T2i garnered me this shot:
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It was my first attempt ever at stopping something moving this fast and was taken with my 250mm "kit" lens from Canon. The sharpness is there on some of the shot, but maybe didn't hit as much as I could've with a faster shutter speed. I LOVE the shot I quoted above though, excellent!

Thanks -- you're lucky to have RA in your backyard. It's probably the most fan-accessible track I've been to -- easily better than Mid-Ohio and worlds better than Indy. Turn 3 is great for hard-braking shots (dim light == glowing rotors on cars), and of course turn 5 always has lots of action. One of the lesser-traveled spots is Canada corner -- there's a trail through the woods that pops out right above the apex, so you're looking down at the cars as they come through. Sort of a tricky spot to pan, because you can't pick up the cars until they're right on top of you, but it's a unique vantage point.

Good luck -- hopefully, I'll make it up there for the TUSCC race.

 

[12sndsgood]

There is some new software out to fake panning and rolling shots. About $2500. Personally I'll stick with gettin them in camera. Last thing I have time for is faking blur on 100 plus photos. Time is money.

 

[midgeman]

$2,500 to make fake photos? What a rip-off...

In other news, I can't wait for the motorsport season to get back underway so I can continue panning, SS & motion.

 

[lambertpix]

Too busy panning to hit the damned brakes....


IMG_8339.jpg by lambertpix, on Flickr

 

[Tom23]

Just found my 2 old panning shots, 7 years ago with Konica Minolta D'image Z10, the best looking camera ever made


Carrera 997 by Tomislav Mavrovic, on Flickr

1/125 f3.2 ISO 64




Carrera 996 by Tomislav Mavrovic, on Flickr

1/100 f3.2 ISO 64

 

[12sndsgood]

$2,500 to make fake photos? What a rip-off... In other news, I can't wait for the motorsport season to get back underway so I can continue panning, SS & motion.

Agreed. But i don't think the commercial world will care one bit how you get them the shot you want.

 

[midgeman]

Too busy panning to hit the damned brakes....

Bump & Run!