Panning Photography

[pixmedic]

what I do know is that it joining up here and just posting offsite links has always been frowned upon. the site owners want things kept as in-house as reasonably possible.

How is what I'm asking any different than posting Flickr images? If one clicks the image, it takes the person back to the source--whether Flickr or IG.

Anyways, I'd just like a response from the site or an administrator that the site at least looked into it? @terri?

i think the difference is, when i post an image from flickr you can view the picture from here without having to click on a link and go to another site.
if IG were the same it wouldnt be an issue.

 

[waday]

if IG were the same it wouldnt be an issue.

Yep. That's what I'm asking. Thanks for helping clarify.

 

[terri]

Flickr is a social media and hosting site. IG is a social media site. IG does not provide code like Flickr does, because it's not a hosting site.

Wade, I'd say that this is actually the crux of the issue. It may be simply that IG, being built the way it is to not host images (with the accompanying architecture to be more friendly to sharing/linking) is never going to get along with xen Foro, which is TPF's current platform (we were on v Bulletin for many moons prior to this transition).

Being another non-tech guy, I'm not able to provide any discussion that includes details on code between these two sites. I wasn't aware you'd asked the TPF tech crew for this kind of explanation. What I can do is report your post up there where you are asking (again), which will ensure it goes to the techs, too. If they can, they likely will, make it possible.

That's all I got. /thread hijack.

NOTE: Any more discussion that further hijacks this thread will be deleted - please trust that we're now looking into it. Thanks!

 

[Derrel]

When panning, leave more space in front of the subject.

 

[vintagesnaps]

When panning, focus on the subject, follow the subject, and after you release the shutter follow thru on the movement, keep following the subject for another couple of seconds or so. If you stop when you release the shutter it's likely you'll get blur.

It'll take practice to get the hang of it.

 

[TCampbell]

on the flip side, i would assume it is equally plausible for IG to incorporate a way to generate code with a linkback the way flickr does in order to share IG photos other places, therefor sharing the overall IG site with more people.

They do... and their code for embedding pictures doesn't seem to work here...

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The chunk of code using the < > tags is HTML.
Many websites don't allow the use of HTML in message bodies ... the alternative is something called "BBcode".

Check to see if Instagram supports sharing using BBcode. (Flickr does).

As for panning shots...

This is a skill that requires lots of practice.

The camera needs to follow the subject as it moves and try to perfectly match the speed. Few frames will be "perfect" ... so typically you switch the camera to burst mode so it blasts off lots of shots ... most of which wont be perfectly matched, but perhaps one (and if you're really lucky .. two) will have the camera's panning speed perfectly match the subject speed.

If your lens has image stabilization, this *can* work against you (the camera lens is fighting the motion). But many high end lenses have more than one image stabilization modes. On a few my lenses that are designed for sports/action, I can have several image stabilization choices... usually off, mode 1, & mode 2... but some of my lenses have a mode 3. With Canon, "mode 1" is full image stabilization (stabilizes both horizontal and vertical). But "mode 2" stabilizes vertically but not horizontally. This is the mode you would want for "panning" shots. If your camera has a stabilization mode for vertical-only then use it. If not then turn stabilization off completely.

You can typically "freeze" action at 1/500th or faster... so you want to shoot slower. Just start sneaking down the shutter speed. This shutter actually isn't too slow (I think the shot below is 1/125th) but I've shot similar at speeds as low as 1/40th (the slower it is... the more difficult it is).

Try 1/250th... you'll just get a small amount of blur but your keeper rate will be higher. As you get comfortable... try 1/125th... then try 1/60th... etc. and work your down to slower shutter speeds as your body gets better and rotating to match the pace of the subject.

Here's an example from an event I shot on Sunday:


2W0A6585.jpg by Tim Campbell, on Flickr

One self-critique here... is this shot was taken at f/11. This particular lens was a Canon 100-400 f/4-5.6. So I could have improved the background blur using a lower focal ratio. The problem is I was already at ISO 100. If I had reduced to f/5.6 (2 stops faster) then I'd have to compensate with shutter... which I don't want to do.

I *could* have used a 2 stop ND filter to let me keep my 1/125th speed and take the camera down to f/5.6

While this was a 100-400... I had a 70-200 f/2.8 (which I didn't bring that day). I could have used a 3 or even 4 stop ND filter. This would have improved the background blur to really help the panning shot pop.

These are just things to think about with panning shots ... because slowing the shutter in daylight shooting conditions means increasing the f-stop... which means more depth of field and less background blur. An ND filter is your friend here.