Some sideways drifting action anyone?

[Caramanos2000]

Excuse the grain but my 55-250mm needed the higher iso in order to use shutter speeds appropriate to the action

 

[KmH]

A somewhat slower shutter speed will blur the wheels/tires. Blurred tires and wheels help crate a sense of speed and motion.

A subject moving at or away from the camera requires less shutter speed than a subject moving from side to side.
When shooting a subject moving from side to side, panning can be used to not only help blur the background (which also helps create a sense of speed) but panning requires even less shutter speed than shooting a subject moving at or away from the camera.

Sliding a car in a corner scrubs off a lot of speed.
Drifting is all show, and little go.

 

[Patrice]

My opinion: disappointing.

Soft, noisy, 'cell phone' looking, your sensor has become loose and is tilted to the left.

 

[cgipson1]

All of the above... needed to pan and use slower shutter speeds...

Try this:

How to Photograph Drift Racing: 5 Steps - wikiHow

 

[Caramanos2000]

I personally dont like the blurry backgrounds in my racing pics because I feel thats what everyone does :blushing: As far as the noise I was running a 1250iso, the lowest f stop I could and the fastest shutter speed I could to maintain proper light levels. Could my sensor really be loose? The camera just turned 1 year old pardon my ignorance I suppose but that worries me now

 

[manicmike]

If you do a tilt it has to be obvious it was done on purpose, something around 45 degrees. The slight tilt looks like it was just a mistake.

 

[Devinhullphoto]

If you do a tilt it has to be obvious it was done on purpose, something around 45 degrees. The slight tilt looks like it was just a mistake.

Yep! That applies to design as well. That's where I learned it.

 

[R3d]

I personally dont like the blurry backgrounds in my racing pics because I feel thats what everyone does :blushing: As far as the noise I was running a 1250iso, the lowest f stop I could and the fastest shutter speed I could to maintain proper light levels. Could my sensor really be loose? The camera just turned 1 year old pardon my ignorance I suppose but that worries me now

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Welp, sorry to be so blunt, but you're just not going to produce anything worth looking at if you're trying to portray racing action. The whole appeal of racing is the speed, and slowing your shutter down is ultimately the best way to do show that (plus it's fun and hugely satisfying when you nail a pan). If you take a photo of an F1 car, for example, and freeze the action as it pans past so that the wheels are frozen, you just won't be able to convey anything with it. Is it moving? Well, I dunno, the wheels look still, and so is it's environment. It could be parked for all I know.

Generally, the only time it's acceptable to freeze the action like that is when the car is moving from foreground to background, or top to bottom in the frame; or if there is action on track that absolutely can't be captured other wise (like a wreck portraying huge showers of debris). There's not going to be any side-to-side motion here, so we don't necessarily need to show that the car is moving from left-right in the frame. It is nice though to slow down just enough to get some blur in the wheels if you're at an angle that you can see them (in this situation wheel =/= tire).

Most great motorsport photographers pan. You're going to find some technical similarities in nearly every genre of photography. It's all about how you capture a moment, how you frame an image, and finding a way to make your photos unique. Otherwise they just look like somebody's snap shot. And for the love of photography don't be discouraged. Keep working and improving.

If you'd like to chat more about it I'd be happy to talk and share my work and other photographers I enjoy in a pm!

 

[deven9484]

Is this what you were looking for ? I took Thea about a month ago