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My first attempt at panning
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I wrote this at the start of the year if anyone is interested …
http://www.driver.ie/forum/showthread.php?t=42196
I’ve never been a fan of flat-side on pans, trying to deal with a turning focal plane is much harder but has higher rewards when done right. Technically, they are fine. But they just look the same as every other side on pan we see. Try vary your angle, get to a rally or a trackday at Mondello if your interested …
paddymcgrath wrote:
I wrote this at the start of the year if anyone is interested …
http://www.driver.ie/forum/showthread.php?t=42196
I’ve never been a fan of flat-side on pans, trying to deal with a turning focal plane is much harder but has higher rewards when done right. Technically, they are fine. But they just look the same as every other side on pan we see. Try vary your angle, get to a rally or a trackday at Mondello if your interested …
Paddy,thanks for thread,was good to read.I do plan to go to as many car/bike meets as i can.
As i would love to get into sports photography in a big way,
thank’s again
sean.markcapilitan wrote:
You’ll be able to pan with any lens once you get used to panning….I’ve panned with 500mm & 600mm lenses and it has to be done handheld, it’s something you get used to. Generally when you pan you’re shooting at something like 1/250 at F8 or slower, so your f-stop is always small which gives good latitude for sharpness. Pre-focusing works best, and for something like formula 1 is fine, because all the drivers take the same line again and again. I’m pretty sure these boys would not be taking the same line, so could be difficult. Image stabiliser lenses don’t help with panning, as much as they ‘have’ a pan function…it’s next to useless. Practice (again) and a steady hand is what will nail the shot for you….and take loads and loads! I wouldn’t think of shooting at 1/60 or slower until I can nail the shot at 1/250 or 1/125.
Yet again,thank’s for explaining thing’s Mark,
sean.
A side on pan is pretty boring and run of the mill….except when you start going into 1/20 or 1/10 of a sec shots. Difficult, very nice if they have the right colours. You just have to get it right, and that takes years of practice.
markcapilitan wrote:
A side on pan is pretty boring and run of the mill….except when you start going into 1/20 or 1/10 of a sec shots. Difficult, very nice if they have the right colours. You just have to get it right, and that takes years of practice.
Class picture,where was that taken.?
sean.
That one is from Albert Park in Melbourne, Kimi Raikkonen 2006. Just an example of a nice pan, side-on but using the crowd as an interesting foreground, shot really slow. Its a ,nicer shot that the tighter one I took using the 500mm lens. (Take years of practice when shooting F1 cars…slower stuff like btcc, any tin-top etc are very easy).
markcapilitan wrote:
That one is from Albert Park in Melbourne, Kimi Raikkonen 2006. Just an example of a nice pan, side-on but using the crowd as an interesting foreground, shot really slow. Its a ,nicer shot that the tighter one I took using the 500mm lens. (Take years of practice when shooting F1 cars…slower stuff like btcc, any tin-top etc are very easy).
Brilliant photo,I’m am jelous. :shock: :)
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