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gmen
15th of August 2004 (Sun), 15:21
As a brand new member of this forum, I'm sharing some subject matter that is also pretty new to me.

I shot my second ever motorsport meeting today and dabbled in some panning (hard work!) amongst other things.

I'd really appreciate some feedback from the more experienced photogs out there!

Here are the pics:

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/Arena_Essex_B1.jpg
http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/Arena_Essex_B2.jpg
http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/Arena_Essex_B3.jpg
http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/Arena_Essex_B4.jpg
IncompletePete
15th of August 2004 (Sun), 15:23
Great photos, really birght colours 'n well captured!

What kit were you using?
gmen
15th of August 2004 (Sun), 15:34
These were all shot on a 10D with a 300mm f/2.8 + 1.4x converter - the main benefit today was being able to shoot at 100 and 200ASA which really helped the colour saturation.

I was concentrating on nailing the focus and filling the frame - hence the long focal length.
IncompletePete
15th of August 2004 (Sun), 15:39
But wouldn't the converter have knocked the F down a couple of notches?
gmen
15th of August 2004 (Sun), 15:42
Only one stop with the 1.4x... the panning shots are taken at 1/100s at f/10 and the other two at 1/1000s at f/4
IncompletePete
15th of August 2004 (Sun), 15:46
That's not too bad then! Need to improve my kit to get some better shots!
gmen
15th of August 2004 (Sun), 15:53
I guess I could have shot a little wider and then cropped down... but I thought the best way to learn was to make it harder for myself!

That panning thing is deadly difficult and it took a few attempts to get some 'keepers' then I just cranked shutter speed down notch by notch to get more background blur.

The 'speed' of the prime lens wasn't really a big help on this occasion, but the L glass always makes for some good colour saturation and contrast.
IncompletePete
15th of August 2004 (Sun), 15:55
If you look at my Tour de France photos, you'll see I need a much faster lense, really hampered me, think I was limited to F5.4 :evil:
MattSEG
19th of August 2004 (Thu), 00:03
Absolutely awesome panning, very very well done.
Craig_C1976
19th of August 2004 (Thu), 03:27
Very nice! Great colours (esp #2) and nice and sharp.
c0ntr0lz
19th of August 2004 (Thu), 06:12
welcome to the forum and great photos
always nice to have another car nut
gmen
19th of August 2004 (Thu), 06:36
Glad you like the panning shots... I think I have turned into a car nut overnight! Can't wait for the next meeting!