SHOW US YOUR BEST PANNING SHOT

Spencerphoto wrote in post #18921716
So you counter a negative personal opinion with one of your own?

That was the point...

john crossley wrote in post #18921681
I don't understand this trend for "Ultra-wide angle Ultra-slow shutter speed" panning shots. To me the images just look like a blurry mess.

I personally agree with you, as I don't like to see a panning shot without some sharpness in the subject...

midgeman wrote in post #18921702
And to me they look beautiful and interesting.

It's the tight crop side-on pans that are monotonous and boring.

Isn't there some saying about opinions?

...but we clearly all have differing tastes!

Bit of night racing.

Welby wrote in post #18922461
Bit of night racing.

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I think I know where you we're last weekend

Here is another from last weekends shoot (Fathers day out)

5d4, 100-400MK2, 1.4X TC II
1/60 sec, F/18, 476mm

5d4, 100-400MK2, 1.4X TC II
1/80 sec, F/18

john crossley wrote in post #18921681
I don't understand this trend for "Ultra-wide angle Ultra-slow shutter speed" panning shots. To me the images just look like a blurry mess.

I agree with you...To me, the whole point of panning is to show motion by focus locking on your subject, to get it sharp (or some part of it) while the rest of the image is in a blur.
To have an ultra wide image of blurry mess with the subject too small to make out any sharpness doesn't work for me..

john crossley wrote in post #18921681
I don't understand this trend for "Ultra-wide angle Ultra-slow shutter speed" panning shots. To me the images just look like a blurry mess.

Yes and no ...

Midgeman's pictures are what it's supposed to be (in my opinion): sharp subject, moody background, picture tells a story.
The latest trend of going so slow and wide in your panning speed that hardly anything is recognizable in the picture, or having to look for 5 minutes to find a car isn't my cup of tea either. There's a bunch of photographers posting that stuff on Instagram lately, after a while it just hurts your eyes.

I tend to shoot wide pannings also but always make sure my car/subject is sharp and recognizable, even at (very) low shutter speeds ... just to avoid that blurry mess.

Raceshot wrote in post #18920500

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FIA WEC Silverstone
Canon 1DX II • 1/15 • f8

Well done man!

Tessa wrote in post #18921451
Through the forest.

Good stuff... stands out from the others. Well framed

Raceshot wrote in post #18922832
Yes and no ...

Midgeman's pictures are what it's supposed to be (in my opinion): sharp subject, moody background, picture tells a story.
The latest trend of going so slow and wide in your panning speed that hardly anything is recognizable in the picture, or having to look for 5 minutes to find a car isn't my cup of tea either. There's a bunch of photographers posting that stuff on Instagram lately, after a while it just hurts your eyes.

I tend to shoot wide pannings also but always make sure my car/subject is sharp and recognizable, even at (very) low shutter speeds ... just to avoid that blurry mess.

It stems from what your goal is. If what your goal is to match the images you like best, the ones we see day in and out here, which are technically well done... then thats what you will gravitate to.

On the other hand there are those who try to see that same situation in their own light, present them in a manner that isn't a duplicate of what others have done, that is another approach.

Only panning I've done recently... 24mm, f4.5, 1/15 sec

Raceshot wrote in post #18922832
Midgeman's pictures are what it's supposed to be (in my opinion): sharp subject, moody background, picture tells a story.
The latest trend of going so slow and wide in your panning speed that hardly anything is recognizable in the picture, or having to look for 5 minutes to find a car isn't my cup of tea either. There's a bunch of photographers posting that stuff on Instagram lately, after a while it just hurts your eyes.

I tend to shoot wide pannings also but always make sure my car/subject is sharp and recognizable, even at (very) low shutter speeds ... just to avoid that blurry mess.

I'm sure we could discuss the topic until the end of time, but what's clear is we all like what we like. In this instance, that doesn't make it right or wrong. It's obvious I prefer the extreme. Others prefer different. What else can be said?

midgeman wrote in post #18924672
I'm sure we could discuss the topic until the end of time, but what's clear is we all like what we like. In this instance, that doesn't make it right or wrong. It's obvious I prefer the extreme. Others prefer different. What else can be said?

Not much .
We all have our preferences, and thank God (or who/whatever) for that ... photography would be boring if we'd all do and like the same.

Some pans from round 8 of the World Rallycross Championship in France: