Fat tire Bike Race

We had a fat tire mountain bike race last weekend. So I took the opportunity to hone in my slow shutter speed panning skills with my 100-400 and 7D. Got quite a few nice keepers. Both shots here were shot at 100mm 1/40th hand held.

Nice shots. I shot a CX race last month, seeing your shots, I'm kicking myself for not doing some panning shots.

The news paper photographers were there taking static shots so I wanted my shots to stand out and tell a little more of a story. I really like the feel of a good pan shot. I have spend quite a bit of time panning motorcycles ice racing over the past few years so shooting mountain bikes felt quite a bit easier. I guess practice does pay off.

At 1/40th hand held?!?! Color me very impressed!
Those are some incredible shots. Makes me want to get out there practice the panning shots. :thumbs up: to you sir.

All the practice is well worth it. Trust me, a many shots went to the delete button but now I know for my technique I get my best results around 1/40th-1/60th. Basketball games are also great ways to practice. Kids and sports=lots of opportunity to practice and become better.

it's really difficult! tried my hand at it during college cycling races, still trying to get better but it takes a lot of practice for sure

Thanks for sharing these are great, will have to give this some practice.

WOw those are very cool . Post more if you got them . I saw those type bikes here at a local Academy Sports Store and wondered what they were used for in this area of the state . None have sold that i know of so far .

Awesome shots! Most of the races around here have the same photographer and he is really really good. BUT all of his shots are static. I took these at the last cyclocross race of the season. I thought I did ok for being a hobbyist. Not pro material but I was practicing action shots.

Here is another from the same day

Is this the 100-400 II lens?. If so, or not, would you mid giving more details of the setup used - both camera and lens - especially what IS, if any, mode did you use on the lens - thanks.

7D Mark II with the old version I 100-400. I shot all the photos shared handheld with IS set mode 1 FL about 100mm shutter speed 1/40 auto iso case 6 i think for tracking ( thats just where is was after shooting birds in flight) hope this helps

Nice....I like #1.

These are class shots, the mk II looks much better than the mk I. Panning does really stand out for bike shots.

Dave.

I like a cycling shot with some motion blur. I particularly like the shot of yours were the rider's foot is blurred as well as the background.