SHOW US YOUR BEST PANNING SHOT

One from a couple of years ago I just found.

One from this past weekend

Here's a few.

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S.E.V. wrote in post #10262071
One from this past weekend

Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: 10mm
Image Date: 2010-05-21 16:05:41 -0700
Focal Length: 10.0mm
Focus Distance: 0.49m
Aperture: f/13.0
Exposure Time: 0.0080 s (1/125)
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No (Manual)
Color Space: sRGB
Photographer: Sevan Pulurian
Copyright: © Sevan Pulurian 2010


Sevan

I like this one - panning that close is not easy - I've done it at 24mm with my Mk III -and its hard - but 10mm on a 40D...........

Second attempt at panning boats. Obviously still learning so please take into account. Any advice more than welcome, though understand this is not the critique corner. This was at 1/80

Seeing some of the stuff you guys are taking is awesome and makes me want to go out and practice more. Addictive stuff!

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with a boat going as fast as that is, you could probably get away with a shutter of 100-200 and still get good blurred results but will have a crisper subject.

Dom87SS wrote in post #10269421
with a boat going as fast as that is, you could probably get away with a shutter of 100-200 and still get good blurred results but will have a crisper subject.

Thanks for the advice. Getting the images crisp is one of the many major problems I seem to be having at the moment.

From what I've read in these forums it's just a matter of practice practice practice. At least it's good fun

One more from my trip to the Western Ghats, India.

Strattos wrote in post #10269915
Thanks for the advice. Getting the images crisp is one of the many major problems I seem to be having at the moment.

From what I've read in these forums it's just a matter of practice practice practice. At least it's good fun

I actually start up around 1/400th and start working my way down. Depending on the speed of your subject, you may not need to go as low as 1/100 to achieve a nice sense of movement. Especially if you are trying to get good shots of all of the cars/bikes (like I do for my business), you can't afford the low keeper rate you get with very low shutter speeds.

Strattos wrote in post #10269915
Thanks for the advice. Getting the images crisp is one of the many major problems I seem to be having at the moment.

From what I've read in these forums it's just a matter of practice practice practice. At least it's good fun

I was trying boats last weekend at 1/100 down to 1/40. The added difficulty with boats is that if the water is choppy, they'll bounce, too, which will add undesired motion blur.

Here's a couple from my recent attempts on boats.
1/40 at f/18 iso 100 using 300mm f4L (non-is)

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Jeez your 1/40 shot is heaps clearer than my 1/80! Got to keep practicing. Thanks for the advice re choppy water.

In some cases if you're shooting cars, one wheel design may blur out better than another. I had shots where the background was sufficiently blurred, but the wheels still looked too frozen, so I slowed the shutter even more.