SHOW US YOUR BEST PANNING SHOT

This is my first try and my favorites

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I have been trying panning shots on bikes for the past two days. My keeper ratio is low, it seems I am getting some vertical movement as I pan. So nothing is really sharp. How do the pros keep all their panning movement along the horizontal plane? Maybe I am jerking my trigger finger.....

Good thought. Try panning with traffic, or without following anything & see if you can pin down the cause.
Generally, it's a crapshoot at first? Sharp subject while still keeping some wheel blur isn't easy & comes with practice.
It depends on the distance to the subject, the angle to the subject, the focal length, the speed of the subject, & the effect that you're trying to get. Sometimes when I'm playing with blurs, I throw a lot away!

"Panning Shots" threads here:
drag racing tips

Panning Shots

Practising.... out my street HELP me out
https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=70558

Thanks for the tips, PhotosGuy. Good reading. I think my problem was that I tried to get off more than one shot with each pan movement. Maybe that is why I am getting the vertical hiccups in my blurs.

Sebring 2007

Here are a couple of my favorites from the 2007 NHRA Gatornationals:

Jeg Coughlin Vs. Greg Anderson

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CamaroSS wrote in post #3602882
Sebring 2007

Yesssss, i love the Flying Lizard Porsche. Nice shot!

davidk wrote in post #3604882
Yesssss, i love the Flying Lizard Porsche. Nice shot!

I agree! Beautiful stuff, and the rear being blurred I think adds to the panning effect. I wouldn't see it as a defect or problem with the photo at all, actually its more difficult to get a result like that then a normal panning shot. As long as the front of the car is sharp then you nailed it.

I'm hoping someone at Porsche or the team bought that photo!

Here are 2 of my first attempts.

While I cut off the end of the bike, it is still my fav so far.

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Thameth wrote in post #3605609
I agree! Beautiful stuff, and the rear being blurred I think adds to the panning effect. I wouldn't see it as a defect or problem with the photo at all, actually its more difficult to get a result like that then a normal panning shot. As long as the front of the car is sharp then you nailed it.

I'm hoping someone at Porsche or the team bought that photo!

Thanks a lot, and I have been tossing around the idea of trying to contact them and selling it to them. I am sure they could use it on something. It looks like the car is just blowing through the sound barrier. I don't know how to go about contacting them with something like this though.

Thanks again!

my first try with panning shots at HyperFest '07 at SummitPoint raceway. tripod would have helped alot...

Thameth wrote in post #3605609
I agree! Beautiful stuff, and the rear being blurred I think adds to the panning effect. I wouldn't see it as a defect or problem with the photo at all, actually its more difficult to get a result like that then a normal panning shot. As long as the front of the car is sharp then you nailed it.

I'm hoping someone at Porsche or the team bought that photo!

Flying Lizard Motorsports dont purchase shots, they have an in house photographer. I dont know if people think its cool or not (i do), but they have a fan photos section of their website. I have some photos up there.

http://www.lizardms.co​m/fans/index.html

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Here is another one ...........

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Here's one taken the other weekend, hope you like it

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