SHOW US YOUR BEST PANNING SHOT

Dean Rachwitz wrote in post #10318209
I was there to ride, but tried for a few shots when it was really way too dark. Here's one that came out OK.

As a fellow KTM (and Aprillia) rider, I like.

Flores wrote in post #10321112
a couple I took a few months ago...

Sure looks a little like Texas World Speedway?

This is a question that I have always had...

Why is it that one spot on this car (The Jager decal) is crisp, and yet in front of and behind this spot, it is blurred. It isn't f stop. Could it be camera rotation about the Jager decal? I always wanted to know to control this effect to either eliminate it or use it creatively.

Thoughts?

marekp wrote in post #10293750
I don' t know, if this one of the best, but one of the last one.

Here is my $0.02...

The Fox Body Mustang Drag Car was shot with a Canon 5D Mk II, 16-35 F2.8L set to 35mm, 1/8 sec at f/16 and ISO 100.

The orange Rehagen Mustang FR500S was shot with the same Canon 5D Mk II, 300 F2.8L IS with IS on 2, f/5.6 at 1/200 sec and ISO set at 50.

I could experiment with lower shutter speeds on the drag car because I could reshoot if I needed to. The race, on the other hand, would not be re-run if I requested (I don't know why not!!!) so I had to shoot kind of a fast shutter speed for panning. I usually shoot pans at 1/60 sec to get good blur in the wheels and then shoot a ton to get sharp vehicle bodies.

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jmoore16 wrote in post #10322055
This is a question that I have always had...

Why is it that one spot on this car (The Jager decal) is crisp, and yet in front of and behind this spot, it is blurred. It isn't f stop. Could it be camera rotation about the Jager decal? I always wanted to know to control this effect to either eliminate it or use it creatively.

Thoughts?

As it was explained to me: https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=858548

Racer997 wrote in post #10321782
As a fellow KTM (and Aprillia) rider, I like.

Sure looks a little like Texas World Speedway?

It is, in fact Texas World Speedway! Good eye!

Racer997 wrote in post #10323233
As it was explained to me: https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=858548

Viewing the motorcycle example panning shot that you talked about in the link, I don't know if I buy it. The motorcycle is moving straight away from you. It isn't turning. The distance from the lens to the rear and front of the motorcycle stays the same as you pan.

Now with that said, if the car above is turning, then the rear of the car will change distance from camera to car at a different rate than the front of the car. That would explain why one end of the car would be "soft".

I think the specific photo in this thread of the Orange 240 drift car is blurred due to rotation. Not necessarily rotating the camera but the car rotating relative to the camera.

I just don't understand why the entire Jager decal and fender is in focus. Almost a region. I have more extreme examples.

Thoughts?

Flores wrote in post #10323280
It is, in fact Texas World Speedway! Good eye!

I still race there and have many, many laps there going back to 1987. That turn is T9 (aka: the horseshoe or carousal), and you probably shot those from over the fence and Armco with at least a 300mm lens.

Racer997 wrote in post #10324301
I still race there and have many, many laps there going back to 1987. That turn is T9 (aka: the horseshoe or carousal), and you probably shot those from over the fence and Armco with at least a 300mm lens.

very good! I was jostling elbows with the cafe photo guy. I'm over in sugar land, so motoring up there for a day of shooting was pretty easy.

jmoore16 wrote in post #10322314
Here is my $0.02...

The Fox Body Mustang Drag Car was shot with a Canon 5D Mk II, 16-35 F2.8L set to 35mm, 1/8 sec at f/16 and ISO 100.

Hey,I know that guy. Where's his white hair at?

Here ya go........
450D 1/100 f/14 85mm iso 200 lens 17-85mm USM IS f/4-5.6

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My favorite

thats pretty good ^

jmoore16 wrote in post #10322055
This is a question that I have always had...

Why is it that one spot on this car (The Jager decal) is crisp, and yet in front of and behind this spot, it is blurred. It isn't f stop. Could it be camera rotation about the Jager decal? I always wanted to know to control this effect to either eliminate it or use it creatively.

Thoughts?

This link explains the effect you are talking about:

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=487139

Daz