1st Motorcycle shoot

NikonsandVstroms

After the first hour or so I got the hang of the panning etc and well as I said in my other thread I am looking to really expand my range now (I spent the last 5 months working on a senior thesis for my BFA locked into 1 series so I have tons of things to experiment now and alot of motivation) Any advice on shooting this sort of subject would also be greatly appreciated

beetle8

Panning is huge fun, the shoot to kill ratio is low but when you get a good one it's worth it.
Both shots are good but the first one benefits from better composition.

Blaze Z Blaze

Panning is tough for sure, looks like you have a good handle on it

Photosbychuck

Good Shots & I agree #1 has better composition.

Take Care,
Chuck

xtnomad

Good panning shots. I try to pick a place were panning does not have to much back ground noise. But that is not allways an option.

beetle8

Another great tip for getting great panning shots.
Continuous shutter. I don't use it much anymore just because of memory space. But getting a good pace with the subject and pressing the shutter before the spot where you want the shot and releasing a few clicks after will reduce the introduction of shake from pressing the shutter in the shots from the middle of the burst.

Is that a run on sentence or what? I hope it makes sense.

NikonsandVstroms

xtnomad wrote:

Good panning shots. I try to pick a place were panning does not have to much back ground noise. But that is not allways an option.

Thanks, I was very limited in my locations but as for the panning itself by the end I basically would get 1 good shot per 3-5 shot burst as a bike went by and I finally understood why people might want more than 5FPS

BCSPhotoguy

The best investment I ever made was buying a VR lens! Dropping the shutter way down was alot easier and you get alot more keepers! But regardless - A blurry picture of a Ducati 1098 is better then no picture! Yours is nice and sharp which makes it even better!!! Practicing is fun when it comes to this stuff! A day at the track is better then.... You know the rest!