Iron Man biking panning

nicoleshilliday

Defiantly not a sports photog but our friend did an Iron Man this past weekend...

some bike panning shots. C&C always welcome

this one is her:

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JSPhotography

What kind of settings did you use? These have a different look to them. #2 and #4 are best IMHO.

nicoleshilliday

JSPhotography wrote: »

What kind of settings did you use? These have a different look to them. #2 and #4 are best IMHO.

I don't think I have used panning since my high school black and white film days. I was at 1/40 to 1/50 and f10ish. Had the camera on super fast burst and took a million photos! Real scientific! Also I had the focus a little off center to the left and was about 20 feet at the most away from the racers.

JimBarryPhotography

Nicely done!! #2 & #4 are my faves. Were these hand held or did you use a tripod/monopod?

nicoleshilliday

JimBarryPhotography wrote: »

Nicely done!! #2 & #4 are my faves. Were these hand held or did you use a tripod/monopod?

Thanks and they were hand held.

grinningsam

You got a sweet, steady hand doing these. I particulary like #2!

JimBarryPhotography

Excellent, you must have a steady hand indeed!

JSPhotography

Interesting, I think it is your F10 DOF that is making the differance. I'm used to a shallow DOF, F2.8 - 3.5.

r3t1awr3yd

JSPhotography wrote: »

Interesting, I think it is your F10 DOF that is making the differance. I'm used to a shallow DOF, F2.8 - 3.5.

Shallow DOF for panning? I've always gone by the strange rule (not sure where I read it) not to go above 1/100 for shutter speed to get decent panning shots and adjust the aperture according to the shutter speed necessary. (adjust ISO as needed for lighting of course). I shoot motorcycles and cars though so I'm not sure how much that rule needs to be broken to shoot bikers going a little slower than what I'm used to

nicoleshilliday

JSPhotography wrote: »

Interesting, I think it is your F10 DOF that is making the differance. I'm used to a shallow DOF, F2.8 - 3.5.

I guess i liked being able to kinda see the background? really, i just was messing around and was happy they came out. HA!

Ladukebob

Love the look of the pan shot on cyclists. I have found I get better results if I only take one shot at a time. But that could just be a function of my own shooting tendency's. When I've tried firing off a burst of shots I tend to get more unwanted blurring of the cyclist so I've gone to just one shot at a time. And I also try to use a large aperture and keep the DoF as shallow as possible. If too much light try using an ND filter. Those shots are really cool!