#56 Pan me.

AndMan

A couple of possibles from this evenings shoot and a couple that I really wish had worked out a little better.

C&C always appreciated

#1 Balance (f8 1/25s)


#2 Easy when you know how (the wakeboarding that is) (f8 1/20s)


#3 f8 1/9s


#4 f8 1/15s

travelways

I like most #2

sunflowerstudio

I think I like #3, because there's more of a sense of motion. But, I see why #2 might be better because the person is less blurry. But, #2 looks a bit static to me.

(and, generally, I like these. I love the panned water and the smoothed green).

SeascapeS

I vote for #2. #1 is good too, but I love the expression on the face of the second guy and he also takes up more of the frame.

kdotaylor

I like #2

WhatSheSaw

I think #3 and #4 have too much motion blur in the main subject. I think #2 is the crispest.

Froch

Great subject matter! But like you said, unfortunately some didn't quite hit. I really like #4. Too bad. I hope you can reshoot it. I hadn't thought of that subject matter. Each of these shots has a great POV!

AndMan

photo-bug wrote: »

I like most #2

Thanks for the feedback Tatiana.

AndMan

sunflowerstudio wrote: »

I think I like #3, because there's more of a sense of motion. But, I see why #2 might be better because the person is less blurry. But, #2 looks a bit static to me.

(and, generally, I like these. I love the panned water and the smoothed green).

Thanks for the feedback, I really wanted #3 & #4 to work but I think the motion blur on the person is too much for this challenge.

AndMan

SeascapeS wrote: »

I vote for #2. #1 is good too, but I love the expression on the face of the second guy and he also takes up more of the frame.

Thanks for the input Sandi, I was having problems keeping them in the frame which is why I zoomed out a little for #1.

AndMan

kdotaylor wrote: »

I like #2

Thanks for the input Kate.

AndMan

WhatSheSaw wrote: »

I think #3 and #4 have too much motion blur in the main subject. I think #2 is the crispest.

Thanks for the feedback.

AndMan

Froch wrote: »

Great subject matter! But like you said, unfortunately some didn't quite hit. I really like #4. Too bad. I hope you can reshoot it. I hadn't thought of that subject matter. Each of these shots has a great POV!

Went back today and got some better ones (I think) so I'll post those in another thread. The POV was a tad risky, I was balancing the camera on my toe a couple of inches above the water at the edge of the lake & had to move quickly when the wake came in.

HoofClix

This will all boil down to personal taste as to the opinions you get, but I like the instance in the third and 4th images the best. I find that a little boosting of the contrast in each as well as cropping would make them better images.

In #3, crop lots off the bottom and top, and the left out to make the skier be right in the middle of the left third. In #4, crop off the top, and make his hands be clearly in the right half of the image. Make the crop imply the directionality of the motion, not just the blur. Give the skiers a place to go, or a place to have come from.

The trick to this is to hold the camera very solidly below the lens, your upper body all as one piece, and turn your hips to follow. Really concentrate on holding the target on something, then squeeze off the shutter like you are firing a rifle. You want to get some part of the image that looks like it was steady.

AndMan

HoofClix wrote: »

This will all boil down to personal taste as to the opinions you get, but I like the instance in the third and 4th images the best. I find that a little boosting of the contrast in each as well as cropping would make them better images.

In #3, crop lots off the bottom and top, and the left out to make the skier be right in the middle of the left third. In #4, crop off the top, and make his hands be clearly in the right half of the image. Make the crop imply the directionality of the motion, not just the blur. Give the skiers a place to go, or a place to have come from.

Thanks for the input and the suggestions Mark.

HoofClix wrote: »

The trick to this is to hold the camera very solidly below the lens, your upper body all as one piece, and turn your hips to follow. Really concentrate on holding the target on something, then squeeze off the shutter like you are firing a rifle. You want to get some part of the image that looks like it was steady.

Normally when panning that's what I'd do but to get the low POV I wanted I was having to balance the camera on my foot which made smooth panning more of a challenge.