Nice work. When panning motocross, try a little faster shutter speed and find a place on the track where the bike is only moving in one direction. You will get a sharper image. BIkes are moving in multiple directions at any one time. They are going left to right across your lens, but the suspension is also allowing the bike to bounce closer and further from your lens as well as up and down on a vertical plane.
One thing that helps is to use your Auto Focus button on the back of your camera, not the shutter button. That way you can choose a focus point and track them easily and shoot when its just right. Pick what you want to be in focus, a helmet, a side plate, front number plate, etc. Make sure you move at exactly the same speed they are and follow through
Here is a a shot of Ryan V from earlier this year. I was working on getting his side plate in focus
I did a few photo's st a branding that came out like that and have no idea how to do it again. I didn't like them but before deleting them I converted them to B&W and then I really liked them. Hope no one ask's for one on purpose, I couldn't screw it up that well again!
Some good stuff in here, love moto! The Monster Girls remind me of a story when my nephew who was probably 6 at the time got in trouble at school for drawing *very* anatomically correct pictures of the Monster Energy girls.
Great shots. I hadn't been to the track, local or professional in 3-years, so yesterday I decided to hit the local track (Byron Motosports Park) and knock off the rust.
I went thinking, "I need to try some panning, and see how that works for me." It was fun getting back to the track, I was the track photographer for several years, and did stories for Cycle USA magazine and Cycle News Online...but buying a Jeep kind of got me side tracked from that.
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played with the TC yesterday using the D700. Still staring at the D4. Can't even bring myself to put a battery in it.
we'll get a prime next year.
Nice work. When panning motocross, try a little faster shutter speed and find a place on the track where the bike is only moving in one direction. You will get a sharper image. BIkes are moving in multiple directions at any one time. They are going left to right across your lens, but the suspension is also allowing the bike to bounce closer and further from your lens as well as up and down on a vertical plane.
One thing that helps is to use your Auto Focus button on the back of your camera, not the shutter button. That way you can choose a focus point and track them easily and shoot when its just right. Pick what you want to be in focus, a helmet, a side plate, front number plate, etc. Make sure you move at exactly the same speed they are and follow through
Here is a a shot of Ryan V from earlier this year. I was working on getting his side plate in focus
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Like the Monster Girls the best though!
All the best!
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I did a few photo's st a branding that came out like that and have no idea how to do it again. I didn't like them but before deleting them I converted them to B&W and then I really liked them. Hope no one ask's for one on purpose, I couldn't screw it up that well again!
I wish you would have a share button!
I went thinking, "I need to try some panning, and see how that works for me." It was fun getting back to the track, I was the track photographer for several years, and did stories for Cycle USA magazine and Cycle News Online...but buying a Jeep kind of got me side tracked from that.
I liked them better than 18 and 22?
why is there air?
Albany AX Nov 2013.