I really like number one. Sharp grill and slightly blurred rest of the car, makes it look like the car wants to jump out of the photo. I would crop a little tighter, because the sky is adding nothing to the shot.
The rest of the photos are a little too blurred for my tastes. Especially the side shots. The cars need to be sharper with the background blurred. If you are going for this type of effect, I would have used lower shutter speeds, to really exaggerate the motion and blur.
Not sure if you were using a tripod, but you could try that, to limit you up and down movement, or shoot in IS mode 2 if you have Canon lenses. Just a thought.
I really like number one. Sharp grill and slightly blurred rest of the car, makes it look like the car wants to jump out of the photo. I would crop a little tighter, because the sky is adding nothing to the shot.
The rest of the photos are a little too blurred for my tastes. Especially the side shots. The cars need to be sharper with the background blurred. If you are going for this type of effect, I would have used lower shutter speeds, to really exaggerate the motion and blur.
Not sure if you were using a tripod, but you could try that, to limit you up and down movement, or shoot in IS mode 2 if you have Canon lenses. Just a thought.
Thank's most of these were shot at 1/50, yes i have canon lenses 300F2.8, 200F2.8, 70-200F4 but these were taken with a cheap cosina 19-35 i would never use a tripod for panning i don't have any trouble getting good pan shots down to 1/60 just thought i would try 2nd curtain to see what happen
Just caught the tail end of the Robin Hood rally, this was the first time i have used flash for sports shots
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Hi Gary,
I can hardly keep up with all your posts...everytime I drop by this board you have another batch of good ones!
Personally speaking, I much prefer the sharper images. They provide such a detailed view into a brief moment that simply can not be paralleled by the naked eye. I do enjoy a little blur in an image sometimes as in your 2 images above. The important parts are sharp and that helps convey the action and drama of the race.
You must have a vast variety in your portfolio these days...are you going to specialize in any sport? I read that you got credentialed for the dirt bikes this season. Will you be putting most of yor time into them or are you going to cover as many different events as you can??
I can hardly keep up with all your posts...everytime I drop by this board you have another batch of good ones!
Personally speaking, I much prefer the sharper images. They provide such a detailed view into a brief moment that simply can not be paralleled by the naked eye. I do enjoy a little blur in an image sometimes as in your 2 images above. The important parts are sharp and that helps convey the action and drama of the race.
You must have a vast variety in your portfolio these days...are you going to specialize in any sport? I read that you got credentialed for the dirt bikes this season. Will you be putting most of yor time into them or are you going to cover as many different events as you can??
Thank's Chris
i will be shooting a lot of MX and rugby and eventing (horses) but will shoot anything that moves:D
Gary,
I think you need to work on your panning shots.
If the car is moving relatively perpendicular to you, you don't need such slow shutter times to get movement. Try to experiment with the times and you'll notice that sometimes at 1/180 you can get nice movement.
Overall not a bad job considering your experience in this type of photography.
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I really like number one. Sharp grill and slightly blurred rest of the car, makes it look like the car wants to jump out of the photo. I would crop a little tighter, because the sky is adding nothing to the shot.
The rest of the photos are a little too blurred for my tastes. Especially the side shots. The cars need to be sharper with the background blurred. If you are going for this type of effect, I would have used lower shutter speeds, to really exaggerate the motion and blur.
Not sure if you were using a tripod, but you could try that, to limit you up and down movement, or shoot in IS mode 2 if you have Canon lenses. Just a thought.
Thank's most of these were shot at 1/50, yes i have canon lenses 300F2.8, 200F2.8, 70-200F4 but these were taken with a cheap cosina 19-35 i would never use a tripod for panning i don't have any trouble getting good pan shots down to 1/60 just thought i would try 2nd curtain to see what happen
Some with 300F2.8
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Thank's Leeper
I can hardly keep up with all your posts...everytime I drop by this board you have another batch of good ones!
Personally speaking, I much prefer the sharper images. They provide such a detailed view into a brief moment that simply can not be paralleled by the naked eye. I do enjoy a little blur in an image sometimes as in your 2 images above. The important parts are sharp and that helps convey the action and drama of the race.
You must have a vast variety in your portfolio these days...are you going to specialize in any sport? I read that you got credentialed for the dirt bikes this season. Will you be putting most of yor time into them or are you going to cover as many different events as you can??
Chris Sedg. :cool
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Thank's Chris
i will be shooting a lot of MX and rugby and eventing (horses) but will shoot anything that moves:D
The first shot is very trippy...and oh my the Escorts bring back memories (I used to copilot on occasions a long long time ago....).
My first car was a MK1 RS1600 .... Vroom...
I used to love leaping the thing off of the hump back bridge in Semington near Trowbridge...
Andrew
Next Race - MotoGP Donington
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Thank's Andrew, you've got to love the Escorts, i had a Mk2 1600 Sport my first good car
I think you need to work on your panning shots.
If the car is moving relatively perpendicular to you, you don't need such slow shutter times to get movement. Try to experiment with the times and you'll notice that sometimes at 1/180 you can get nice movement.
Overall not a bad job considering your experience in this type of photography.