Thanks for the comments everyone.
Michael, what I did for evening and night shots was to shoot in manual mode, I set the aperature wide open and a shutter speed at a number where I knew that I would get consistent results (as far as panning goes). I don't have a lot of time shooting races at night so I did a fair amount of chimping and adjusting settings. If my exposure didn't look right then I would adjust the ISO accordingly. Most of the dark shots were ISO 400-800.
Here is another one. This guy had some electrical issues, as the only time his headlights would come on is when we was on the brakes...a little strange looking and I can't imagine how he could see where he was going.
Thanks.
I was using a 20D with the 70-200 f2.8 and 300 f2.8. Sometimes I would have the 1.4x or 2.0x extender on the 300.
Here are a couple from Sunday, at the Speed GT race. I love the Skyline, partly because it is rather rare in the US. Unfortunatly, it didn't fare too well here and I don't think it even finished the race. These were shot with the 300 and the 1.4x.
Do you have any tips for taking night racing? I've been getting pics like this:
50mm is too close as I am about 6 ft from the cars!!
Thanks!
Looks like you were using a flash. I would turn it way down if you are going to use it at all. No matter what, the flash (even at low power) is usually enough light to freeze the motion that you would normally want in the wheels to show motion. I don't care for the flash that much, although there are some cool shots you can get with them. I like doing what you can with natural light. Your 50 f1.8 should be enough to get some good shots. Shoot manual at f1.8 and a medium to slow shutter, something you can normally get good panning results with. ISO around 800 but you really need to experiment because the ambient light will be different for different events, locations etc. Sometimes you can use the head lights of the car behind the subject car to light your subject. The main thing if you are not sure is to shoot, chimp, adjust, repeat. Then post up so we can see!
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I'd love to know how you were able to take the dust/dark shots with a subject moving that fast and still achieve that level of clarity.
Great work!
Michael
X's eleventy billion.
Dave
Michael, what I did for evening and night shots was to shoot in manual mode, I set the aperature wide open and a shutter speed at a number where I knew that I would get consistent results (as far as panning goes). I don't have a lot of time shooting races at night so I did a fair amount of chimping and adjusting settings. If my exposure didn't look right then I would adjust the ISO accordingly. Most of the dark shots were ISO 400-800.
Here is another one. This guy had some electrical issues, as the only time his headlights would come on is when we was on the brakes...a little strange looking and I can't imagine how he could see where he was going.
Jeff
www.jeffkapic.com
Laguna Seca this past weekend.
Some nice shots for sure!
BTW, what lens were you using??
Thanks.
I was using a 20D with the 70-200 f2.8 and 300 f2.8. Sometimes I would have the 1.4x or 2.0x extender on the 300.
Here are a couple from Sunday, at the Speed GT race. I love the Skyline, partly because it is rather rare in the US. Unfortunatly, it didn't fare too well here and I don't think it even finished the race. These were shot with the 300 and the 1.4x.
Jeff
www.jeffkapic.com
Love the pictures man!!
Do you have any tips for taking night racing? I've been getting pics like this:
50mm is too close as I am about 6 ft from the cars!!
Thanks!
Looks like you were using a flash. I would turn it way down if you are going to use it at all. No matter what, the flash (even at low power) is usually enough light to freeze the motion that you would normally want in the wheels to show motion. I don't care for the flash that much, although there are some cool shots you can get with them. I like doing what you can with natural light. Your 50 f1.8 should be enough to get some good shots. Shoot manual at f1.8 and a medium to slow shutter, something you can normally get good panning results with. ISO around 800 but you really need to experiment because the ambient light will be different for different events, locations etc. Sometimes you can use the head lights of the car behind the subject car to light your subject. The main thing if you are not sure is to shoot, chimp, adjust, repeat. Then post up so we can see!
Jeff
www.jeffkapic.com
Thanks Jeff! I'll give that a try
maz