Assignment 3

[ladyups]

Ok, tell me if this is what I'm suppose to be getting. The first image is the panning of the car and the second image is of me in the picture but NOT in the picture....:D

Mary

[gjtoth]

Ok, tell me if this is what I'm suppose to be getting. The first image is the panning of the car and the second image is of me in the picture but NOT in the picture....:D

Mary


Bingo. By George, I think you've got it.

[dkippen]

The first one looks right for panning. I was out earlier today as well working on #3. I'll have those pictures posted tomorrow.

I don't get the second one??

[gjtoth]

The first one looks right for panning. I was out earlier today as well working on #3. I'll have those pictures posted tomorrow.

I don't get the second one??

She's got a reeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaalll slow shutter speed so she isn't showing as she walks across the set. :)

[ladyups]

The first one looks right for panning. I was out earlier today as well working on #3. I'll have those pictures posted tomorrow.

I don't get the second one??

Gary said it right....slow shutter speed of 10 seconds. I walked in front of the camera about 3 times and not once was I 'in' the exposure except for a little bit of my shadow on the left side.
This part of the assignment intrigued me the most...I was in awe that I could remove something that I didn't want in the picture. Course it has to be moving but....at least I know it can be done.

Mary

[ladyups]

Bingo. By George, I think you've got it.

And the prize is.........drum roll.......I get to move on to lesson 4!


Mary

[Snappers]

Well done Mary, Onwards and upwards

[ladyups]

Well done Mary, Onwards and upwards

Well, I've put off moving on.....it will have to wait till after next weekend. I remembered that I hadn't tried the image of having the background in focus and the vehicle in motion...so want to try that first. If I understand this correctly, I have to use a tripod to do this, right?

Mary

[gjtoth]

Well, I've put off moving on.....it will have to wait till after next weekend. I remembered that I hadn't tried the image of having the background in focus and the vehicle in motion...so want to try that first. If I understand this correctly, I have to use a tripod to do this, right?

Mary


Yupperzzzzzzzzzzz..... I'm on to lesson four. I'm hoping to get to 6 by next weekend. :eek:

[ladyups]

Yupperzzzzzzzzzzz..... I'm on to lesson four. I'm hoping to get to 6 by next weekend. :eek:

Good!! That way I have someone to pick their brain when I get there...:D

Mary....slow but moving

[gjtoth]

Good!! That way I have someone to pick their brain when I get there...:D

Mary....slow but moving


http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k119/gjtoth/roflmao.gif That's a good one. MY brain?! HAHAHAHAH

[perfectoarts]

I am jealous as hell. Finally managed to get out yesterday (monsoonal rain is my excuse for not committing to my photography)
So for today's giggle, have a look at my dismal attempt at panning x 3. Back to the drawing board in a couple of day's time. I promise.
The ghosting exercise x 2, was not too bad, but not perfect either. It was a very busy evening and about 20 people walked by.
Back to swatting. :o
Cheers Ingrid

[coffee]

perfectoarts,
Nice ghosts.

As far as the panning goes: my guess is you panned too fast or slow for the speed of the car, or your shutter speed was to slow for the subject. What was your shutter speed?

[ladyups]

I am jealous as hell. Finally managed to get out yesterday (monsoonal rain is my excuse for not committing to my photography)
So for today's giggle, have a look at my dismal attempt at panning x 3. Back to the drawing board in a couple of day's time. I promise.
The ghosting exercise x 2, was not too bad, but not perfect either. It was a very busy evening and about 20 people walked by.
Back to swatting. :o
Cheers Ingrid

You did good with the ghost..my thinking about the panning...you were too close to the cars. I was a good 50 yards back from the road. I finished the last assignment tonight...got the car in motion with the background clear..

I'm moving on to lesson 4...hallelujah!

Mary

[coffee]

I don't think he was too close period, but too close for the shutter speed. I'm guessing here, but I would think the closer you get to your moving subject, the faster the shutter speed should be, because your camera has to move so much faster. So Mary was right that you were too close to the car given the shutter speed you had set.

If you are going to try panning in the same spot, speed up the shutter.

[dkippen]

Okay Mary, now I get it. Yes, I'm posting late, it's been one heck of a day.

Congrats on getting to Ch. 4. No pictures today as I've had major computer problems again. UGH

[coffee]

No pics for me either Debbie. I drove to Minneapolis twice today to shoot the stone arch bridge and Minneapolis skyline. The morning was a bust cause to was too foggie, and tonight was a bust cause It was too darn cold and windy, plus even though it was clear, the skyline was too misty with moisture. All I got was a frozen face, a runny nose, and stepped in some fresh dog poo. MAN, WHEN IS IT GOING TO WARM UP IS THIS FROZEN TUNDRA?

[perfectoarts]

Joseph - The first pan was - Exposure Time = 1/3" F Number = F11
Need to check the exif data on the others, but probably the same.
I feel that I was too close as well. Will try again from a different perspective, different road and distance.

[perfectoarts]

Mary your panning of your car is fabulous. Oh and the snow and the ice. Oh it must be heaven to feel cool.
Cheers from very humid stinking hot Cairns. :cool:

[dkippen]

Joseph -

I was at Stone Arch last week, then downtown. I finished processing those pictures yesterday. I was out today shooting at a couple of farms, then came home and bought a new computer because the other one is a piece of you know what. Earlier today wasn't too bad. I was going to go to Hudson yesterday for the hot air balloons, but too gray and overcast. Haven't seen the weather report, but I think we're supposed to get snow tonite into tomorrow morning, just in time for rush hour.

[dkippen]

Mary - nice shot!! I haven't had a chance to look at what I shot yesterday. Maybe tomorrow nite.

[coffee]

Can you post a few of your pics from the SA bridge. I would love to see them. Thanks

[dkippen]

That was going to be my project this morning before the computer went to hell. I dropped it off at Best Buy before I went shooting and got even worse news when I went to pick it up. I ended up buying a new computer and have been re-installing software since I got home. And yes, I did have stuff backed up!!

[gjtoth]

And yes, I did have stuff backed up!!

Woohoooooooooooo! Paid off, didn't it?!

[dkippen]

Don't know yet - I'm still installing software and transferring files.

[gjtoth]

Don't know yet - I'm still installing software and transferring files.

Good luck, kiddo!

[dkippen]

Thanks - I'm on my way for another cocktail.

[gjtoth]

Thanks - I'm on my way for another cocktail.

I just made a nice cup of espresso. mmmmmmmmmmmm

[ladyups]

Mary your panning of your car is fabulous. Oh and the snow and the ice. Oh it must be heaven to feel cool.
Cheers from very humid stinking hot Cairns. :cool:

Trust me, Ingrid...if you don't like the weather here...just stick around and it will change...we go from frigid, snowy to hot and muggy. The good days are way too few....

Mary

[dkippen]

Hey Hey Hey Hey - You're not borrowing our weathter line are? If you don't like the weather, wait 10 minutes cuz it's going to change?

[coffee]

Have one for me. You did well backing up. I can't believe the how many people don't even think about that. I have an extra internal HD, one network drive, and one external drive all set to auto back up on a every other day basis. I'm anal about it and it has paid off in the past.

In case there are any software junkies out there that don't use a backup program, I would highly suggest Genie Backup Manager. I've used many different ones in the past, but this one is the best ever. Do a search if you don't use a any now. You can try it free. This isn't spam, just a good suggestion for us that have thousands of pics you don't want to loose.

[dkippen]

Joseph -

I had everything backed up to an external, and just before I had Best Buy remove RAM, I bought a jump drive and had my documents copied to that just in case.

[ladyups]

Hey Hey Hey Hey - You're not borrowing our weathter line are? If you don't like the weather, wait 10 minutes cuz it's going to change?

That's been a Missouri byline since I was a kid...and it's definitely true around here. We were SUPPOSE to get up in the 40's today with ONLY rain that might, and it was a small might, change over to snow by Monday morning but would change back to rain once the temps started warming back up on Monday...well...let me tell you...we have not seen any rain today but the flakes were the size of a quarter and we had 4 inches on the ground in less than 2 hours...Unreal! We had just got rid of most of the snow we'd accumulated since Nov.

I'm moving to San Diego! I can deliver packages out there as easy as I can here...:D

Mary

[gjtoth]

That's been a Missouri byline since I was a kid...and it's definitely true around here. We were SUPPOSE to get up in the 40's today with ONLY rain that might, and it was a small might, change over to snow by Monday morning but would change back to rain once the temps started warming back up on Monday...well...let me tell you...we have not seen any rain today but the flakes were the size of a quarter and we had 4 inches on the ground in less than 2 hours...Unreal! We had just got rid of most of the snow we'd accumulated since Nov.

I'm moving to San Diego! I can deliver packages out there as easy as I can here...:D

Mary



uh... early retirement? heheh

[dkippen]

WOW - I'm almost afraid of what we're going to get. It was supposed to be about 35 and sunny here today, only got to 28 and partly cloudy. I just checked weather for tonite and tomorrow, freezing rain to snow to freezing rain. Maybe I'll call in tomorrow.

[coffee]

I would. In fact Debbie we are in a winter storm watch. 5+ inches of snow for Monday. Stepping in fresh dog poo doesn't look all that bad now. :-(

[dkippen]

And when was that announced??? I just looked at WCCO and it was what I just told Mary. And I would take snow over fresh dog poo any day, at least it doesn't smell!

[ladyups]

uh... early retirement? heheh

What I wouldn't give to retire but its not going to happen for at least 2 more years and probably closer to 4. Unless I win that dang power ball.....course, my hubby says I have to buy a ticket first..:confused:

Mary

[dkippen]

Mary - you are so funny. I say the same thing every week about winning the lottery - but, yes, I do have to buy a ticket first.

[gjtoth]

What I wouldn't give to retire but its not going to happen for at least 2 more years and probably closer to 4. Unless I win that dang power ball.....course, my hubby says I have to buy a ticket first..:confused:

Mary


I thought I'd be working til I was 95. Until last year when I found out I could retire less than TWO years!! You can't imagine how great that felt. I can't wait! Fishin' and foto's... aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh... heh

Go buy dat ticket!!

[coffee]

I would like to win someone elses lottery. Is that possible?

[ladyups]

Mary - you are so funny. I say the same thing every week about winning the lottery - but, yes, I do have to buy a ticket first.

I keep thinking they will just feel sorry for me....a lady lugging around 150 pound boxes....and people think I'm overpaid...:eek:

I bought the million dollar special draw and didn't win squat...told me hubby I wouldn't spend my money on them again...I was so excited...I had the first 6 numbers right and then it went to heck in a hand basket....boohoo...back to work for me!

Mary

[dkippen]

Well - sucks to be me. I have another 10-20 years of working and that's just to spoil the grandkids!!!

[ladyups]

I thought I'd be working til I was 95. Until last year when I found out I could retire less than TWO years!! You can't imagine how great that felt. I can't wait! Fishin' and foto's... aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh... heh

Go buy dat ticket!!

I can go at 57 but would like to hang on till I'm 59 if my health holds out. I'm fine now but you never know. I will have 28 years in and can draw off my 401k then too, so that is my goal now...to be able to retire and not have to take on another job...I see so many people do that. Our pension is good but not as good as working but if I wait till I'm 59, I can draw the difference out of my plan and stay at home....I will enjoy life then!

Mary

[coffee]

I just had my little daughter at age 45. She's a year old now. I will be working when I'm 80 asking if you would like to super size that? :-(

[ladyups]

I just had my little daughter at age 45. She's a year old now. I will be working when I'm 80 asking if you would like to super size that? :-(

:D:D that hit me as funny and reminded me of a fellow worker who got a divorce and married a gal quite a bit younger...her first marriage and she wanted a kid...he came to work telling us he would be taking his kid to school on the oats bus...:D

Mary

[gjtoth]

I just had my little daughter at age 45. She's a year old now. I will be working when I'm 80 asking if you would like to super size that? :-(

Or, "Welcome to Walmart. Here's your cart." heheheheh. I hear ya. I just hope the economy doesn't tank before I can retire. I might be there beside you!

[dkippen]

Joseph

BTW - your daughter is adorable.

I'm just a little older than you and my oldest grandson just turned 5 - I feel sorry for you in about 5-6 years.

[coffee]

Thank you Debbie. She is unbelieveable(sp). She is now 14 months old, and knows over one hunderd American signs, (sign language). She has fine hearing, but when I decided to be a stay at home father, I gave us something to do. She's learning to talk verbally now, but talks a mile a minute with her hands. It's great fun.

[dkippen]

What a small world - one of the photography students teachs ASL in the Anoka Hennepin District. In fact, we're going to a photography workshop in April.

[coffee]

That's wonderful. You know about a month ago, I lost my voice for almost a month. But in a very chicken pecking way, I could still talk.

[perfectoarts]

Sorry Mary, I know the winter gets to you all. Left the old country Germany when I was 11, so no more snow for me since. But let me whinge with this unbelievable heat until the real wet monsoon sets in. Then I turn into the mould queen. For all your weather nerds, we have a weather station on our roof. Updates every 10 minutes. Link on my webpage.

[sanzia]

Sorry Mary, I know the winter gets to you all. Left the old country Germany when I was 11, so no more snow for me since. But let me whinge with this unbelievable heat until the real wet monsoon sets in. Then I turn into the mould queen. For all your weather nerds, we have a weather station on our roof. Updates every 10 minutes. Link on my webpage.

You have my full sympathies. This was my first summer in this country, and I have to remain here for one more, and then I am out of here, never to return. :eek: My partner had to be here on business, and I am on leave from my work, and thought this would be a lovely place for a holiday. Right. There I was out on the highway in 37C heat and searing sun trying to do lesson 3. Whewwww, too hot.

Winge all you like, because I am doing the same back.:rolleyes:

[perfectoarts]

OK, I made a conscientious effort to try and improve on my previous disasterous panning attempts. It sure was an interesting experience. But by the end of my 1 hour session I think I could swivel my body at any shutter speed :D
Exif data with all pics

[perfectoarts]

Sorry, did not realise you could only upload 5 images at a time.
I will recap the info including the images in post above.

1. Bluecar 13s F20
2. Silver car 30s F18
3. Whitecar 10s F22
4. Silver car 250s F5
5. Bicycle 40s F13

For this post.
6. Redcar 6s F22
7. Redcar 50s F10
8. Double cars 80s F9
9. Abuse 80s F11
Yes that was my cue to pack ports and go home. She actually turned the car around and pulled off the road and verbally and gesture abused me. Cute.
Not sure if I met the criteria or not, but I feel good about myself for getting these results. What are your thoughts. Critique welcome.

[coffee]

These are great Ingrid. I especially like the one with the cars passing each other. Why are they on the wrong sides of the road. :-)hehe

When we went to Chicago during all the flooding a few weeks ago, and some of the interstates were detoured, we sat in traffic for hours. I had lots of time to take my camera out and work on my panning from the opposite side traffic that seemed to be flowing better than us.

Great work.

[Snappers]

Nice work Ingrid. I too like the one with the two cars. On some of the other images you have hit the nail on the head.

Incidentally, when I was doing this lesson, I also had a car which passed me giving me the same sign. Some people just dont like their picture taken I guess! lol

[perfectoarts]

Andy, yes I recall your photo. You are right, there are some strange people in this world.
This woman demanded to know what I was doing and yelled at me how disconcerting it was to have her photo taken. I tried to explain, but she was not a cookie to be reckoned with. The odd thing is that I will probably bump into her in the supermarket.
Mind you while I was standing there photographing, one of the men from the houses behind me also came out. Once his curiosity was satisfied, he was gracious enough to point out a dead flying fox in the power lines above for me to photograph.

Now which of the photos is the most correct for the panning exercise?

[ladyups]

Ingrid, I think these are ALL great examples of the assignment. You showed motion and that is what it was all about. That rude woman lives a very sad life. I don't understand people. If she didn't want her picture taken, why did she come back and raise a scene. She just brought more attention to herself than she would have had she just drove on through. We wouldn't even have noticed her in the car. Too funny. It's no wonder this world is getting scarier and more dangerous by the minute. Too many folks like her!

[cloudspirit]

I tired panning yesterday and didn't succeed. cars were moving over a bridge and I tried panning as they past. Both the bridge and the cars were clear, what did I do wrong??????????????
Cheryl

[coffee]

Slow your shutter speed down. You want a slower shutter so the background blurs, while keeping the subject somewhat sharp. I believe I was using around 1/60 or so. Try different speeds to get the look you what.

[LensBaby]

I had someone turn around while I was doing mine. All I could think of was great...these people are having an affair, and think that someone is watching them. lol

[jerryph]

I had someone turn around while I was doing mine. All I could think of was great...these people are having an affair, and think that someone is watching them. lol

haha... well that's part of the challenge of playing with cameras. Especially now with the sometimes rampant paranoia and all. I've not had this happen to me yet, and I've pushed it a little to see what happens. Trying to experiment and see what my local public feels is someone going too far. I think about the farthest I've pushed it is taking a photo of a very stressed out bride that I caught while she was preparing to do a photo session... and hubby nowhere to be seen. I've not seen someone stressed that high in a long time.

A few hints for this assignment:

- the goal of this assignment is to pan with the car, to make the car clear and the background blurry.

- a relatively slow shutter speed is needed (1/80th to 1/125 is a good range to experiment in)

- if your camera has continual focus adjustment mode, this helps a LOT, but it is not mandatory

- the panning motion is best done if you fix the upper body stiffly and swivel at the hips/torso, not the shoulders/head.

- The basic technique is to follow smoothly from one side to another. I like to take a picture when it is about 1/2-way through my "swivel" (my body's most comfortable or natural position at that point in that arcing movement), and follow through even after the shot is taken.

- if you are having issues, set the camera to manual focus, prefocus it on a known area and when following through with the shot, press the shutter when the car enters the area of best focus. Having a deeper field of vision helps (like an F/5-F/8 range), but this shortens the shutter speed so you could compensate with raising ISO or zooming in or out, depending on the situation.

- this kind of shot/technique works best on bright days, but though harder to do, can be done in darker conditions.

One could exercise the mechanics of the movement without taking the picture... try it out:

Place your feet about shoulder width apart, twist torso to the left, lift camera to eye, concentrate on NOT twisting the head, and twist from one side to the other smoothly and slowly. Lightly increase speed after doing about 5 pans in each direction.

This conditions the mind and body to the mechanics of the movement and it becomes instinctual the more you do it. The more you do it, the smoother and more natural the movement will become as you practice. Suddenly when you are out there doing it "for real", the movement becomes natural and easy... leaving you free to concentrate on setup, composition and photo acquisition.

[LensBaby]

Jerry that is how I do my panning shots. I have to stay rather stiff, or my photos will not turn out to my liking.

[trishmayb]

Well it looks like I need to take my camera to the shop for cleaning, seems to have quite a bit of dust, and I'm not comfortable enough to do it myself. So my posting for my assignment 3 will have to wait until I get it cleaned. Bummer was trying to work on that today when I noticed the dust through the lens.

[jeff-in]

I am going to be working on my Lesson 3 homework tomorrow (Sunday) as a coworker is racing SCCA Solo event I am going to go and register as a photographer so I can get close to the track and yet still be around 50-75 feet from the action and there should be plenty of cars racing to give me lots of practice.

[LensBaby]

Lucky you! That sounds like so much fun! I used to photograph ATV racing, until my son has his second major trauma, and had to quit. Thank god!

[jeff-in]

Hopefully I will be able to get a good track position and I will have to have a spotter with me at all times to watch for me in case I am looking thru the camera and a car goes out of control they can get my attention and get me out of harms way. I am also going to try using my UV filter tomorrow and staying away from my hood. For some reason the last time I used the hood indoors with a flash I got a half moon dark spot at the bottom of the picture so I am going to run without it and just use the UV filter.

[janine]

panning...

[janine]

ghost trails....

[janine]

blurred movement....

[janine]

how do i manage to have my pictures show up big on my posts?

[jerryph]

Click the Insert Image icon. Thats the icon that looks like a yellow square with a mountain in it. :)

As for the practice assignment, you have the concept down for #3,, but #2 is the tough one. I think with one of the practices you've reversed rolls. Make the roller boarder clear as a bell and blur the scene with motion blur... thats what will happen when you pan with the guy and use a slower shutter speed.

This can be one of the toughest assignments in the course if you don't practice often. Panning is tough at first!

#4 is oddly enough the easiest. Go somewhere where it is dark and take a long exposure (several seconds), and have one or more people move through it.

[jeff-in]

Can you all take a look at the photos I will attach below and see if I have the panning exercises down pretty good. I have about 10 good examples from both Fast Shutter panning and also Slow Shutter tripod. These pictures were taken today at an SCCA Solo road course event and the range I was at was on the first batch about 50 feet from the cars and on the last bath I was around 20 feet from the cars. I will have to put these in 4 different messages. Here is the information on the 1st 5.

Photo 287 Shutter 1/100 Av 8.0
Photo 289 Shutter 1/100 Av 8.0
Photo 291 Shutter 1/125 Av 8.0
Photo 296 Shutter 1/125 Av 8.0
Photo 301 Shutter 1/160 Av 8.0

[jeff-in]

Photo 292 1/100 8.0
Photo 302 1/160 8.0
Photo 310 1/160 8.0
Photo 313 1/160 8.0
Photo 314 1/160 8.0

[jeff-in]

These photos are the Slow shutter

Photo 437 1/1600 Av 3.5 Exposure Compensation -1/3
Photo 439 1/1600 3.5 -1/3
Photo 442 1/1600 3.5 -1/3
Photo 448 1/1600 3.5 -1/3
Photo 452 1/1600 3.5 -1/3

[jeff-in]

Photo 460 1/1600 3.5 -1/3
Photo 463 1/1600 3.5 -1/3
Photo 470 1/1600 3.5 -1/3
Photo 498 1/1600 3.5 -1/3
Photo 520 1/1600 3.5 -1/3


http://www.proudphotography.com/forum/gallery/files/2/1/5/6/img_0470.jpg

http://www.proudphotography.com/forum/gallery/files/2/1/5/6/img_0498.jpg

http://www.proudphotography.com/forum/gallery/files/2/1/5/6/img_0520.jpg

[janine]

Click the Insert Image icon. Thats the icon that looks like a yellow square with a mountain in it. :)

As for the practice assignment, you have the concept down for #3,, but #2 is the tough one. I think with one of the practices you've reversed rolls. Make the roller boarder clear as a bell and blur the scene with motion blur... thats what will happen when you pan with the guy and use a slower shutter speed.

This can be one of the toughest assignments in the course if you don't practice often. Panning is tough at first!

#4 is oddly enough the easiest. Go somewhere where it is dark and take a long exposure (several seconds), and have one or more people move through it.


mmm...i dont quite understand what you mean - i did try to have the background blurred with the skateboarder clear, and i think i did that well...the third one is reversed, with the skater blurred and the background clear. is this not what we were supposed to do? have i misunderstood (as usual,hahahhaha) again?

thanks for the comments anyways - oh and telling me how to get the pictures attached! honestly - i have been posting on this forum since december i think and still not figured it out!!!:eek:

[LensBaby]

Yes Janine you did both of those. That is what it said to try in the assignment. I like how the skateboarder is clear in the first, but the second photo shows the motion!!! It looks like he is going really, super fast.

[colelover178]

janine if you use photobucket (its a free photo hosting site) you can upload your pictures there and it will have codes under the pictures and just copy the bottom code (image code) and past it in your forum. that is the easiest way for me to do it big :) hope i helped. but i really like your skateboarding shots the first one is cool. i still havent had a chance to really practice yet i live on a dead end road so not many cars go by and taking two kids out to take pics is crazy right now lol. but good work

[janine]

janine if you use photobucket (its a free photo hosting site) you can upload your pictures there and it will have codes under the pictures and just copy the bottom code (image code) and past it in your forum. that is the easiest way for me to do it big :) hope i helped. but i really like your skateboarding shots the first one is cool. i still havent had a chance to really practice yet i live on a dead end road so not many cars go by and taking two kids out to take pics is crazy right now lol. but good work

ok, i will try that - thanks. are you in england? the weather has also not been to great! ugh...get the kiddies to push each other in the buggy - that should get some motion! :D

[janine]

Yes Janine you did both of those. That is what it said to try in the assignment. I like how the skateboarder is clear in the first, but the second photo shows the motion!!! It looks like he is going really, super fast.

cool - glad to hear i got it! hehehhe was doubting myself there! my poor hubby had to go up and down, up and down till i got the shot i wanted! think he was getting a bit annoyed with me! hehehehe...aw, marriage is bliss!;)

[jerryph]

Can you all take a look at the photos I will attach below and see if I have the panning exercises down pretty good.

About the best one to my eyes in a fast look was this (http://proudphotography.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=973&d=1215999752) one:

It has some background blur and the car is nice and sharp. This is the hardest variation of the set of exercises to do.

Panning is not something that I could do very well, but after a lot of practice and going once with a friend to a race track and I was much improved.

The best technique that I found was having a stiff upper body and swiveling at the lower torso. Much smoother and more controlled a movement.

Well done! :)

[jeff-in]

Jerry,
Thanks for the response, I really had a great time working on these shots but not having fun right now as I forgot to put on sun block and have at least a 2nd degree low 3rd degree burn on my left leg and probably mild 2nd degree burn on my right leg. In total I took 291 photos Sunday. 100 was fast shutter, 25 were auto shots and around 165 were slow shutter shots. I had to play with the settings between 1/1600 and 1/2000 which made it too over exposed and if I went 1/1250 they were too dark. I even had the exposure compensation at -1/3.

The other side of the track I tried around 1/60 which I saw alot of the people here use and it was too over exposed and 1/125 was still slight over exposed but gave the effect I was looking for.