On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 19:11:42 -0500, Doug Franklin wrote: > On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 11:10:42 -0500, Stephen Moore wrote: > > > At first glance it seems a straightforward pan shot, done > > with a fairly wide lens -- but on closer examination the > > blur doesn't appear to be uniform across the entire photo. > > That's just a natural result of panning while the car is going through > a turn, but you're standing still. The photog is keeping his sights on > the driver's helmet, for example, and it stays sharp, but the rest of > the car rotates around its CG/roll center while the shutter is open.
I should also have noted that even if the car isn't turning itself, it is turning with respect to the camera. If it wasn't you wouldn't be panning. :-) That relative motion also has this effect. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
