Someone mentioned the importance of the follow through. That's key. When panning position your body so you will be directly facing the subject at the moment you pull the trigger. Then twist to your right or left to pick up the subject as it approaches. Follow it's path and pull the trigger when your shoulders are square to the subject. Then continue to follow it without hesitation until it is past you and out of range. In other words, you're tripping the shutter at the center point of your pan, with your shoulders and feet square to the subject.
Paul
On Feb 8, 2004, at 9:22 PM, arnie wrote:
i specifically didnt want to use a flash - that was the whole point. it does
take a little practice, maybe next time i'll be more successful.
arnie
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 8:05 PM Subject: Re: taxi in motion
while
so a while back there was a discussion about photographing vehiclesisothey are travelling. this is my attempt with some taxi's driving past my
apartment building. pictures made with ist D and tokina 28-70 atx pro at
70mm. because it was dark, the exposure was around 1/4 second and f2.8at800. out of 50 picture these are the only four even remotely useful.
pictures resized to 600x401 but not cropped or otherwise modified.
http://www.xdstech.com/istd/tim/taxi1.jpg (50 kb) http://www.xdstech.com/istd/tim/taxi2.jpg (40 kb) http://www.xdstech.com/istd/tim/taxi3.jpg (48 kb) http://www.xdstech.com/istd/tim/other1.jpg (68 kb)
let me know what you think, but keep in mind that tracking a car moving30 mph from 25 feet away for a 1/4 of a second is not hard.
It depends on what your criteria are for success, I guess.
If all you want is a fairly good outline of the car, then no - it isn't
all that hard. But if you want the result sharp enough to read *all* the
lettering on the side of the car (not just the large print) then it's a
great deal harder!
(A good trick in a situation like this is to use flash - second-curtain
sync would be my choice - to freeze the car at the end of the exposure.
That will give you sharp detail without needing to get the pan spot-on).
