What I was doing John was to encourage Arnie to continue his
experiment, nothing more.

It's your opinion that the blurring of the vehicle detracts
from the image.  I think it makes a stronger, more realistic
image.

Anyway, he said he wanted to experiment and practice what he
was doing ...

John Francis wrote:
> 
> With all due respect, Shel - you're talking through your hat.
> 
> We don't tell you how to do candid street photography;
> why are you trying to tell us how to photograph moving vehicles?
> (And, especially, moving vehicles at night; a very tricky area).
> 
> Arnie doesn't, as yet, have the experience necessary to pan-track
> a vehicle over 1/4 of a second (I'm not sure *I've* got that).
> it's obvious what he's going for - the background tracks of a
> long exposure tell the story of motion.  But blurring the detail
> of the car detracts from the image;

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