On 15/11/08, PN Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: >Here's the original: > >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8231624&size=lg > > >I didn't attempt to shoot any pans at the race track. Couldn't. The >guard rail was too high to shoot with a lens long enough to make a >smooth pan work. More importantly, the car made only four or five >passes, and I had to concentrate on getting good burnout and launch >photos -- which I did. But I did ask one of the guys to park the car >on the track an look straight ahead as though he were driving. I >forgot to tell him to roll up the window:-)). Doh. > >At home on the computer I gave the car a new window with a semi- >transparent layer of tone. Then I spun the wheels with the radial blur >tool. Finally, I selected the car and the shadow with the anchor point >tool, inverted the selection, and blurred the background. Afterward, I >gave a gentle blur tool tug on the front and rear to give it a bit >more of an active, less perfect feel. > >Many of the pans you see in magazines that aren't part of race >coverage are "shot" this way. Fun with PhotoShop.
Well I have to say that I'm very impressed - your PS skills are excellent. I had not considered this method - simply because I would have thought it would not be a difficult shot to get in the camera. Well done! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
