Thanks for the tutorial, Paul. I'll give it a go on the highway. At least I
won't be wasting film. Colouring of B/W photos is accomplished with layers.
Not automatic - a time consuming, manual process. I suppose it helps if you
can remember the original colours. Lots of tutorials on the web - just
Google it.
Alan C
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From: Paul Stenquist
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2015 5:46 PM
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Subject: Re: PESO Jody Smart
Thanks Alan. My first magazine editor at Hearst’s Motor Magazine insisted
that I learn to shoot pans for the mag’s new car previews. He gave me a few
quick lessons, and I pretty much had to keep trying until I got it right. I
eventually learned that I had to twist my torso at the start of the pan,
pick up the vehicle early, follow it, and make sure I was facing straight
ahead and in a comfortable position when I opened the shutter. Continuing to
track the car after the exposure is important as well. Your mindset has to
be on smoothly tracking the car rather than tripping the shutter. The camera
move is one smooth sweep accomplished with torso rotation and with the shot
coming right near the middle. With a car moving at about 30 mph, I like to
shoot pans with a longer lens, 135 to maybe 200 in APSC, and with a shutter
speed of about 1/30th to 1/60th second.
No I haven’t tried the coloring option. Where in PhotoShop is it?
On Feb 28, 2015, at 10:23 AM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote:
Your pans are very impressive, Paul. Clearly you were able to perfect your
technique. I tried some of those years ago without much success. Have you
ever tried the colouring option in Photoshop?
Alan C
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Stenquist
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 10:58 PM
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Subject: PESO Jody Smart
Another pan from the 1982 NHRA Summernationals at Englishtown, New Jersey.
If I recall correctly I shot these at a pretty stout shutter speed, maybe
1/500th or even 1/1000th and panned about as fast as I could while
fighting
to keep the car in frame. I prefocused on the rubber tracks on the
asphalt,
knowing the drivers would try to stay right in "the groove."The tire
lettering seems to support the fast shutter speed. The car is past 100
feet
here, a little further along than the previous one I showed and is
traveling
at well over 100 mph. The tires show more growth than those of the
previous
shot. The injector doors are wide open. Top speed at the 1/4 mile in 1982
would have been around 260 mph if the driver made it all the way without
mishap. (Today, top fuel cars reach 295 mph at the 1/8th mile and 325 mph
at
1000 feet.)
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17975969&size=lg
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