I tried experimenting today, panning at different shutter speeds. I
spent some time out in the Spec Miata and Spec Racer Ford (Sports Rambo)
sessions just practicing panning and trying different shutter speeds.
It seems to work better with the 60-250 than my bigma (it's a lot
lighter and I don't need the reach).
Anyways, some quick picks from today:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153736193919673.1073742090.653299672&type=1&l=8207f07c7e
The good news is that we found the cause of our loss of power, the bad
news is that whatever the root cause was, it's going to be expensive:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153736141444673.1073742089.653299672&type=1&l=de5e49497a
The four practice days are over, qualifying starts tomorrow.
John Francis wrote:
You're getting the hang of this panning stuff - the last Friday shot
before the clutch plates is pretty sharp, but has a reasonable amount
of blur on the wheels.
The Saturday shots of the Western Metals #88 are nice and crisp, too.
I like the head-on shot of Nicole on Saturday (#34 of 58). For most
of the side-view shots, though, I think you're using too high a shutter
speed - there's no real sense of motion. Using a slower shutter speed is
going to mean you get less keepers, but when you do get one right it's
going to result in a much more compelling action photograph.
One of the regulars on the IndyCar circuit could reliably nail a pan
shot of cars at full speed at 1/8 of a second (and that's before we had
image stabilisation to help smooth out irregularities in the panning).
I wasn't that good, but I've got a fair number of keepers at 1/30, and
even one or two at 1/20. But 1/250 works pretty well; a car moving at
150mph is going to travel almost a foot during the exposure, which is
going to give you a lot of blur on the wheels (and on any background).
Assuming cars are moving at 100mph or faster, I'd suggest starting at
maybe 1/500, and switching to 1/250 when you get a bit more confident.
On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 11:24:51AM -0400, Larry Colen wrote:
I'm too busy being pit mom, running errands etc. to spend the time to do my
best job of sorting through and polishing the photos, but I'm posting some
quick and dirties up on facebook for the social networking, particularly so
the Driver's friends can see what she's up to. These links should work for
everyone:
Friday:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153729616824673.1073742084.653299672&type=1&l=384076ed49
Saturday:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153731750259673.1073742086.653299672&type=1&l=f4afadd4e2
Sunday:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153732593834673.1073742087.653299672&type=1&l=fe48433115
We are fighting some interesting technical difficulties. Sometimes when she
tries to shift into fifth either the clutch won't re-engage or the car won't
go into gear. We just heard from a friend of her's at Ford, there are a
couple of known problems with the Mustang GT clutch and with the shifter
mount.
Last night I caught some snaps of Nicole benchracing with some friends, and
her friend asked me what I was doing tonight. It turns out that a couple of
racers are getting married this evening on the beach and they need a
photographer.
Many thanks to John who loaned me his 50-135 and 60-250. Fortunately I
haven't needed the weather sealed lenses yet, but that's just been luck of
the draw with the sessions falling between rainstorms. I have come to the
conclusion that Florida does not have what I consider to be ideal climate.
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