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airbrushjohn · Jan 26, 2009, 8:22 PM

here are a few from yesterday

1

2

3

Flying Fossil · Jan 26, 2009, 9:12 PM

Excellent. Enough said

Hawgwild · Jan 26, 2009, 9:13 PM

Nice work, it takes a steady hand(s) to get clear shots at those shutter speeds. I especially like the air shot (2). Color and composition are on. Good work..

Robert

DRGSin · Jan 27, 2009, 12:08 PM

Nice pans john! Man I wish we were riding up here.

Mark1616 · Jan 27, 2009, 6:43 PM

Nice work John. The first is the strongest image IMHO. The other 2 would be helped by cropping a bit as you have framed high (easy to do when concentrating on the pan).

On a settings technical note I would suggest dropping the ISO when you are panning, there is no need to be at ISO800 and f16 or even f22, so ISO 400 or lower would be perfectly fine. I aim for an aperture of about f8 when doing panning work as you get enough DOF for easily sharp shots on the subject and keep noise to a minimum. I'm guessing you had been taking some less extreme shots at around the 1/250 - 1/500s settings where ISO 800 would have been more realistic.

DRGSin · Jan 29, 2009, 8:46 AM

Nice tip Mark! Thanks

Maxsamsung · Jan 29, 2009, 9:37 AM

Great Panning, Super set of action shot's !!

airbrushjohn · Jan 30, 2009, 3:16 PM

thanks everyone for the kind words!!
hi mark, you are correct, i was just pushing it to see
how slow i could get the shutter, i think most of them were
at 125 which was kinda slow for those conditions. that's mainly
why i used the iso 800. here are a few not so slow shutter.

1

2

3

4

Mark1616 · Jan 30, 2009, 5:12 PM

I like the last series too John. The last one it not to the same standard as the other 3 though. I think you could boost exposure a little as the faces are dark. At most of these events you can use flash if you are close enough and have it so that really helps give the pop to the shots.

As you can probably see 1/500s has worked about the best, the first at 1/800 although a great shot would have been helped with a little more blur in the wheels rather than them being almost fully frozen.

I need to shoot some sports LOL.

TG · Jan 30, 2009, 11:32 PM

Nice panning shots John, like the second set of shots as well very sharp, like the second onebest out of the last lot(nice composition & tight framing).

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Jan 26, 2009, 8:22 PM	#1
airbrushjohn Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 747	here are a few from yesterday 1 2 3

Jan 26, 2009, 9:12 PM	#2
Flying Fossil Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 750	Excellent. Enough said

Jan 26, 2009, 9:13 PM	#3
Hawgwild Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pensacola, Florida Posts: 3,589	Nice work, it takes a steady hand(s) to get clear shots at those shutter speeds. I especially like the air shot (2). Color and composition are on. Good work.. Robert

Jan 27, 2009, 12:08 PM	#4
DRGSin Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 574	Nice pans john! Man I wish we were riding up here.

Jan 27, 2009, 6:43 PM	#5
Mark1616 Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 7,456	Nice work John. The first is the strongest image IMHO. The other 2 would be helped by cropping a bit as you have framed high (easy to do when concentrating on the pan). On a settings technical note I would suggest dropping the ISO when you are panning, there is no need to be at ISO800 and f16 or even f22, so ISO 400 or lower would be perfectly fine. I aim for an aperture of about f8 when doing panning work as you get enough DOF for easily sharp shots on the subject and keep noise to a minimum. I'm guessing you had been taking some less extreme shots at around the 1/250 - 1/500s settings where ISO 800 would have been more realistic.

Jan 29, 2009, 8:46 AM	#6
DRGSin Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 574	Nice tip Mark! Thanks

Jan 29, 2009, 9:37 AM	#7
Maxsamsung Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 441	Great Panning, Super set of action shot's !!

Jan 30, 2009, 3:16 PM	#8
airbrushjohn Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 747	thanks everyone for the kind words!! hi mark, you are correct, i was just pushing it to see how slow i could get the shutter, i think most of them were at 125 which was kinda slow for those conditions. that's mainly why i used the iso 800. here are a few not so slow shutter. 1 2 3 4

Jan 30, 2009, 5:12 PM	#9
Mark1616 Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 7,456	I like the last series too John. The last one it not to the same standard as the other 3 though. I think you could boost exposure a little as the faces are dark. At most of these events you can use flash if you are close enough and have it so that really helps give the pop to the shots. As you can probably see 1/500s has worked about the best, the first at 1/800 although a great shot would have been helped with a little more blur in the wheels rather than them being almost fully frozen. I need to shoot some sports LOL.

Jan 30, 2009, 11:32 PM	#10
TG Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 643	Nice panning shots John, like the second set of shots as well very sharp, like the second onebest out of the last lot(nice composition & tight framing).