Speed
Uploaded: February 09, 2002 02:10:28
Taken with Nikon D1x, Nikkor 28-80 f2.8, ISO set at 125 exposed for 1/80th sec at f17 while panning.
Piper Lehman February 09, 2002
Haven't tried this technique yet. Can I borrow your photo for my NYI assignment? Hee hee. (I'm supposed to do a speed photo for part of my first assignment at NYI.) How hard is it to get this right? Panning, I mean. #3439Kevin Boutwell February 09, 2002
Hey Piper! Thanks for the comment! Panning is one of those things where you will only get a couple of good pictures. Sometimes you will pan too much and the subject blurs or vice-versa. It is something to give a try.Piper Lehman March 08, 2002
Hey Kevin. I was playing around with your photo and decided it looks better without the sky included. Without the sky, the focus is completely on the biker where it belongs. Great shot, by the way. #5944Kevin Boutwell March 28, 2002
Hey Piper. I agree with you. The sky is washed out and is distracting to the subject. What do you think of the included one? #6347Piper Lehman March 28, 2002
I like it, but I like the overall lighting in the first one better. #6355Kevin Boutwell March 29, 2002
Not sure what happened with that?!?!? Agreed though. #6357Aaron R. Whitney May 26, 2019
I tried it both ways, and prefer the mountains also. To me it looses its sense of speed without the mountains somehow. Great pic right out of the camera!!! #90416Gregg Cerenzio May 26, 2019
Ok, at risk of sounding Stupid. What exactly is Panning and what exactly would I do to try to take a photo like this. Id be useing my Maxxum 5 which should be able to handle it if I know what I'm doing and can pull it off... -Gregg
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Kathleen R. Struckle May 26, 2019
Kevin, Great shot! Kathy S. #128803Kevin Boutwell July 09, 2003
Gregg- The term panning refers to really just following your subject with the camera while they move. You must use a semi slow shutter speed though to get that effect of speed, the blurring of the backround. Panning is tough at first but once you get the technique down you should be fine. With the Maxxum 5 go to the turn your dial to PASM press and hold the center button and turn your control dial until S appears in the LCD screen. S is shutter priority where you choose a shutter speed for the camera to use and it will choose an aperture. Start experiment with like 1/125th and as you get better start going slower. Good luck!-Kevin #138968
Kevin Boutwell July 23, 2003
Yea I actually find it easier to hand hold shots like these. I think that tripods would make it really akward to pan. Maybe if you could get a fluid head for your tripod it may be nice, but on a Moto X track it would just be way to cumbersome. Hope this helps.Kevin #148841
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