Scottish Elises

Some pics from tonights Trackday.

Had my first attempts at panning tonight and I think I didnt do too badly. Not all the car seems to be in focus, does that mean I need a slightly faster shutter speed?

Some were taken by me and others were taken by our mate, Cheese.

Was quite busy at times:














This looks like its going to need an expensive repair....

















Jen

first pic of the 340R on track

Yeah, unlucky for the Porsche - it started to lose coolant after the chicane and made it all the way back to the pits - hope the engine doesn't seize! Was reading a book the other day on the Dunkerque evacuations and the way they knobbled vehicles they were leaving behind was to shoot the radiator and leave the engines running until they seized <grimace>.

Cheers,
Robin

Do you know who owns the 2-11 Robin?

tut

tut wrote:Do you know who owns the 2-11 Robin?

tut

Good effort Jen for your first efforts at panning

I would use a faster shutter speed to start with, say around 1/200 or 1/160 so you are getting a much higher rate of "keepers" with most of the car sharp. You can then move onto slower shutter speeds as the event progresses.

There will always be some parts of the car out of focus when panning, unless the car is moving completely parallel and level to you. I did read the reason for this somewhere, but I recall it's to do with the distance between you and say the front and rear of the car changing as the car moves towards or away from you. This effect is more pronounced the closer you are to the car. If you are using a long lens and are further away, the % difference between the distances from when the shutter opens to when it closes is much smaller. With slower shutter speeds, you cna often end up with just a very small part of the car in focus.

John

Some shots from last night . . . . .

http://www.flickr.com/photos/longd70/se ... 970344695/

Some I like . . . .

Great pics David!

I really want a better lens now!!

Jen

jen wrote:Great pics David!

I really want a better lens now!!

Jen

you'll never be happy, it's a disease