Cheers everyone.

As some have said, practice is always the way forward. Even if you dont intend on using the pics just keep shooting and shooting at the cars as they go round, you'll find you 'hit' ratio goes up after a while.

Panning is hard to grasp at first but when you've got it, its hard to lose, it becomes more natural. I find that getting your car in frame way before it gets to you helps a lot and always follow the car right through even after youve taken your shot. I also find that the battery grip adds extra balance to the camera, especially using the 17-200mm VR coz its quite heavy.

Hoddo - These werent sharpened afterwards - I didnt even think about it to be honest, then after I posted them up on here I tried it and it just added noise.

Excellent work.

I hope to test my skills witht he D40 and 70-300VR at Knockhill throughout the year. :)

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and a VERY smooth panning action.

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I think that's where I've been stuggling with most of the ones I've tried, gear changes end up with me overtaking em, or them overtaking me and they end up either driving in or out of shot. I need a lot more practice :(

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Nice pics.

I hope someone told the guy in the legend he was going the wrong way :lol:

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and a VERY smooth panning action.

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Btcc in a few weeks matt.

Look great Ben :thumbs:

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I was at Donington the other week watching the Touring cars, was awesome but didnt take my camera coz of rain threat.

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nice shots. did you sharpen them at all afterwards?

I tripod will help you pan if you don't screw it up tight, give you a firm base with no vertical movement.

Your talking around 1/125th at f5.6 - ND Filters should help you get the correct shutter speed if its too bright - expect to get about 10 useable pics from 200 photos though.

Go for about 1/250 as a starting point. Maybe 1/300 if you want it a bit easier.

Can go as low as about 1/80, but to make it easier you need a fast car (like F3 type) and a VERY smooth panning action.

so you dont need one as fast then, about how long then?

That'll be a longer shuter speed, you pan the camera round following the car to keep the car in focus and the background blurred.

being realistic can I take pics like that on a Fuji S6500? what shutter speed was it about, in good light mine goes to 1/4000

Nikon D200 and 18-200mm VR Lense @ f5.6 + Circular Polariser. Dialed in about -0.3 stops of exp too.

I took about 180 photos, some were on Motordrive, but the results were touch and go. I wasnt going all out for captures but these were some of the better ones.

what camera / lense did you use? they are ace, did you use multi capture at all?

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Btcc in a few weeks matt.

Look great Ben :thumbs:

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Very nice :thumbs:

Nice panning :thumbs:

Btcc in a few weeks matt.

Look great Ben :thumbs:

awesome pics (so far :lol: ) i really want to go to a race/track to take pics

I'll add more as I edit and upload them.













[Edited on 11-05-2008 by Tiger]