Vintage Cars - Panning Practice

[AntZ]

Some cool cars and great sense of speed in those shots.

[asnow]

Thanks AntZ. I was hoping I could blurr the backgound enough to give that sense of speed. I also remember somebody saying that you want a fast enough speed to get the car sharp but slow enough to get a blurr in the tires. I think I generally accomplished this at 1/100 to 1/125 sec. I think it took me about 30 to 40 pictures before I finally got the panning motion down before I could get the cars sharp.

[Barefoot]

These are freking pantastic!

[Iguanasan]

A very nice set. They made a big mistake though... 53 should have been on a Volkswagon Beetle not a Jag.

[asnow]

Thanks Barefoot, Iggy.
Iggy - I'd don't understand why you said 53 should have been on a Beetle. What is the mistake???

[Hillbillygirl]

WOW, these are awesome Asnow. Love seeing these classics being used for what many of them were made for. Just, would almost cry if some got into a wreck.

[asnow]

Thanks HBG. Panning cars is a lot easier than birds. At least cars go in predictable track and are a lot bigger to lock your focus onto. Saw no wrecks (thank goodness), mind you I was only there for about 3 hours.