Saturday, 9 April 2011

Photographing Movement-Panning with different shutter speeds




With the help of my willing volunteer, (he was will for the first half hour anyway) I took a series of photos with him riding a bike whilst I panned to show back ground movement. I used a tripod with the camera loose so that I could follow the bike as it past me, hoping to show background movement or freezing it depending on the camera setting.

The first thing I discovered was that I'm not very good at panning and need a lot more practice. 
With shutter priority and slowly increasing the shutter speeds the results were as follows.
The slower the shutter speed the more movement in the photograph which would be very appropriate if used to photograph at the race track. The faster the shutter speed the more details were show in the picture freezing the frame.
I couldn’t choose between my pictures. I want loads more practice and I’m looking forward to planning a day at Silverstone race track. 

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