and not really a pan but its got an evo in it...

 

Cool panning! Drop the shutter speed a bit more to get the whole wheeled blurred. I usually shoot with a 1/60 or 1/40 depending on speed.

 

was hand holding my 100-400 L lens. i tried a lower shutter speed but the cars were blurry. my technique sucks as it was my first time shooting an auto-x

 

for those that care to check it out hre a post on my blog showing how i composited 5 images strobing each section of a matte black evo into one shot....

http://chadbeephotography.com/blog/

3rd post down from the top

 

Very nice site with great looking photos!

 

thank you sir

 

here is my first attempt at panning during a trackday

http://www.flickr.com/photos/4179931...th/4145505414/

Camera EOS500D, lens 70-300 IS canon, 135mm (some were 250mm) Tv mode, servo focus, IS mode 2 and a shutter speed 1/50 - 1/60-1/80 depending on car speed and distance

 

Amazing thread, more amazing pictures. Thanks to all of the non-selfish photographers that have taken time to share their secrets with us amatures.

Do have one question, on the rig shots, how fast is your car normally moving when you take the picture? I saw the origional poster said his car was not even turned on and just barely rolling, is that how everybody accomplishes such amazing rig shots?

 

most rig shots are shot at very, very, slow speeds. like hardly moving speeds. for anyone interested in rig shots, and perhaps building your own, here's a link to an awesome place on POTN to start reading up on...

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...t=official+rig

 

Awesome, thanks for the link. Quite a helpful website for those who have seen the link but not yet checked it out.

 

good write up bro! - what equipment did you use btw? alienbeees?

Lighting is everything.
Just to prove that you don't NEED to buy lighting equipment... use the most powerful light source, THE SUN! Photoshop isn't needed either..

Death to Fall


Canon 50D
135L
Shutter speed: 1/8000
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 100

 

here is the write up i used to build by rig.

http://www.orlandoforums.com/forum/s...d.php?t=130834



going between 5-10 mph

Nikon D90
1/10 sec.
10mm
shutter priority mode.

 

Awesome, thanks guys...

One other question, I was reading a lot on photography-on-the.net and i saw people talking about using under car rigs rather than the suction cup on top method, anybody have knowlage or oppinions on which are better?

 

sounds like it would be difficult to set up on a lowered and kitted car like mine....

 

That was my first thought as well, but they seem to be making it work. Seems like it'd be a lot less painful in the editing portion of the picture though...