Thanks Alan. My first magazine editor at Hearst’s Motor Magazine insisted that I learn to shoot pans for the mag’s new car previews. He gave me a few quick lessons, and I pretty much had to keep trying until I got it right. I eventually learned that I had to twist my torso at the start of the pan, pick up the vehicle early, follow it, and make sure I was facing straight ahead and in a comfortable position when I opened the shutter. Continuing to track the car after the exposure is important as well. Your mindset has to be on smoothly tracking the car rather than tripping the shutter. The camera move is one smooth sweep accomplished with torso rotation and with the shot coming right near the middle. With a car moving at about 30 mph, I like to shoot pans with a longer lens, 135 to maybe 200 in APSC, and with a shutter speed of about 1/30th to 1/60th second.
No I haven’t tried the coloring option. Where in PhotoShop is it? > On Feb 28, 2015, at 10:23 AM, Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote: > > Your pans are very impressive, Paul. Clearly you were able to perfect your > technique. I tried some of those years ago without much success. Have you > ever tried the colouring option in Photoshop? > > Alan C > > -----Original Message----- From: Paul Stenquist > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 10:58 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: PESO Jody Smart > > Another pan from the 1982 NHRA Summernationals at Englishtown, New Jersey. > If I recall correctly I shot these at a pretty stout shutter speed, maybe > 1/500th or even 1/1000th and panned about as fast as I could while fighting > to keep the car in frame. I prefocused on the rubber tracks on the asphalt, > knowing the drivers would try to stay right in "the groove."The tire > lettering seems to support the fast shutter speed. The car is past 100 feet > here, a little further along than the previous one I showed and is traveling > at well over 100 mph. The tires show more growth than those of the previous > shot. The injector doors are wide open. Top speed at the 1/4 mile in 1982 > would have been around 260 mph if the driver made it all the way without > mishap. (Today, top fuel cars reach 295 mph at the 1/8th mile and 325 mph at > 1000 feet.) > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17975969&size=lg > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
