Red vs Blue
you mean "thats what a he-she said!"
Cars look great guys..
Smurf, one note of advice.. To blur the background more in your rolling shots (and make the car look like it's going faster) slow your shutter speed a bit more.. It's going to make it harder to get the car tack sharp, but it's worth it in the end.
What focal length lens are you using? I'd say start w/ like 1/60th of a second and work your way down to where you feel comfortable...
Smurf, one note of advice.. To blur the background more in your rolling shots (and make the car look like it's going faster) slow your shutter speed a bit more.. It's going to make it harder to get the car tack sharp, but it's worth it in the end.
What focal length lens are you using? I'd say start w/ like 1/60th of a second and work your way down to where you feel comfortable...
Nah, it was a great job.. your car looks excellent by the way.. Just throwing it out there..
It's all subjective really.. Some people prefer the background be more in focus, and some people want the car to look like it's going faster and blurry backgrounds..
It's all subjective really.. Some people prefer the background be more in focus, and some people want the car to look like it's going faster and blurry backgrounds..
Cars look great guys..
Smurf, one note of advice.. To blur the background more in your rolling shots (and make the car look like it's going faster) slow your shutter speed a bit more.. It's going to make it harder to get the car tack sharp, but it's worth it in the end.
What focal length lens are you using? I'd say start w/ like 1/60th of a second and work your way down to where you feel comfortable...
Smurf, one note of advice.. To blur the background more in your rolling shots (and make the car look like it's going faster) slow your shutter speed a bit more.. It's going to make it harder to get the car tack sharp, but it's worth it in the end.
What focal length lens are you using? I'd say start w/ like 1/60th of a second and work your way down to where you feel comfortable...
Most of these rolling shots were taken with a shutter speed of 1/80th of a sec, but I've been told that you can't go any lower than 1/60th without a tripod or everything will just be too blurry. But I guess if I take enough photos at least one have the car sharp.
The lens has a focal length of 18 - 55mm
So true....^....both cars look great but there as different as the indivuduals driving them. Can't we call this a draw since both rides are well done?
Gary
Gary
Yeah I thought about that, background doesn't look blurry enough to me.
Most of these rolling shots were taken with a shutter speed of 1/80th of a sec, but I've been told that you can't go any lower than 1/60th without a tripod or everything will just be too blurry. But I guess if I take enough photos at least one have the car sharp.
The lens has a focal length of 18 - 55mm
Most of these rolling shots were taken with a shutter speed of 1/80th of a sec, but I've been told that you can't go any lower than 1/60th without a tripod or everything will just be too blurry. But I guess if I take enough photos at least one have the car sharp.
The lens has a focal length of 18 - 55mm
So if you're shooting at 40mm, you don't wanna hand hold less than 1/80th of a second.. But like I said, it's an "idea".. Most folks fall in that realm, but if you want the super artistic shots, you're gonna just have to practice your panning technique and get better at shooting slower shutter speeds..
Yeah, you're right.. Turn that baby on Shutter priority, set it to 1/60th of a second, and just hold down the shutter as you pan.. You also want to set your drive mode to AI Servo, so that it is constantly focusing on your subject. That's HUGELY important.. You also want to set your AF point to the center of the frame, you can always crop later to set up your composition.
One of those bad boys will come out if you're panning at the same rate as the car is moving across your field of view.
What I normally try to do is aim at the front grill (if shooting drifting) or a certain part of the car (if just regular rolling shots) and if when I'm done panning, my center AF point is still on the front grill, or whatever, then I know at least one of the shots came out in focus..
Here's some example shots that I took at XDC Dallas last year..
NOT A CROP (proof that you can handhold at that slow, and get tack sharp)
Just takes practice, knowing your camera's settings, and patience.. Note: this wasn't taken w/ a pro lens either by any stretch of the imagination.. This was a Canon 75-300mm f4-5.6 zoom lens. I was on the track, but wanted the extra reach. DEFINITELY a budget lens compared to the L series lenses, and even the Sigma 70-200 F2.8 that I own..