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Sports / Re: learning bike shoot
« on: August 21, 2012, 12:19:32 PM »
Hi
I shoot a lot of motorcycles (and race cars) I primarily shoot with 7D and a 7-200 f4 with a 1.2x converter.
I shoot continuous focus with my a focus point selected to that it will line up with the front of the bike (or car).
I mostly in Tv because it is more important to control shutter speed than aperture value. The key to getting a great panning shot is slowing the shutter speed as slow as possible. This is dependent upon how stable you are when panning. At first you are going to need a faster shutter speed say 125th but with practice you can get down to a 60th. This is obviously dependent on how fast the motorcycle is going. The faster the bike the faster the shutter speed.
The second key is to use high speed continuous shutter trigger. This way when you fire of a burst of four or five shots you will get one in focus. When you get good at panning so the bike stays in the same relative position in the view finder, you will be able to pick off a single shot.
I have way too many examples of panning shots so I will just give you the link to my site and you can see as many examples as you like. The EXIF data should be visible on most photos.
www.KingMotorsportPhotography.com
Let me know if you have specific questions.
JK
I shoot a lot of motorcycles (and race cars) I primarily shoot with 7D and a 7-200 f4 with a 1.2x converter.
I shoot continuous focus with my a focus point selected to that it will line up with the front of the bike (or car).
I mostly in Tv because it is more important to control shutter speed than aperture value. The key to getting a great panning shot is slowing the shutter speed as slow as possible. This is dependent upon how stable you are when panning. At first you are going to need a faster shutter speed say 125th but with practice you can get down to a 60th. This is obviously dependent on how fast the motorcycle is going. The faster the bike the faster the shutter speed.
The second key is to use high speed continuous shutter trigger. This way when you fire of a burst of four or five shots you will get one in focus. When you get good at panning so the bike stays in the same relative position in the view finder, you will be able to pick off a single shot.
I have way too many examples of panning shots so I will just give you the link to my site and you can see as many examples as you like. The EXIF data should be visible on most photos.
www.KingMotorsportPhotography.com
Let me know if you have specific questions.
JK