Originally posted by wibbly Based on your avatar, are you shooting bikes? I'm jealous of your location. Right near Catalunya, you lucky devil.
For bikes it's pretty easy, I just find the bike in the viewfinder but don't focus, track the bike until it's reaching the area I want the shot to be, then back button focus in AFC and pan with the bike, focusing more on keeping the bike in the same part of the frame than anything, then I let off a burst of 6 or 7 shots as the bike comes by me. I have burst set for release priority instead of focus priority.
It takes practice but the results are quite pleasing
Here's an example of my work
Thank you wibbly,
Not really, the avatar is Former Formula 1 1992 Champion Nigel Mansell and Indycar 1993 Champion. So mainly I shoot at cars, but I shooted bikes also sometime in the past and if everything goes smooth I have a mate that will do a 24H bikes race (the 24H of Barcelona),
Hahaha yeah, I am a lucky evil, this is right. I consider the track my second home, as I am track marshalling there for the last 10 years already! And since 3 years ago now, I have been lucky to get there as media/photographer for some events so, I can't ask for more
Yet, any advice is always really welcomed!
Yep, I like to shoot at low shutter speeds, it takes lots of practice indeed, I can tell myself.
Check my posts / galleries over the forum, so you can see some of the pictures I have been taking with my Kr and lately with my beloved K5
Let me show you just a few photos, I do everything, on track and outside track,
All the best