How can I improve panning? (Page 2): Practice Practice Practice! If you are going to an air show, 1/160th is probably fine for most propeller driven planes. I'd just experiment.

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Aug 7, 2016 10:34:16 #

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

Morning Star wrote:

The last several weeks I have been practicing &quo... (show quote)

Practice Practice Practice!

If you are going to an air show, 1/160th is probably fine for most propeller driven planes. I'd just experiment. Something between 1/100 - 1/200 should be good. You just want to see a little movement or blur on the prop. But when shooting jets, speed up your shutter to anything higher to stop the action.

Keep the background behind the planes in your thoughts. I like to see them in clouds. I like to see them with mountains behind them. I don't like to see them with modern buildings, telephone poles, towers, people etc. in the BG. Get some closeups while they are on the ground. Convert some to black and white. Have fun.

Some of my prop planes were shot with too fast a shutter and there's no prop blur. It's not really that big of a deal in my opinion. If you don't have good panning technique, it's better to use a fast shutter so that the plane isn't blurry from the motion. If you have mastered the panning technique, then by all means, shoot at 1/200th or a little slower.