Picture taking from moving car (Page 3): Apparently sarcasm is lost on you...

Shutterbug57

Architect1776 wrote:

Driving 70 mph and concentrating on photo taking?
You need to go to jail for 20 years for being stupid and risking other's lives.

Apparently sarcasm is lost on you...

Morning Star Loc: West coast, North of the 49th N.

rglucroft wrote:

I am planning a road trip and would like to take pictures of the passing scenery. What settings would you suggest when travelling at 70mph. I am using an Olympus OM-D-EM1 camera.

None! Keep your eyes on the road and traffic and hands on the steering wheel.
To take pictures of the scenery, park the car in a safe place, get out and then take your pictures.

If you happen to be a passenger and not the driver, take your pictures through the front or back window, forget the side window, unless you want to show what motion blur looks like.
Oh, and make sure the window you're taking the pictures through, is spotlessly clean.

As to settings: what is the weather like, what time of day, environment....
A picture taken in a narrow canyon will need different settings, than one taken three minutes later when you're out in a wide open landscape again.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

jwest wrote:

Stop the car. If it’s worth taking a photo of its worth stopping to compose and capture a decent shot.

And far safer for others on the highway.

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

A fast shutter speed and a distant subject. Also clean windows or roll it down.

ncribble Loc: Albuquerque, NM

It is worth the effort. But one must plan on a 80 ~ 90% discard rate, so when shooting, shoot several quick shots. Those that advocate stopping, parking or not shooting loose many opportunities of successful captures. It is almost Murphy's law as at those fantastic opportunities the road is winding and there isn't any possibility of parking. Shoot, smile and be not discouraged when you have to reject the majority of your shots, after all you success is only in the 'Keepers'.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

ncribble wrote:

It is worth the effort. But one must plan on a 80 ~ 90% discard rate, so when shooting, shoot several quick shots. Those that advocate stopping, parking or not shooting loose many opportunities of successful captures. It is almost Murphy's law as at those fantastic opportunities the road is winding and there isn't any possibility of parking. Shoot, smile and be not discouraged when you have to reject the majority of your shots, after all you success is only in the 'Keepers'.

If you are NOT the driver this works.

kskarma Loc: Topeka, KS

My Foto Fhilosophy ...is that if the picture is worth taking, it's worth stopping for...! Now I DO understand that this is not always possible...(Interstates, for example)...but there really is no substitute for pulling off the road and taking the time to explore and compose a few shots. Lots of times, I even double back for an interesting scene, activity or a longer look at something that caught my eye.

srt101fan

kskarma wrote:

My Foto Fhilosophy ...is that if the picture is worth taking, it's worth stopping for...! Now I DO understand that this is not always possible...(Interstates, for example)...but there really is no substitute for pulling off the road and taking the time to explore and compose a few shots. Lots of times, I even double back for an interesting scene, activity or a longer look at something that caught my eye.

I hear you! But, on most of the back roads I've been on, there are no real shoulders and no good places to pull off the road. Very frustrating!

tdekany Loc: Oregon

Architect1776 wrote:

If you are NOT the driver this works.

I don’t think anybody is recommending taking pictures if you are the driver.

tdekany Loc: Oregon

kdogg wrote:

Looks like the 3 Sisters mountains. Was there in June and have a similar shot taken from moving vehicle. Oregon is a beautiful state.

This is the strawberry range in eastern Oregon. Just to point out, I’m the passenger when I take the photos with windows down.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

tdekany wrote:

I don’t think anybody is recommending taking pictures if you are the driver.

Note the put a clamp on the steering wheel post.

SonyBug

I took many pictures from the bullet train in China at 305 KM/hr. An interesting phenomenem was that if I got a lamp pole next to the track, they would all be curved. Due the the rolling shutter being too slow to capture all of the shot in one instant. Shot most of them at 1,000/sec.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

russjphoto wrote:

I have on occasion taken shots out the sunroof. I have a couple of cameras with flip out/down LCD screens. Sometimes I just give it a wide lens and a Hail Mary... then hit the motor drive... Spray & Pray!
Also, a fast shutter speed is good for a sharp image, but sometimes shooting with a slower shutter speed while panning or zooming gives some cool results especially at night for light trails.
If you are shooting digital its easy to experiment.

Shaq does that all the time!

SonyBug

Architect1776 wrote:

Driving 70 mph and concentrating on photo taking?
You need to go to jail for 20 years for being stupid and risking other's lives.

When you get out, will you still be stupid?

James R. Kyle Loc: Saint Louis, Missouri (A Suburb of Ferguson)

Linda From Maine wrote:

Assuming you are not the driver, go artsy and embr... (show quote)

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I have only done this a very few times. Usually, it does not work well. And I ONLY do this on a Non-traffic road. I travel usually alone - And more than often pull off the road. (Can not do that on the Interstate System - but then = that is a very little interesting sites from there anyway.)

Here is one from traveling North New Mexico a few years ago going to Yosemite. Canon 5D Mark II // f-8 // ISO- 100 (Aperture Priority) About 60 M.P.H. I did that cool looking blur that Linda was mentioning.

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