Karenn Loc: Sydney Australia.

The first two were the best of many shots at the races in a country town in the Snowey Mountains. Shutter speed. 1/15 from memory. Water shots I have not had alot of opportunities yet, but I am still looking and practicing. These were the first shots taken trying to acheive soft water effects.

Adaminaby Horse Races




Thredbo (Water Not good example)


Art Gallery near my home

Steve M Loc: Chester, NS, Canada

Karenn: Pans are not too bad. Never tried them myself. Your water falls are coming along nicely. Play with exposure lengths, the longer, the more fluid the water will look

Steve

Daryl New Loc: Wellington,New Zealand

If you want to practise panning. We went nearest car roundabout and practised shooting cars going around it.Speed is not to high.Hope that helps.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

I like the panned shots. Good subjects for that. If you don't find any easy opportunities, just enlist a child to run past you; hopefully, they will enjoy it as a game!

pigpen

Nice shots. I haven't had as much success.

Karenn Loc: Sydney Australia.

Is it best to use a tri pod for water shots. Mine were hand held. Just wondering.

Martys Loc: Lubec, Maine

Nice horse racing panning images, especially #1
Great job, right on.

Years ago I shot auto racing, SCCA, NHRA, ACALAM, Mini Modifieds,...

I did quite a bit of panning photography,...my method was a little different,...might or might not be of interest.

I held my camera to my eye and pulled in my elbows in close to my body.
When I panned,...I rotated at my hips ONLY,... my torso, arms, neck, head and camera were held still as if one solid unit.

It worked much more rigidly than rotating my head and camera alone.

I panned mostly at 1/60th and 1/125 which blurred the background out nicely as soft streaks with the autos sharp.
Sometimes in the apex,..I would get the rear wheel looking like 4 or 5 overlapping blurry doughnuts as they grabbed the pavement.
Nice memories.
Hope someone likes the method,...and tries it out.
Marty

Karenn Loc: Sydney Australia.

Thanks, will try next time. Did much the same myself though but it is hard when all the action is going on. Feel free to post some examples. Would love to see one of the car. Thanks.