by "craig-oesterling" (craig-oesterling)
Published 05/11/2017 at 14:00
by "craig-oesterling" (craig-oesterling)
Published 05/11/2017 at 14:00
Tags: racing
; vintage
; vintage race
; historic racing
; race car
; bmw
; mustang
; camaro
; jaguar
; corvette
; photography
; craig
; ford
; chevy
; porsche
; porsche 911
STARS: 5
Here are more of my photos from a few weeks ago at The Mitty. Enjoy!
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"Shane Moore" (snakesm13)
05/11/2017 at 14:51, STARS: 0
Photo rookie here, just got a camera to play around with and recently took it to the IMSA race at COTA. Pictures came out good but my question is what settings should be adjusted to keep the car in focus but blur the background for the sense of speed yours show? Everything in mine were in focus. I’m guessing it has to do with shutter speed and following the target but I played around with that a bit but to no avail. Thanks!
"philipilihp" (philiphilip)
05/11/2017 at 15:25, STARS: 0
Damn dawg... You save the best for last. What’s that little blue #30 beast?
"craig-oesterling" (craig-oesterling)
05/11/2017 at 16:02, STARS: 0
It’s a Cheetah. And that’s about all I know right now!
"craig-oesterling" (craig-oesterling)
05/11/2017 at 16:05, STARS: 0
Yes, it’s shutter speed. I can’t tell you a specific speed to use, as that varies based on a lot of factors. Lens length, distance to car, car’s speed, etc. I got some that had a good deal of background blur at 1/100th, and some that looked about the same at 1/250th. Different cars at different speeds. I believe I set it on shutter priority, so the camera adjusted my aperture.
Then the main thing is practicing your panning. I’m still working on that, and there are a number of images that were just slightly soft, or the focus was on an odd part of the car.
"philipilihp" (philiphilip)
05/11/2017 at 16:36, STARS: 0
Oooh yeah that rings a bell all of a sudden.
"AfromanGTO" (afromangto)
05/11/2017 at 16:48, STARS: 0
Cool!
"Group44Fan" (group44fan)
05/11/2017 at 17:18, STARS: 1
Beautiful shots once again!! Thank you for sharing!
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
11/02/2017 at 14:35, STARS: 0
What sort of camera are you using? craig-osterling gave some good advice on shutter speeds, and yes, that is the trick. You need a slow enough shutter to get the blurred background, but fast enough to keep the moving object sharp. And a steady hand. If your camera has a shutter priority mode, that means that you can set the desired shutter speed while the handles the aperture. You will probably have to pick your own ISO, but you can probably also have the camera do that, too. Then start experimenting. You can go outside and photograph cars on your street for practice, trying different shutter speeds to see what works best for that situation. But every place is different. Thank heavens we don’t use real film, and have to wait until it’s developed to see if we got it right!
"Shane Moore" (snakesm13)
11/02/2017 at 21:12, STARS: 1
It was a mirrorless Lumix G7 but I returned it and bought headers for my SS. Decided I already had too many hobbies to pick up a new one right now. I think I enjoyed this past F1 race more since I wasn’t messing with camera settings and actually watching the race. I can see myself picking it back up when I’m older and don’t want to do physical hobbies. Thanks for the tips though!