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once again on my friends Canon Rebl XT... been so long since the last use i was sucking hard with settings so i just left them b. hard hard time following the cars through a fence. hopefully next event i'll get to be on the infield.

really need to get my own camera... but i must get my car running 1st

 

white balance is off on #8. not bad for a first set of panning shots.

 

yea i gotta lil overboard editing ..it was really washed out from the tire smoke...

 

photo's are a little blurry. What settings are you using. btw, nice shots nonetheless!

 

not sure....

it was on the AV settings but i didn't check what it was set too.

 

maybe the experts can chime in but for action shots, since you want more of a freezing action, i think instead of Av mode (aperture priority), you might want to be in Sv(shutter priority) right? that way, you'll freeze the cars.

also, it sounds like you have a canon but my nikon has a dynamic AF mode where it actually tracks the moving object. maybe you have that?

 

#1 is good framing and timing, really captures the mood...

just keep practicing!

 

manual focus ftw.

anyways, were you panning at all? you either got to pan when using a slower shutter speed or.. if u want to freeze the cars (wheels) then use a fast shutter speed. i personally think panning shots look cooler. Ive seen someone freeze the cars at the track, it looked weird. Just looked like the cars were parked at a track. lol.

 

Shutter priority or manual is preferred for panning but to freeze a car in motion kills the image, in my opinion. I'll shoot in both modes depending on the time of day or if the cars are using headlights, which will fool the metering.

panning > fast shutter

 

The biggest problem you have with your "motion" shots is that you shot them when the cars were either coming towards you or away from you. Next time try shooting the cars when they are crossing your frame like the shots in the above post.

 

Pics don't look too bad but I think your lens didn't have enough zoom for many of those shots (cars looked too far away to be interesting).. and shutter priority is what you wanted not aperature priority.. you should have played with some of the shutter settings to see what worked best at that track (depends on the angle of the car and how fast they are going).

Not sure if the Rebel XT has an AI Servo focus mode but that could potentially help your motion shots as well..

 

well i was very limited to how i could follow the cars.

some of the pics, i was at the top of the bleachers ( the far away shots).
the rest of the pics i was standing behind a fence with the lense sticking through, so i could only go sideways so far.

pretty much i started to far away, and then i got stock in to small of a space.

Next time imma try and get a spot on the infield....

 

One thing that separates the average snapshot shooter from a good photographer is not the equipment, rather it's finding the right place to be to take outstanding pictures.

 

yea.. i had very poor location...

i can't remember what lense it was... decently long.. but it was doing what i needed it to do, i just made a mistake if my 2 shooting locations

 

Great advice.




All of it given here will help you out a lot! Keep up the good practice JC. Looks like you have a great eye for pics.

 

the cones in the for ground realy helped to give it movement