I tok a trip down to the York Autograss club today to practice my panning shots and it was surprisingly good fun. Loads of people with barbecues and folding chairs watching a bunch of utter lunatics racing round a dirt track at high speed. Redneck heaven
As for the shots, I got some ones I'm pretty happy with. I learnt that safety fences are NOT your friend (the number of shots with a fencepost in just the wrong place, oh my), panning shots of cars sliding round corners are HARD (front and back end moving at different speeds) and the roast beef sandwiches (sliced off the joint right there) are fabulous.
This one was taken at a high shutter speed (had to make sure I got some good ones ) and I'd like some advice about the composition. Generally I know moving subjects should be towards the opposite side of the frame from the direction in which they're moving, does the cloud of dust justify having it over to the right or should it be over on the left? I can't make my mind up.
A dune buggy type thing honking round a corner.
And another one, not sure about this one.
Another one getting a great start (Mr. Safety Fence is not my friend here).
A mini, just for luck
This one is one that was sliding too fast, the front is sharp but the rear end was swinging out too much.
I had fun and would welcome any comments anyone has. I'm sorry if I'm boring people with all these pics every weekend, it's just I'm having a ball with my new hobby. I'm even getting a tan!