Tips for Shooting F1

[Bobster]

if you find the fence is in the way, drop ur shutter to 1/80 and as long as your panning is good, you'll blur out the chain fencing, then all you need to worry about is the horizontal wires (pretty easy to clone out)

[darrensen]

if you find the fence is in the way, drop ur shutter to 1/80 and as long as your panning is good, you'll blur out the chain fencing, then all you need to worry about is the horizontal wires (pretty easy to clone out)

Brilliant, thanks very much for that useful tip!

The fence will be in the way, i was in the same seat for Le Mans racing last year.

[comrau00]

Thank you, this is good news for other visitors

[5eb]

I'm not an expert but wouldn't you also try to keep aperture as high as possible, i.e. try at least for an f8? This way you'd get a better chance of getting focus.

@Bobster: how do you manage to get a sharp picture like that with 1/80 while you're panning? I never understood that about panning, I mean you're moving the camera, shouldn't everything blur slightly, even the non-moving parts on the car?

[Blastuk]

I'm not an expert but wouldn't you also try to keep aperture as high as possible, i.e. try at least for an f8? This way you'd get a better chance of getting focus.

@Bobster: how do you manage to get a sharp picture like that with 1/80 while you're panning? I never understood that about panning, I mean you're moving the camera, shouldn't everything blur slightly, even the non-moving parts on the car?

When you master the art of panning, the object you are tracking doesn't move according to the camera's sensor.. so no blur.. yes there are people who can pan in perfect motion

[Bobster]

when i shoot i am a tripod, everything is locked in tight, when i pan, i turn at my waist rather than with my head.. this allows me to keep my body locked up while allowing me smoothly pan

[5eb]

when i shoot i am a tripod, everything is locked in tight, when i pan, i turn at my waist rather than with my head.. this allows me to keep my body locked up while allowing me smoothly pan

That sounds like a sensible technique and I guess the art comes in when being able to do this at high speed and making sure to not clench the camera body like crazy and be gentle with the shutter release....all this talk makes me want to go outside now and start practicing! ;-)