Official Photo Tutorial Thread (Photoshop, Camera Settings, Lightroom, etc)

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I usually use manual mode, 1/30th - 1/100th of a second shutter speed, adjust your aperture as necessary to the light situations (sunny, overcast, dawn, dusk, etc). The slower shutter speed, the better the background and wheel blur. But too slow and you will get a blurry photo from camera shake/movement. 1/40th or 1/60th makes a really nice photo.

Also, set your camera to AI Servo, burst mode, and if you're leading/panning, set your focus points to lead towards the front of the car, centered doesn't always work...you can shift your focus points from center to left, right, top or bottom. play around with it till you get the best results.

This was 1/60th, 100 ISO, f/9. shot on an early summer morning late August of 2012 with a Canon 7D and 70-200mm f/2.8 USM II IS lens.

Canons sometimes have trouble focusing on the outer perimeter; for pans, I always leave it on center unless I'm really close, shooting car to car or shooting at a higher speed (1/80-120). Just reduces the risk of the camera failing to focus in time or ending up with a "soft" shot. Most of my rolling shots are standing pans, so center works best.

The hardest thing about pans/motion shots is maintaining decent composition with a moving object. Ideal IMO is to leave enough background to frame the subject, with more room "in front" than behind to conceptualize freedom of motion. Using a rule of thirds, object placement on one of the lower corners works best for me.

5D MkII, 70-200 2.8L, 70mm, 1/30, F/14. Standing pan.

 

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Canons sometimes have trouble focusing on the outer perimeter; for pans, I always leave it on center unless I'm really close, shooting car to car or shooting at a higher speed (1/80-120). Just reduces the risk of the camera failing to focus in time or ending up with a "soft" shot. Most of my rolling shots are standing pans, so center works best.

The hardest thing about pans/motion shots is maintaining decent composition with a moving object. Ideal IMO is to leave enough background to frame the subject, with more room "in front" than behind to conceptualize freedom of motion. Using a rule of thirds, object placement on one of the lower corners works best for me.

5D MkII, 70-200 2.8L, 70mm, 1/30, F/14. Standing pan.

but isnt the object for the entire car to be in focus with entire background blurred? only the front half of your car is in focus and the rest is blurred...unless thats the effect you were going for?

jmo, but 1/30th is just too slow for a panning shot unless you were on a tripod and able to keep the camera completety steady for the duration of the panning.

i would think in your case since you framed your shot in your lower right corner you would have wanted to set your focus points to the lower right corner so the car was perfectly in focus and everything else was blurred.

 

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Would anyone be willing to do a photoshop?

I'd like to see what a set of BBS LM's in 20" look like on my Accord Sport. I'll provide the pictures at whatever angle, etc. I'd really appreciate it!