Did you know that registration to Fighter Control is completely free and brings you lots of added features? Find out more....

Panning Shots

Post your questions, reviews and technical issues here.
Post Reply
User avatar
prefontaine72
Posts: 2619
Joined: Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:07 pm

Panning Shots

Post by prefontaine72 » Sat Aug 05, 2017 9:16 am

Hi Guys tried some panning shots yesterday at Prestwick without great Success to be honest, was shooting in Manual

mode shutter speed 1/80 and aperture between 5.6 - 9.0, I'm shooting with a canon 100-400 Mk1 lens, Oh and auto ISO, any advice would be great guys :thumb:

Dougie :D

Wallace
Posts: 369
Joined: Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:30 pm

Re: Panning Shots

Post by Wallace » Sat Aug 05, 2017 9:53 am

Practice, practice, practice and learn from your mistakes!

Sooner of later you are going to get lucky Dougie.

User avatar
prefontaine72
Posts: 2619
Joined: Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:07 pm

Re: Panning Shots

Post by prefontaine72 » Sat Aug 05, 2017 10:05 am

Wallace wrote:Practice, practice, practice and learn from your mistakes!

Sooner of later you are going to get lucky Dougie.
Cheers Wallace was a disaster yesterday :lol: Got one good photo out of about 100 :grr:

Dougie :D

slogen51
Moderator
Posts: 48920
Joined: Mon Jun 10, 2013 8:11 am
Location: Norfolk - Mundford - YG-BSM

Re: Panning Shots

Post by slogen51 » Sat Aug 05, 2017 10:14 am

I assume the slow shutter is too blur the background - I gave up with that.

I developed a technique whereby I could blur the foreground and the background trees were sharp!

User avatar
prefontaine72
Posts: 2619
Joined: Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:07 pm

Re: Panning Shots

Post by prefontaine72 » Sat Aug 05, 2017 10:20 am

slogen51 wrote:I assume the slow shutter is too blur the background - I gave up with that.

I developed a technique whereby I could blur the foreground and the background trees were sharp!


Think I will be giving up as well at this rate slogen51 :lol:

Dougie :D

Richelli
Posts: 161
Joined: Thu Feb 02, 2017 10:25 pm

Re: Panning Shots

Post by Richelli » Sat Aug 05, 2017 12:43 pm

:thumb: Try starting in shutter priority with auto iso. 1000 for fast jets 250 for props and 100 or slower for helis. Im still not great but I just went to a local airport and stood there for hours for a good few week using every aircraft as practice. As you get more good hits try reducing the speeds until you feel confident. Set you camera for the highest shooting rate. (It's ch on my Nikon). A fast memory card helps as well. Set auto focus to continuous (af-c). Look up how to stand and pan. I also use back button focus which helped me a lot. Some people are just naturally good at it. Unfortunately I'm not. There are lots of excellent photographers on here and I'm sure they will help with better advice as well.

User avatar
Viper28
Posts: 566
Joined: Sun Oct 11, 2009 9:02 pm

Re: Panning Shots

Post by Viper28 » Sun Aug 06, 2017 2:36 pm

prefontaine72 wrote: ....with a canon 100-400 Mk1 lens....
Dougie :D
Make sure you have the IS on and set to mode-2 when panning.

User avatar
prefontaine72
Posts: 2619
Joined: Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:07 pm

Re: Panning Shots

Post by prefontaine72 » Sun Aug 06, 2017 2:41 pm

Viper28 wrote:
prefontaine72 wrote: ....with a canon 100-400 Mk1 lens....
Dougie :D
Make sure you have the IS on and set to mode-2 when panning.
Christ I think that's where ive been going wrong I think :grr: Thanks for reply Viper28

Dougie :D

User avatar
jaydean
Posts: 136
Joined: Fri Feb 07, 2014 4:59 am
Location: Sheffield

Re: Panning Shots

Post by jaydean » Mon Aug 07, 2017 6:19 am

1/80th is a tad low with a large lens (and handheld i presume). I took these at 1/200th which is as low as i'd go with a large lens to give me a variety of keepers, i have gone lower but i like a safe speed where i know i'll succeed in getting numerous shots and bending the reciprocal rule just a bit. If 1/80th is a speed you'd like a good tripod and head would be preferable.
Both shots at 1/200th
Image

Image

User avatar
Viper28
Posts: 566
Joined: Sun Oct 11, 2009 9:02 pm

Re: Panning Shots

Post by Viper28 » Mon Aug 07, 2017 7:36 pm

Just for the record them:
Image

Canon 7D, 300/F2.8L 1/80th f3.5 @ iso 100 - handheld

User avatar
prefontaine72
Posts: 2619
Joined: Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:07 pm

Re: Panning Shots

Post by prefontaine72 » Mon Aug 07, 2017 7:56 pm

Cheers for replies guys and awesome shots there :)

Dougie :)

J.Smith
Posts: 30
Joined: Sun Mar 09, 2014 12:02 pm

Re: Panning Shots

Post by J.Smith » Tue Sep 19, 2017 10:10 pm

These were all taken at 1/80th, auto iso, auto aperture with a sigma 150-600mm C. As others have said its all down to practice.
I find the best technique for me is to pick a focal length and stick with it, hold the lens with your fingers curled round inside the lens hood so that they dont get in the way. This seems to make it steadier cause your arm is locked in position and your holding the lens at the furthest possible point. Feet spread about shoulder width apart, facing directly towards the runway. Turn at the hips so that your upper body is facing the subject as it approaches you, and rotate at the hips without moving your lower body as the subject is passing you, make sure to keep your upper body tight so that there's less shaking. I find a longer pan is smoother. Take as many shots as possible, more chance of getting sharp ones. I'm no expert and I'm sure there are better techniques, but that's just what works for me.

Image

Image

Image

Image

User avatar
The Phantom
Posts: 3681
Joined: Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:16 pm

Re: Panning Shots

Post by The Phantom » Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:02 am

Certainly works for you all right!

Love that Hurricane shot :thumb:

Post Reply

Return to “Photography Q & A / How to post photos”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Bing [Bot] and 16 guests