Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve Barbour wrote & showed: >>> I tried Don Dory's suggestion, cropped down, worked on levels..I liked the > result...that is what you now see at the PAW site below...thanks Don, > http://www.kididdoc.com/index.htm/PAW/3.jpg<<<<<< Hi Steve, If this is your first bike event you've done very well for a rookie. ;-) What helps make the shot work is the boy in the background caught between two cyclists. One of those accidents that happens and you don't know about it until you're looking at the film later. Did you try slower shutter speeds? Or panning with the bikes as they went by? Sometimes panning is far more effective than shooting the race as you did. I call them "swishy pans" and all you need is an exposure of 1/8th or 1/4 sec, or a speed slow to the speed of what you're shooting. And as they fly by you pan at the same speed which creates quite an effective image indicating speed. The secret is to pan exactly at the same speed as the bikes and yet capture some part of the rider or bike sharply in focus ( don't think about this, it just happens if you swish correctly) so the picture is still understandable. It's much like a batter or golfer swinging and following right through after the ball has been hit. If you stop as you trip the shutter the chances are you'll blow it. Because of the slow shutter speed it requires a small aperture therefore you have a good depth of field, so before they get to where you are, focus on the line they will be taking as they go by. Then look through the viewfinder and pick them up, DO NOT FOCUS AGAIN! And swing with them and when they're at right angles trip the shutter while you and camera are in motion and keep swinging right through. Be prepared to shoot lots of frames! ;-) Even with an M6 and one frame it's surprising what you can hit. I prefer the R8 and motor drive as I can crank a number of frames rapidly. This works with any moving object, race cars, runners, skiers, traffic and if it's done well they make very interesting "swishy pan" photographs. If you get too much blur then all you have is blur of unrecognizable colour. So be prepared to shoot lots using various shutter speeds, as you really have no idea what you'll have until you're on the light table editing. So if there's another cycling event soon and near by give it a go and the best of luck. :-) ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@home.com> To: "LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 5:11 PM Subject: [Leica] Steve Barbour PAW week 3 > My PAW week 3 is posted. I call it ...my first race...in the vortex. > > Leica M6 and 90mm, thin, Tele Elmarit, with Fuji Provia F 100. > > Thanks for viewing and your comments....... Steve. > > > http://www.kididdoc.com/index.htm/PAW/ > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html