[Leica] Cable Car

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Robert D. Baron showed:
Subject: [Leica] Cable Car


> I've tried my own take, a slight variation on a fairly common shot, and 
> I'm curious what others think:
>
> http://www.bobbaron.com/CableCar.html<<<

Hi Bob,
I can't say I've ever seen an "in motion action blurred cable car" picture 
before! :-) Good on you for trying it and making it work with a feel of 
action and still understand what it is. In fact if yer hanging around San 
Francisco for a bit with nothing to do.... not likely ;-) I'd bang away more 
on this at the same location with slower shutter speeds. Key is to pan at 
exactly the same speed as the cable car passing .

Because it's an in motion type picture and you really never know what it's 
going to look like until seeing the exposures later, it's worth working it 
to death with various shutter speeds and panning with it as it rolls by. And 
if available I'd use a motor drive as it usually works better as you pan. 
Certainly better than trying a one shot pan picture.

Also an important factor is... "how fast the cable car swishes past." The 
faster the better, but given you use a slower shutter speed it might make 
for some very exciting images.

However, well done.

ted