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Posted: 11/11/2007 1:25:50 PM EDT

A couple buddies went to a trackday, and I figured it would be a godd opportunity to practice some panning. Boy, that is hard work. About 95% of my shots were unuseable as it is pretty hard panning moving motorcycles. Here are a few shots that turned out okay. The guy on the blue/yellow CBR ended up lowsiding his bike a couple turns later.

Posted: 11/11/2007 1:42:44 PM EDT

[#1]

Nice pics

Posted: 11/11/2007 5:34:37 PM EDT

[#2]

Nice pics man!

BigDozer66

Posted: 11/11/2007 5:46:24 PM EDT

[#3]

Getting a pan right takes some skill that has to be worked at but the results are worth it.

Posted: 11/11/2007 6:40:10 PM EDT

[#4]

Updated the first post with new pics.

Found out something important:
Not facing directly into the sun helps.

Posted: 11/11/2007 7:02:49 PM EDT

[#5]

Nice!

Posted: 11/12/2007 6:29:07 AM EDT

[#6]

They look great.

Posted: 11/12/2007 6:41:20 AM EDT

[#7]

good job!

consistent panning results require doing it frequently....but you'll still have a huge % of unusable shots.

Posted: 11/12/2007 6:55:43 AM EDT

[#8]

Great shots!

Is it ok for me to ask about your camera and lens? I'm in the market for my first DSLR and am curious. Thanks.

Posted: 11/12/2007 8:19:46 AM EDT

[#9]

I'm using a 3 year old Canon 20D. Current equivelent from Canon is the 40D.

Lens is 70-200 F4L

Posted: 11/12/2007 8:30:04 AM EDT

[#10]

Panning is not easy, and you have some really good shots there! Congratulations!

I have tried it a few times, and I would say that a success rate of 10-20% is par for the course once you get the hang of it. Shooting in continuous drive mode really helps, as does having an IS or a VR lens.

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