Different Breeds

Hi, this was one of the few photos worth keeping from my first visit

to a car race meet. My panning needs work.

 

Comments appreciated.

Two good cars, decent "crop", but you need to slow that shutter down.....try 1/100th

Very nice shot.

Not bad for a first try but it does look very static as there is no motion blur on the wheels or in the background. What this means is that your shutter speed is far too high, but with point and shoot or integrated digicams lowering the shutter speed to the level suggested by a previous poster poses its own problems. Because the minimum aperture is usually limited to f11, using anything below 1/250 (and perhaps even faster shutter speeds depending on the light conditions) will lead to serious overexposure of the image. Unfortunately it isn't condusive to good pan shots... Generally I find (with a DSLR) that 1/200 or 1/250 will give me good blur - I get the effect more through body rotation than slowing the shutter speed right down. Hope this helps! ;)