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Entering The Pits, The Red Bull Formula One Driven By David

Coulthard.

Not a bad effort, but this shot looks far too static. The car appears as if it is parked in the pit lane because there is very little evidence of movement. What you need to do is slow the shutter speed right down and pan as the car somes into the pit box. You might want to experiment a little bit, but shutter speeds of 1/125s or slower are what you should be looking at. The blur that suggests movement is introduced by the body rotation.

As an example, here is the link to a shot I took last weekend of a Stock Car travelling down a pit lane at a fairly slowly - with a shutter speed of 1/125s, body rotation and a wide-angle lens (35 mm) I managed to make the car look as if it was travelling really quickly.

http://v8.macmillan.co.uk/s_images/wittyfiles/pics/web_galleries/2005_scsa_02/pages/IMG_4531.htm

Hope this is helpful to you! :-)