FASTER OVERTAKES FAST
Overall winner of 2012 Petit LeMans Rebellion Racing Lola B12/60 Toyota makes quick work of the IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 911 GT3 RSR in the "stadium" section of Road Atlanta. Great place for crowd to watch the race and we amateur photogs to get up close, unobstructed view points.
Tom's tip: For the folks that want to try panning...you regulars at this know the drill and probably have even better technique. Anyway, manual exposure of area of shot...dark versus light colored cars and headlights will effect shutter priority settings. Observed that faster overtaking cars if on tail of lead car at turn to left would pass about this location. My target point. Focus track and begin panning with slower car and when faster car enters frame...trip shutter... follow trough like your best baseball swing. Repeat until happy! I use shutter speeds from 1/125 to 1/180 to keep those wheels spinning, with sharp detail on car, in this case the blue Porsche as the black #12 was faster than my pan rate and a beautiful background blur for that "speedy" look. Try speeds down towards 1/45 or slower for some interesting results. I'm open to discussion and improved techniques!
FASTER OVERTAKES FAST
Overall winner of 2012 Petit LeMans Rebellion Racing Lola B12/60 Toyota makes quick work of the IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 911 GT3 RSR in the "stadium" section of Road Atlanta. Great place for crowd to watch the race and we amateur photogs to get up close, unobstructed view points.
Tom's tip: For the folks that want to try panning...you regulars at this know the drill and probably have even better technique. Anyway, manual exposure of area of shot...dark versus light colored cars and headlights will effect shutter priority settings. Observed that faster overtaking cars if on tail of lead car at turn to left would pass about this location. My target point. Focus track and begin panning with slower car and when faster car enters frame...trip shutter... follow trough like your best baseball swing. Repeat until happy! I use shutter speeds from 1/125 to 1/180 to keep those wheels spinning, with sharp detail on car, in this case the blue Porsche as the black #12 was faster than my pan rate and a beautiful background blur for that "speedy" look. Try speeds down towards 1/45 or slower for some interesting results. I'm open to discussion and improved techniques!