Some experimenting with slow-shutter-speed action shots

[WizArt]

Because of the boring weather, I started some experimenting with panning shots...
Cheers Koni

• NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D6
• Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8E FL ED VR
• ƒ/8
• 95mm
• 1/80s
• ISO 100

• NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D6
• Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8E FL ED VR
• ƒ/8
• 98mm
• 1/80s
• ISO 100

• NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D6
• Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8E FL ED VR
• ƒ/8
• 98mm
• 1/80s
• ISO 100

• NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D6
• Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8E FL ED VR
• ƒ/13
• 86mm
• 1/80s
• ISO 140

 

[dirk]

Please look at the FAQ for image uploading to get the images bigger. I changed it now in the obove posting for you.

 

[surfoxy]

Really good combo of blur in the water and background and freezing the rider.

 

[ootanaboot]

Because of the boring weather, I started some experimenting with panning shots

You got a good result. Great colour and action shots!

 

[WizArt]

Please look at the FAQ for image uploading to get the images bigger. I changed it now in the obove posting for you.

Thanks Dirk! I'll have a look into the FAQs...

 

[WizArt]

Really good combo of blur in the water and background and freezing the rider.

Thank you surfoxy. I tried different shutter speeds, >1/100s didn't yield enough of an effect (blurring/speed effect) while <1/60s would have provided a real nice streaking effect, but I wasn't able to have the riders sharp enough for my taste anymore... So I went for 1/80s what gave me a somewhat tolerable keeper rate of about 1 to 3 shots out of a set of 20 - what equals to one passing by of one rider at my spot. Usually my using range for scenarios like this is in between 1/60s and 1/100s, depending on distance and focal length.
I really would like to encourage everybody to try things like that! It's just plain fun - and I like the effect!

 

[WizArt]

You got a good result. Great colour and action shots!

Thank you for the kind words!