I was sitting still, Reid was sitting still, everything else was moving very
fast. :-)
Tracy
---- Edwin Harris <mail@edwinharris.net> wrote:
> In this particular photo it is obvious that the photograph was taken
> from a vehicle moving at the same speed as the subject vehicle, making
> it rather easy to keep the shutter speed and f-stop within fairly normal
> settings. The camera moving with the vehicle blurs everything but the
> A-H, because it is, so far as the camera is concerned, "sitting still."
>
> Edwin Harris
>
> Alex wrote:
>
> > John, what you need do to get a photo like that is move your camera
> > along with the car that's the subject.
> >
> > Depending on your csamera and lighting conditions you'll have to
> > select an f-stop and shutter speed that works, which may take some
> > experimentation. In any case, you pan your camera, blurring the
> > background, but capturing the subject. It's easier to do than it
> > sounds, and can result in dramatic images. I find that getting the car
> > in the viewfinder early, while it's moving towards you, and then
> > moving the camera while keeping the car in the viewfinder as it passes
> > is the best way. Good luck, and have fun!
> >
> > == Alex in Maine
> > 1960 BT7 3000 Mark 1 - "The Blue Mainie"
> > Former owner of 1957 100-6, and 1967 3000 Mark III BJ8
> > http://users.adelphia.net/~alexmm/ai2q.htm
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: John Soderling
> > To: Reid Trummel
> > Cc: Healey List ; Tracy Drummond
> > Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 11:15 PM
> > Subject: Healey Marque Cover
> >
> >
> > Reid,
> > Just got the July issue of Healey Marque.
> > Great cover photo of Tracy at speed. I'd like to have you show me how
> > sometime to get shots like this that blur the road and background to
> > get that
> > "speed" look. Or how about an article in Healey Marque on how to
> > take racing
> > and moving car pics?
> > Great Job!!
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