Pannnnning

[Yisehaq]

One thing that facinates me about sport photography is panning. Also on water falls.

Here I have uploaded one panning shot which is soft as are many of my photos :o.

My question is about the 1/mm of lens thing. what happens if you want to panning?

BTW, details are shutterspeed 1/60 Aperture 22, ISO 100 Lens 18-55, shot at 55mm on my 350D.

I have cropped the image.

Thanks all

[Marko]

One thing that facinates me about sport photography is panning. Also on water falls.

Here I have uploaded one panning shot which is soft as are many of my photos :o.

My question is about the 1/mm of lens thing. what happens if you want to panning?

BTW, details are shutterspeed 1/60 Aperture 22, ISO 100 Lens 18-55, shot at 55mm on my 350D.

I have cropped the image.

Thanks all

Panning shots are hard to do well...

personally I would still use the same rule; 1/mm even when panning. Anyone else?

Thx
Marko

[Yisehaq]

Okay I will experiment on that. I even tried to use monopod and it didn't imporve on the sharpness.
I have two questions.
1. is there any tool that can sharpen images like this in CS2?
2. Is there a post processing polarizing filter or do I have to buy the real one?

thanks Marko.

[Marko]

Okay I will experiment on that. I even tried to use monopod and it didn't imporve on the sharpness.
I have two questions.
1. is there any tool that can sharpen images like this in CS2?
2. Is there a post processing polarizing filter or do I have to buy the real one?

thanks Marko.

No prob.

1 - You can achieve a similar effect just by using a blur filter in CS2. So you could shoot the car perfectly sharp and the add the blur to emulate a panning effect. OR, yes, you could use a sharpening filter to get more sharpness in just the car.

That said - panning takes lots of practice and when you pan at the same speed as the moving object you'll have better results and need less sharpening.

2 - There are digital polarizing filters - but IMO you want to by a real one.
It's one of the handiest filters around and a circular polarizer in particular allows you to rotate the filter while it's on your lens which varies the amount of 'darkening' until you find the effect you want.

Hope that helps,

Marko

[Yisehaq]

Thanks, I have tried panning so many times. What I learned is that it's so random. there is no single formula for it besides luck plays part also.

I am new to CS2. Never tried to tamper with the pictures. just throw them or keep them.

I will try to find the polarizing filter. It's not easy finding photo equipment around here.
Thanks again