Movement

Set up the camera in my drive to take images of passing cars. Initially camera on a tripod but then hand held for pan shots. Having viewed the images I am not sure that my choice of venue was the wisest one. Most cars at travelling at 30 m.p.h. as they pass the drive so that even a shot taken with a shutter speed of 1/500sec there is still some blurring. At 1 sec the car almost fails to register on the screen.

The pan shots - hand held - suffer to a certain extent from camera shake. Further the nearness of the camera to the object and the restricted view (roughly 40 feet end to end) limited the time to centre the object, keep it there and take the shot.

Lessons learned - Think carefully about what you are planning to achieve and if the object is moving 'fast' relative to your position think about the range of shutter speeds that are appropriate.  For me personally plan on using the tripod, practice panning and think about how long it will take the object to pass through.

This first set of photographs are the tripod shots at various shutter speeds. All the cars were moving at roughly the same speed.

1/15sec

1/60sec

1/250 sec

1/500sec

The next set are the hand-held pan shots

1/50sec

1/40sec

There is a need to practice the techniques used particularly panning shots.