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Originally Posted by telboy
If you look at this pic of yours, your focal point is on the apex of the corner, so try and pick your focal point using manual focus, and getting the shot as the car passes that point, rather than relying on any auto focus to pick it up.  |
Cheers for the tips and feedback, Terry!
Yeah, I try to set the focus to the location where I expect the car to be, but it doesn't always work according to plan... I've only got a compact camera after all. Nevertheless, it worked out pretty well for that shot of Matt Benfield's car above at least.
I really like shots where only the subject car is in focus and everything else (esp other cars) are blurred. This is the basic idea I'm striving for...
but even so, it's so tough to get the focus and the pan and the timing and the apeture and the speed and the iso all right... a challenge!
still workin' on it...
as you say, luckily you usually get 12 or so chances per race!
Thanks for the tips though
Cheers,
Ty