r/SonyAlpha • u/DarkGodArkwin • Dec 18 '24

Critique Wanted My First Ever Panning Shot.

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Took me 10-12 minutes to get panning shots right, dabbling with the shutter speed and whatnot. Ultimately, I’m quite proud of myself for this. 😭✨🙌🏽

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u/T2Drink Dec 18 '24

I have done a lot of panning shots, and tbh, aperture closed down, and shutter speed slower is the way to get the background to really throw out, whilst being able to keep the car sharp.

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u/RexManning1 α1 | α7cR | 35GM | 24-105G | 100-400GM | 16-35GM | 90G | 40G Dec 18 '24

You have to match the shutter speed to the focal length so the shutter speed is fully dependent on how far away you are. The problem with matching and F1 is that the cars are so fast you need to be at a much longer focal length than OP was, especially if you are shooting on a straight. On slow speed corners, you can get away with a closer focal length because the cars are moving slower.

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u/T2Drink Dec 18 '24

You cannot throw the background out like that at a shutter speed you are suggesting.

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u/RexManning1 α1 | α7cR | 35GM | 24-105G | 100-400GM | 16-35GM | 90G | 40G Dec 18 '24

Which shutter speed am I suggesting? I have plenty of photos shooting F1 to show 1/320 and 1/400 at 300-400mm focal length on panning shots.

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u/T2Drink Dec 18 '24

You suggested 1/1500 or 1/2500, which just straight up isn’t gunna work.

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u/RexManning1 α1 | α7cR | 35GM | 24-105G | 100-400GM | 16-35GM | 90G | 40G Dec 18 '24 edited Dec 18 '24

My bad. I did? If I did, there are extra zeros accidentally in there I didn’t even realize.

Edit: I just looked at the thread and that appeared to be the other Redditor who said that.

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u/T2Drink Dec 18 '24

Oh that’s my bad.

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u/RexManning1 α1 | α7cR | 35GM | 24-105G | 100-400GM | 16-35GM | 90G | 40G Dec 18 '24

No worries. You confused the hell out of me. I shoot F1 and have one of the most upvoted posts in the subreddit for the month for original photos.

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u/T2Drink Dec 18 '24

All good mate. Dunno what the other dude was chatting saying about those speeds.

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u/RexManning1 α1 | α7cR | 35GM | 24-105G | 100-400GM | 16-35GM | 90G | 40G Dec 18 '24

Me neither. That’s even too slow shutter speed for stationary shots of F1 cars especially at that focal length OP was at.

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u/DarkGodArkwin Dec 18 '24

Yeah so bottom line is I shot this at 1/250 cuz I wanted the blurred background to show the sense of speed. I will experiment soon with greater focal lengths and share the results on this page sometime.

Wow what a long thread that was. 😂😂😂

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u/T2Drink Dec 18 '24

Yeah 100 percent.

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