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nicknack

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Maybe you can help me out on this, can you describe how you would take a pic like this, or what settings to change on a normal camera, eg shutter speed or stuff like that? Just think its a great effect to have in the background, or do you even need to change anything at all?
Or even is it the speed of the car itself determine how much blur there is in the background?

Cheers

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If he tells yea he is gonna have to kill yea :lol:
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I'd say its a trade secret mate :p
 
me thinks:
less then 1/250sec @ f9 or bigger.
Taken from the car drivin beside. Both cars are in motion hence the effect in background.
or you can simply take picture in auto mode. Then in photoshop separate car from the background and apply motion blur to alloys and background :)

hope this will help :thumbsup:
 
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me thinks:
less then 1/250sec @ f9 or bigger.
Taken from the car drivin beside. Both cars are in motion hence the effect in background.
or you can simply take picture in auto mode. Then in photoshop separate car from the background and apply motion blur to alloys and background :)

hope this will help :thumbsup:
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Id love to be able to do this but it sounds a bit double dutch to me!!
 
Id love to be able to do this but it sounds a bit double dutch to me!!

I know the feeling man :computer: :computer: :computer:
 
Hey Nicknack

Sorry i just saw this post,

Magic is spot on, take the pic as a still and add the movment afterwards
that's how we do it today .

but be fore the advantages of digital imaging ,

There was a couple of methods to create this shot.

1) slow shutter speed, use flash , when you take the pic , the flash
will frezze the car in the frame but not the background.............you would need a
good flash

2) two movng vehicles, same speed take shot ,use a high shutter speed,
the background will be moving quicker than the car your photographing
hence the motion

3) panning: I loved this when i was tranning alot of fun , basically it's all
about practice . As the car approaches you just simply track it carefully,
1 smooth movment and don't stop moving even after you have taken the shot
just like playing golf i suppose you must follow through.
Start with a slow shutter speed ie. 1/30 sec (could be higher ,
could be lower) and simply work up and down with the shutter speed until your happy
with result. I used to practice on anything that moved :D
Still it would be hard to get a result like the pic you showed normally there would be
some slight movement or blur in the subject which can be decreased by upping the shutter speed
but too much and you will loose the effect.
Focuisng is important if your camera wont focus quick enough pick a spot on the road where
you think the car will pass when you take your shot and then you wont have to worry about it.
This what i do when photographing at rally's etc.....

Hope this helps :D

Niall.
 
Sound, thats a good bit a info there alright. i'll give some of them a go and will post up some results maybe sometime! thanks for your help niall
 
Just thought I'd throw up a pic like what you're looking for that a mate of mine took a couple of months ago when we were out getting pics together for the ISDC calendar.
 
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