Panning...

My first attempt to capture some Panning shots

When photographing fast moving objects like cars, normally we need a very high shutter speed. Otherwise the the object looks blurred. With fast shutter speeds we can freeze the motion of moving object and thus photo appears sharp. But with fast shutter speed, the background is also frozen and so we don't get the feel of actual speed of the moving object. To get this effect in to the photo, a technique is used called Panning. Panning is a technique in which you use a lower shutter speed and follow the moving object while photographed. This will give a sharp image of the moving object, but a blurred background, giving a feel of actual motion in the picture.

The shutter speed used in below photos are around 1/60.

Try to see the full album in big size, as the effect is not fully evident in small size photos in blog. (Click here for full album)

-- AG

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

machaa!...after the photography classes!

Kommune official photographer of moving cars aayi appointumo?

Anonymous said...

cool pics! Carlos

Anonymous said...

nice photos da ...

u wudnt believe if i tell u that i was reading abt panning when i got ur mail :) but havent put it to practice yet ... kudos to u

Prasanth AG said...

@~D, nah.. photography course here was cancelled. And I dont think they will even touch "Panning".

@Carlos, thanks :)

@Sandeep, I dont have much knowledge about Panning, but was very interesting once I read and saw some pics. So tried once (actually without much preparation), and output seems ok :)

Unknown said...

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Unknown said...

ddaaa!!! ethada CAMERA....?

hmmmm.... photographerude kazhivaayirikkum lleee.... ha ha haaaaa....