5 Panning with different shutter speeds

Exercise To pan and capture a moving subject showing the movement or speed by the blurring of

 the back ground. Using different shutter speeds.

Looking for suitable subjects that would appear to be

interesting was something els. 10-12 photographs.

In the past opportunity was there. Now faced with the task, I became restricted to boats and cars. Bikes and , the obvious.

Biker 1/15th F16

This picture was the start of this exercise , The back ground a little distracting. The image going out of frame right to left. 1/15th F16

1/30 sec on F4 iso 1000 400mm lens

Producing the shown photographs has given me more scope that a photograph can express.

I have been shooting photographs for a long time. I now know why my pictures seem average . They lack life. Just going out and pointing my camera and capturing the moment is not enough. It need to be creative. And thats what I lack. I see things for what they are. Now I am on a fresh path to discover. 

This would have normally been rejected, But I see now the artistic view of nature in flight.

1/20th sec on F9

1/ 20th sec F9

After taking my first set of photographs. I looked over them and decided to try and stick to 30 sec or lower giving much more feeling. I like the next 4 photographs, The 4th is my favourite

A really abstract confused Egret not sure of the sound of my shutter. You can see the confusion of the path of my lens.

1.10th sec on F4

1/30 sec on F9

More to a standard easy flow of the lens as the Great Billed Heron passed my way of view. I had to work fast as in all photos to keep the bird in sight and focus . Keeping in focus and in pace with nature is one of the most hardest skills of all.

1/10 sec on F64

Here the Chinese Egret changed corse just as I got it in frame. Giving a confused image.

I love the movement colour and texture in this picture. DRAMATIC. Although the Heron was flying left to right . I reversed the picture to bringing the composition more pleasing to the mind.

Panning take a bit of skill pressing the shutter and still keep the pan moving as you would shooting a gun or an arrow.

1/5th sec on F4

1/5th F64

1/5th f 64

The next two photographs I took last year at the F2 power boat race . The panning was good practice. the image portrays speed of the boat and sharply depicts that it is a speed boat at speed. The above I feel makes the mind wonder a bit more about the subject, with imagination and  feel of the subject.. More to art form.

1/30 sec F 64

1/50 sec F64

The same make photographing wild life that little bit more interesting. This is an area when i next have the chance. To use slower shutter to gain even more creativity.

1/60th sec at F5.6

1/125 sec F5

shutter speed extra

Fright or flight!

Taken on a 90-300 lens 1/160th sec F7.1 iso 1000 30D

After taking the water fall. I was not impressed by the action of the water. So still seeking something more interesting. Although un able to get a repetitive image . I managed to capture and create the following. I find that this kind of photography in more impressive and tell more to what is going on. More enfaces on time frozen. Not just a picture.

The birds were photographer in my friend garden.  I was hidden in camouflage to get as close as I could.
 

1/250th F5.6

1/60th F7.1

This photo typically shows the action of the lady hacking away at the ice block. To use the ice for cooling drinks.

Taken 1/6th sec F11 35 mm

Packing chicken for the evening night market . Chicken is the most main part next to rice of the malaysian diet. Capturing moments like this I had to think fast due to the fast setting sun.

1/30th F5 70mm

In Manilla :Waiting out side a bank in the rain. I plaid with low shutter speeds to capture this effect of passers by.

1/8th sec F4.3 hand held iso 200 focal length 22mm

1/8th sec F4.3 hand held iso 200 focal length 22mm

Sunday morning market in Kotakinabalu a local man plays happily on a traditional malaysian gong. 

1/30th sec F16

here the same morning Local coffee is ground, showing a slight blurring gives a feeling of action. 

1/15th f16

In Shang Hai Market This man plays with this spindle to capture customers. you can clearly see the spindle rotating. 

1/60 sec 5.6 canon 350d

In Australia a faster shutter capturers the water as the surfer twists to gain balance

1/200 f8 300 mm lens

Speed or movement can be captured with slower or faster shutters to show the action or bring life to the picture.

1/500th 7.1 ISO 400

4 Photographing movement Shutter speed

Photographic movement and shutter speed.





picture 1:

Finding plain back drops in Kota Kinabalu is almost impossible. If they have a blanks space, its either built in-front of used for advertising. Even the seas are now full of boats and rubbish.

I will start with the most simple exercise .

Water fall.

As the light here is so bright and at dusk drops to darkness with in 20 min I shot in early morning with a ND filter using the 70-200 2.8 l lens .

set up on a try pod un able to get close to the rich mans golf course waterfall. Long lens came in handy. Even with an ND filter I was shooting and adjusting the ISO .

picture 2:

1/60

1/40

1/30

1/10

1/8th

The slower the shutter speed , The more smooth  or effect of showing the the water is flowing. 

3 Focus at different apertures

Key Board

This exercise . I first went out with the wrong approach to whats required. I am at the market. Thinking theres allot here that can be covered. So I took many pictures at different apertures, come to do the blog, I re read the Exercise and found all that was required was :

Try pod was used . Picture is of my key board . Taken at a low angle. Focussing mid way. canon D30 28-135 f4 lens , ISO 800 focal length 35mm

F3.5 1/30 sec

F10. 1/4 sec

F22 1.3sec

The above, last photograph with full depth of field stopped at f 22 is the one I find interesting.

This set. I focused to the back of the image . Throwing out everything in-front. in all three shots.using a canon 30 d with 28-135 f4 leans ISO 800 focal length set 35mm

1/15th on F5

0.40000th sec f10

2 sec F22

Not all exposures are matched as you stop down . Depending on high lights and contrast .

Some times I itch to use a hand help light metre . But the strange unfamiliar F stops and acute shutter speeds are just so accurate. I still feel it takes the enjoyment out of photography that was.

2 Focus with a set aperture

Set of apertures :

Focs 1 : Canon D 30 70-200 2.8L IS USM to get the shallow depth and maximum impact of focus. Here the lens was set to 2.8 320ISO

Fence

This photo was taken with the lens focused at 6 mts

Here the eye looks up and down the picture.

Fence focused at 4.5 mts

In this photo the eye leads directly to the middle and the back.

Fence focused at 2.5 mts

In this one . The eye is pulled to the front of the frame.

You can clearly see the sharpness of the focus point. I am unsure what I like the most is the first or last photo . 

Fucus 10.5 mts

As you can see I angled the lens to gain maximum depth and to fill the frame.

Focal Length 6mts mid way

Lens focal length 2mts

Focus 10 mts focus mid 10 mts

Focus also 10mts mid way

Focus 3 mts. this one I like the most !

Focal Length 135 iso 320 F5.6 1/15th

focal length 135 iso 640 F5.6 1/30th

Focal length 135 iso 640 F5.6 1/25

My conclusion is that focus depends on the subject as in the masks the middle one I favored. The most dominant part of the scene needs to be in focus. Depending on how the eye wants to lead.


i like those photos where the back ground and foregrounds are out of focus making the main subject stand out . 

1 Focal Length and angle of view

late after noon , throwing shadows from the evening sun. I took my old guitar and produced this for my Exercise for Focal Length.

Taken on D30 M ISO 800 Lens 28-135 macro . canon .

First picture at the same as my eye focal length with both eyes open . Focal length 50.6mm F5 shutter 1/80

I notice how the view looks like a binocular view.

The next image is with the lens set to fully wide :

And the next with the lens at 135mm full zoom

Finally viewing the image taken at 50.6 mm lens as an 8x 10 image. The size at distance almost matches quite well with the real image.

I keep finding my self going back to the first photo and how much I like it. As its taken the same focal length as my eye. The image  looks more realistic.