Well I guess everything has been said already ;-) I will print the words of ted for my own use ! nothing more to say except : good recovery & rest ! greetings, Axel ----- Original Message ----- From: <tedgrant@xxxxxxx> To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 8:48 PM Subject: [LRflex] Re: On the Ice ... For Ted. > David Young offered: >>>>> For George, Axel and everyone who kindly commented, here is an attempt >>>>> to >> emulate Dr. Ted's patented "Swishy Pan" shot. >> >> http://www.furnfeather.net/Temps/Stake_04.html >> >> It didn't work out quite as sharp as I'd have liked, but I still like >> it....<<<<<<<<<<< > Hi David, > Given I'm not supposed to be on this machine due to R&R (recovery & rest) > I try to sneak in quick looks when SWMBO is out or busy . However catching > me????????????? Death awaits me! Well not quite, but a verbal scolding the > likes the Devil himself coudn't make up. :-) > > OK quickly: > > 1/ You must be on the straight stretch of the track never mind any > corners. period! This allows a perfect left to right "Swishy Pan" of the > moving bike! Go to manual focus and be focused on the track line he's > running on before he gets to absolutely right angles to you. > > 2/ whatever it takes to get down to say 1/30th or 1/15th set and locked! > When he starts down the straightaway pick him up in the viewfnder... "DO > NOT TOUCH FOCUS EVEN IF HE'S BLURRED OUT!" WHY? Well if you've prefocused > on the track he'll be flying past you he'll be infocus at that time! It > doesn't matter what he looks like at the far end of the track as he enters > the straight. He will ride into focus as he approaches your on track focus > point right in front of you. > > 3/ Now you're following him through the viewfinder and swish-panning with > him as fast as he is moving and follow through just like swinging a > baseball bat or golf club. If you have motor drive start firing a frame > or two before he gets directly at right angle to you and flollow through a > frame or two after he's passes. > > 4/ Or if you wish to live dangerously fire one frame as you and camera are > swishing with him at exactly the same speed. "Don't think about it as it's > far more important for you to physically be moving at the same speed he > is. One frame or motor drive. And follow through. > > 5/ BUT YOU MUST FOLLOW WITH HIM UNTIL HE HAS PASSED YOU! > DO NOT THINK OF THIS AS A "ONE SHOT WONDER MOMENT." As in "click and stop > your body motion as you "click!" You must shoot and continue the body > motion as fast as the rider is going. > > As soon as the next rider or two neck and neck come down the track shoot > them in similar fashion. This kind of shooting exercise with digital is > wonderful because you can look at it immediately right after the shot. > Shoot lots of them in this fashion and you will create some very > interesting effects with the bike sharp and the background a complete > swishy-pan of colour! > > It's most important that you swish your body at exactly the same speed he > is moving! Good luck. > > If you find the blurr is too much IE: the bike is blurring try a slightly > higher shutter speed. Each sport dictates what the shutter speeds are > depending on whether it's a runner or a 250 klm Ferrari blowing by you. > > Gotta go, I think I heard the car door! :-) > cheers, > Dr. ted > > > > > > > > > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/