| Author | Message | ||
| Andreas Forrer (Tifosi12)
Intermediate Member Username: Tifosi12 Post Number: 1471 Registered: 10-2002 |
Here a few F1 examples from 97 Brazilian GP:  Villeneuve passing Schumacher. I got the speed all wrong. All is blurred. Not good.  Eddie. I got it right, but you see another effect: The car is actually moving too fast for the shutter speed. So despite my correct speed, I only get the center (Marlboro) part sharp and the front and rear not. Such is life.  Finally all is perfect: The car is in motion, all is sharp and the discs glowing. 1 out of 10 or so... | ||
| Andreas Forrer (Tifosi12)
Intermediate Member Username: Tifosi12 Post Number: 1470 Registered: 10-2002 |
Good point Noel: Yes, when you just go with 'sport' setting and a 400 ASA film you basically freeze the car and it looks like parked. E.g. the 333 in the turn. To get the motion blurr, you need to set the shutter time a lot lower, say about 1/60. That will of course give you a lot of depth, which is ok as these cars aren't on rails and may vary their line. Then comes the real trick: You have to follow the car with the camera and match its relative speed. WHILE you're doing this, you depress the shutter and KEEP following the car in its path. The trick is to exactly match the car's speed. A tad too fast or too slow will blurr the car as well. In the pictures below I didn't get it always right either. It takes a lot of practice and film. It is even harder with faster moving F1 cars and longer lenses. The most difficult of all is a F1 car with changing speed like eg. braking for a chicane. There you have to slow down in your movement as well. Very tricky. But if you get it right, you not only get a great motion blurr, but also (in overcast skies) glowing discs. Obviously none of this really works well with a digital camera (unless it is the professional 'SLR' from Nikon or similar) as they are simply not fast enough. That's why I use my analog Nikon SLR for these shots and digitize the slides afterwards. | ||
| noel smith (Noel)
Member Username: Noel Post Number: 372 Registered: 2-2003 |
Andreas, great pics...thanks. Frage, how do you(what setting on your camera), gets the motion of the cars in your pics, apposed to just a fast shutter speed that makes the car look parked? | ||
| Philip Airey (Pma1010)
Member Username: Pma1010 Post Number: 309 Registered: 7-2002 |
Andreas Fun pics. Thanks for sharing. Sorry I missed it. Philip | ||
| Andreas Forrer (Tifosi12)
Intermediate Member Username: Tifosi12 Post Number: 1464 Registered: 10-2002 |
Finally I'd like to post some pictures from the 'Ferrari and Maserati GP' organized by Continental at Blackhawk racetrack in June:                    BTW: The one shot of yours truly was taken by Bob Campen. Thanks bud! If you take pictures you never have some of yourself. |