PAUL RICHARDSON, NEWARK ON TRENT SAYS… I’d set myself the goal of getting my shutter speed as low as possible while keeping a low failure rate. I picked a spot at Redgate Corner at Donnington Park as this is a relatively high speed corner after the pit straight. The challenge is that there’s a barrier 2m away from the 3m safety fence. I shot at 200mm and started at 1/160 sec to gauge my panning speed to match the cars. Once I had a got into a rhythm, I reduced the shutter speed in steps to 1/60 sec with a low attrition rate of 6-7 shots out of 10. Editing was with Lightroom with minimal light correction and with no added motion blur.
BRIAN SAYS… It looks like you have tackled panning with a great result. The key is the car and all the sponsor stickers are really sharp. The track’s
background and the car’s wheels are appropriately blurred. Panning has also helped reduce the visibility of the safety fence. To draw more attention to the car, I would crop to remove the white and red barrier at the top of the frame,
and the empty space in the bottom half of the frame; you could use a ‘letterbox’ crop or keep the current aspect ratio. The car appears to be going uphill, it would make the shot more dynamic if it was level or travelling downhill.
Lens Canon RF 70-200mm F4L IS USM