This blog was originally started Nov 11th, 2009 for a project called 365 in-Camera. After year 1, the blog was changed to a daily photo site continuing until Dec 2011 (778 shots). After a year off, a daily photo begins again Jan 1, 2013. All photographs on this web site are protected by Creative Common licensing and cannot be used for commercial purposes without permission.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Indycar speed
Capturing the speed of a race car is a tricky balance of timing and shutter speed. If the shutter speed is too fast, then you'll stop the action too much and lose the sense of speed. Since this was a very bright day, I had to bring the ISO down to 100 and decrease the aperture considerably to get the 1/160sec shutter speed. I wanted to get the best impression of speed, so this was taken on one of the fastest parts of the circuit (the car was traveling about 140mph). I was quite close to the front of the grandstand which meant I was panning very fast so it took quite a few tries to capture the full car and well framed in the shot.
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