DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register) 
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
There She Is
There She Is
EstimatedEyes


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Motion Panning II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Pentax K100D
Lens: Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
Location: Carousel at Pier 39, San Francisco
Date: Jan 14, 2007
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/10
Galleries: Family, Action
Date Uploaded: Jan 15, 2007

 I love the slight blur in the dad's hand, as he's pointing out the child's mother. I was going to use my daughter as the subject, but she took an inside horse, and these people just happened to grab the horse on the outside ring, so I ended up shooting them instead.

I had pretty much given up on this competition when I stumbled upon this subject. I had an idea of shooting the cable cars in SF with a blurred background, but the subject was too big and I was either too close or too far, and there were too many tourists in the way with their point and shoots. I had my kids with me, so we wandered down to Pier 39, and then my youngest wanted to ride the carousel and, voila, inspiration.

Handheld with my 18-55mm lens set wide (18mm), ND2 filter on the lens. I was using time priority mode shifting between about 1/10 and 1/30 of a second. This one was at 1/10, and really shows the benefits of Pentax's built in anti shake!


Cropped right side, sharpened, resized, all in Irfanview.
----------
Post-challenge edit: WOO HOO! 5th challenge entry and my first top 10, first over 6.0, and 2nd spot on the K100D list! Thanks for all the looks and kind comments. I really lucked into this image after almost giving up on this challenge. Thanks!

(Yes, it was a true panned image. I was standing outside the carousel and shooting as it went by ... The subjects were on the outside horse, and the center of the carousel is what's blurred in the background)

Statistics
Place: 9 out of 131
Avg (all users): 6.5524
Avg (commenters): 7.1579
Avg (participants): 5.7414
Avg (non-participants): 6.7119
Views since voting: 2948
Views during voting: 574
Votes: 353
Comments: 29
Favorites: 1 (view)

Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
 03/20/2008 01:31:48 PM
What a fun shot. You have capture the motion in a very uniqe way for this shot. Brilliant photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/06/2007 04:04:55 PM

Quite the same, yet quite different.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/26/2007 02:39:41 PM
Congratulations, great feeling of motion and very nice composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/24/2007 11:51:03 AM
Congratulations on your finish. I liked this 1
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/24/2007 11:02:26 AM
Congrats on you top 10 really like this image. Did not get to finish my voting so I did not see it before.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/24/2007 09:14:30 AM
Great shot...This was my favorite. Congrats on the top 10.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/24/2007 05:48:44 AM
Congratulations on a top 10 finish. Well deserved too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/23/2007 08:47:17 PM
Love the motion and colors in this. Nice composition too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/23/2007 03:55:48 PM
excellent motion panning...just wish dad's legs weren't amputated...other than that...great shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/23/2007 03:55:33 PM
This picture is magical!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/22/2007 11:16:40 PM
This pan image is very hard to get.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/22/2007 04:46:04 PM
This is a great motion panning shot. There was another of a horse on a merry go round but it was shot on the moving merry go round, thus not motion panning. This however is such a warm and welcoming shot panning as the boy and his dad pass, so good I think so far this is my favorite.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/21/2007 11:01:48 PM
excellent!! you absolutely nailed it, all the way around. very good work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/21/2007 09:07:06 AM
Nice!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/20/2007 06:56:53 PM
I like this photo. Well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/20/2007 05:19:52 PM
very nice!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/19/2007 02:35:58 PM
Exciting memorable intimate moment. Colours and centering all enhance your photo. 10.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/18/2007 05:50:58 PM
Fun shot! ... 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/18/2007 02:49:12 PM
Was this taken standing on the carousel rather than panning? It just looks different for some reason.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/18/2007 10:43:46 AM
good panning.
but i think it would have been better without the man in there.
just my personal preference.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/18/2007 08:44:19 AM
Great timing and a very nice capture. Had they been looking right at you would have made this an amazing pic but still very nice as it is. 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/18/2007 07:01:44 AM
Nice composition and
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/17/2007 10:14:12 PM
I think the carosal is moving but the camera isn't - so I see the motion, but not the panning.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/17/2007 04:50:00 PM
Very Good!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/17/2007 04:48:14 PM
Good job! I'll comment more later...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/17/2007 03:40:45 PM
Good pan, and clarity...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/17/2007 12:47:07 PM
Like the perspective of this image. Decent clarity on your main subjects. Lighting, color and action are well captured.

This image has the appearance that it was taking from the moving platform and not from panning per se and perhaps some voters will think it is not 'true' motion panning.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/17/2007 04:23:56 AM
Focus on horse and boy is great, daddy a little extra but still fine..nice colors.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/17/2007 01:14:09 AM
Works well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 04/01/2025 05:48:25 PM EDT.