shutter chicken

[SmartWombat]

That's what it feels like, panning with a 600mm lens following an accelerating sports prototype up hill towards me. How late dare I release the shutter?

As the car gets closer the panning speed increases, as the angle changes more rapidly the closer the car comes to me. I know at some point I'm not going to be able to follow the car as it will go by too fast.

It's a matter of nerve, relaxing and panning smoothly while the car speeds closer ...

[sidecarwife]

Maybe not the same as being IN the car, but a rush nonetheless..to know you got the shot!
Love it.

[Old Timer]

You never fail to impress me with your motor sports images. Nice work Paul.

[armando_m]

Great title !!! LOL

and nice images !!

[qwenwen]

nice image...

[Inmotion-Photos]

I personally find the pictures a little dark in color. Also, I wonder if all pictures are sharp. For the rest a nice series.

[SmartWombat]

Yes, I think that the AF has missed on a few of them.
I have found it typical of the OM-D to fail on the first shot of a burst when the car is coming towards the camera.

I'm not sure if you're seeing the images the same as I see them on my Macbook Pro.
I haven't calibrated the monitor yet and these shots are straight raw-to-jpg conversions in lightroom 4.
What white point is your monitor calibrated to?

And out of interest, what is your workflow?
Do you shoot RAW?
Do you shoot RAW+JPG?
Do you wirelessly send the JPG for instant distribution?
What software do you use in your flow from camera to final product?

I have friends who are fitting all their Canons with WiFi adapters linking to their laptop back in the media centre to give themselves a head start on image processing.
I suspect it's overkill, but the push to be first to market with the images is driving them towards iPad as a transmission tool as well as handheld portfolio.