First try at Panning.

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donaldjledet

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85mm iso 100 1/60 f16 s mode
 
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BackdoorArts

BackdoorArts

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All very good, but not quite great, first attempts - not that you shouldn't be proud of them. Nailing a sharp subject and framing it nicely while the rest of the world rushes by is a difficult task to be sure. Keep at it. I'd offer more but the EXIF data is unavailable since right-click is disabled on your posts. If you can give us an idea of shutter speed and focus modes we might be able to offer more.
 
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mikew_RIP

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BackdoorHippie said:
All very good, but not quite great, first attempts - not that you shouldn't be proud of them. Nailing a sharp subject and framing it nicely while the rest of the world rushes by is a difficult task to be sure. Keep at it. I'd offer more but the EXIF data is unavailable since right-click is disabled on your posts. If you can give us an idea of shutter speed and focus modes we might be able to offer more.
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If you right click,close the box right click again tick the box and then close it the next right click allows you to get the exif.with fire fox any way.
 
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donaldjledet

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Going back to track today before I'm off to work and rolling downs the roads.
So to g,et better focus and compose , I just
Thanksneed to keep trying different settings.
 
BackdoorArts

BackdoorArts

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mikew said:
If you right click,close the box right click again tick the box and then close it the next right click allows you to get the exif.with fire fox any way.
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Well, that's annoying - both in that you have to do it, and that Firefox will disable the protection afforded (sort of) by the software. Thanks.

The good news is that the image was not resized on upload so you can see the EXIF data (if the s/w resizes it also, unfortunately, strips the exif data. If you want to make it easy on everyone then turn off the copyright protection option in your profile - as Mike pointed out, it doesn't really work anyway. :)

Unfortunately, FXIF on my Mac doesn't give me focus mode, but I can see that for the most part any lack of sharpness here isn't due to focus as much as it is movement. That's just going to come with practice. All these appear to be at 1/60s with a focal length greater than that on your zoom. Obviously you can get the motion you want with that, so it's just a matter of practicing moving with your subject and maintaining a steady hand in everything but the horizontal plane.

Practice on cars moving down the street and anything else that moves at a fairly steady pace. Practice following without depressing the shutter and try and keep the subject framed in the viewfinder. Then start squeezing off a few frames here and there. It is tempting to just hold the shutter button down and try and follow, but that will often lead to other movement until you're used to it. Better 2 or 3 shots that are usable than a 3 second spray of "almost" shots. Also try a slightly faster speed on longer lenses - shoot 1 notch below your focal length (85mm shoot 1/60, 135mm shoot 1/125). Provided the subject is moving fast enough you're still going to get motion - I shoot birds in flight at 1/1000s and still get movement!! The more you practice the more you can back off the shutter speed.
 
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nickt

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Along with everything Jake said, I would try af-c with menu a3 turned off. Either single point or cut down the 51 to 9 points. If you try single point, be sure it is on the subject. You could have success in af-s mode, but you would need to be careful not to hold the shutter pressed. AF-S will focus once so if you hold the shutter down it will not refocus if the distance changes.
 
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