British Touring Cars (Donnington Park April 2011 )

Not my usual subjects as these have wheels and not legs,

Having read Scot Kelby's how to take photos like the pro's and how to pan your shots and at what settings, i thought i'd give it a go with some very pleasing shots that show movement with blurred wheels and blurred background and foreground but still capturing the cars sponsor decals sharp and clear.In his book The Digital Photograhy Book (volume 3)Chapter 7 he advises to use a shutter speed between 1/250 sec and up to 1/360 sec,so i set up with the settings as above with apertures between f/10 up to f 13 with focal lenths all over the place as i changed positions but mainly 180/250mil with ISO at 2/400 .

The 2nd and 3rd shots were both taken f/10 at 1/400 sec (i have broke his rules already) and i am pleased with the shots but i have not given them any room to drive into and on the 2nd shot i have caught the sun reflecting back just below the wing mirror

These two (AON and PIRTEK)were taken with the same settings of f/13 at 1/320sec at 400m with an ISO of 200 but the Pirtek car photo i slightly angled the camera to give the effect of the car going slightly downhill.

This was taken at maximum focal distance of 400m and here i wanted to get the front wheel blurred and the back wheel of the ground un blurred which i have succeeded in doing but the car  was pushing my focal length to its limits 

The ebay car has slight wheel blur but not really enough its a shame as the picture has plenty of colour and is driving into space.

These are just a selection of sharp clear photos from Donnington and its not my sport but a good experience and some different techniques.