Tas Rally

Tas Rally held their first special night stage here in Launceston last Friday night, bitterly cold and windy but worth enduring the elements to see some great drivers.
I have never shot moving cars under lights so this was a real learning curve for me. I tried high iso, too grainy, flash with low iso but that made the cars look like they were just parked on the road.
This was what I thought was my best of the night it showed speed and movement which I thought important.
1/10th sec panned, iso 250 F/4 and rear sync flash
C&C welcome plus any tips.
Cheers, Greg


http://i68.tinypic.com/2q2h992.jpg

Good shot. Left-hand drive?

The bright back light streak draws my eye a bit ...

What was the speed? 0.00?
For a 1/10s panning you've a rather sharp foreground and very little movement in the tyres.:(

George

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Originally Posted by george013

What was the speed? 0.00?
For a 1/10s panning you've a rather sharp foreground and very little movement in the tyres.:(

George

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Hmmm ... "and rear sync flash" might be a clue ...

Nice capture.

I was so obsessed by that strange look of the picture that I didn't read the flash statement. Is that allowed?
A strange look for 1) the contradictory look of the moving back lights and the sharp letters b)the sharp crush-barrier and the blurred back-ground.
I do understand now why they appear as they do.

George

Good work Greg for an interesting challenge.

Thanks for all the replies.
Right hand drive Ted, just looks like the navigator has a wheel in front of him.
To be honest George I had to use spin blur in pp to get some sense of movement in the wheels. Flash, no matter how I tried it just seemed to freeze everything. There was a huge light stand opposite side of the track so the left hand side of the car was in shadow.
Has anyone else shot something similar, I would be interested on how they went about it.
Greg