BMW school @ Mosport. Taken from a platform by the hill leading down into turn 2. My goal for the day was to practice my panning shots, and I think this is the best of a handful of decent ones.
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Nice job with the panning in this image. The car has considerable detail and the background blur helps provide the motion feel needed for this kind of image. The technical aspects of this image are pretty well done. I would suggest spending a bit more time in post processing to see if the detail in the hood area could be better defined. I'm not sure if the lighting, too high of contrast, or over-saturation, is the cause for the loss of detail in this one area of the car. Even with better detail in the hood, this image still might not have scored in the 6's. The problem being that the image just doesn't have enough DPC "wow" for a 600+ free study challenge. Over 40% of your votes were 5's. That, to me, signifies people looking for literally 2-3 seconds and saying, "this picture isn't bad (so I can't give 4 or less), but it doesn't do too much for me (so I can't give 6 or more). 5".
I think you achieved your goal when shooting this image of getting better at panning. You did a nice job and achieved an image you can be proud to have in your portfolio.
Feel free to PM me if you have any questions regarding this critique.
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