AnthonyBritten

Speeding through Havana

Dec, 2014

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Absolutely fabulous shot . . . well done!

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Cruising around Lady Elliot Island, Australia

These guys were pushing a car trying to get it started

We are going to need a bigger boatwhale shark, split, over under,

Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken on the Malecon (main road running along the ocean front) in Havana, Cuba

Time

It was taken right before sunset as I had walked down to catch the sunset.

Lighting

Golden hour.... making it easy to use some slower shutter speeds.

Equipment

Shot with handheld Nikon D800 with 50mm f1.4 lens Setting were f9 at 1/20th second, ISO 200

Inspiration

While waiting for the sunset as the light was getting low and with so many amazing vehicles driving by it was the perfect time to practice some panning /speed blurs. A constant flow of classic cars with a colourful backdrop of buildings was ideal... I took a lot of them!

Editing

As I nearly always shoot in RAW there is always some post processing required to some degree but on this shot I used very little. In Lightroom I actually applied the 'Vivid' setting for the D800 that I have set up as a preset. It mimics what would have been done in camera had I shot JPEG on the Vivid image setting. Then I just added a slight touch of clarity and a smaller touch of vibrance and that was it.

In my camera bag

This changes a little bit (particularly if I plan on shooting in the water!) But on a walk-around shoot like this I will generally carry the Nikon D800, Nikon 16-35mm f4.0, Nikon 50mm f1.4 and the Nikon 70 - 200 F2.8. As I was looking to shoot wide sunsets on this shoot I have a feeling I may not have even had the 70 -200 with me. Also I carry a Manfrotto travel tripod I travel a lot and my bag is bigger than this now... I find myself travelling with the above plus a water housing and it's associated ports and bits and pieces, a fisheye lens, 20mm lens (both mainly for water). And more recently I have added to this a Sony AR7 which can use as almost a portable camera with it's Zeiss 35mm lens (plus a Zeiss 24-70mm and also a metabones adaptor so that I can use my Nikon glass on the A7R). On any given day will take a selection of that with me depending on what I plan to shoot that day.

Feedback

I think with panning shots it's just a little practice. Depending on how fast the vehicles (or objects are moving) will effect how slow you can have the shutter speed and obviously the slower the shutter the more blur you will get form the background. But also the harder it is to keep the subject sharp. Smooth panning is key to getting a sharp picture also. 1/30 sec is generally where I start and then try both faster and slower if I have the luxury of taking a few shots.

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