subject: High-speed Movements Is A Challenge Tips For Motorsports Photography [print this page] Thanks to the colorful and moving quickly, there are lots of photographers like motorsports. In some ways, it's easy to shoot motorsports photographs, because the motorsports is usually carried out during the day, so the photographers needn't a faster lens and larger apertures. In addition, the motorsports is easier to predict, so it is easier to keep the subject clear focus. However, high speed movement might be a challenge at any time.
1. Equipment
We are always far away from the track in motorsports, so you will need a long lens to fill the screen. A shorter lens will make you shoot too much the audiences and the place outside the track. If you want to fill the screen with subject, use the 200mm minimum focus is the best, but it also depends on your location. Or you can use a teleconverter to increase the focal length. If you use a 300mm lens, you can consider using a monopod to help you support the lens, because it is not a small challenge to handhold a 300mm f/2.8 lens. Besides, you can use a tripod, but you should select a tripod with panning and tilt. And you should know that there is difficult to place a tripod in the crowd.
2. Location
You should choose a suitable location for a satisfactory background. But for security reasons, this is usually very limited. If possible, you can prepare and get the best competition seat in advance, because it is usually unable to move freely during the competition.
3. Skills
Capturing the feeling of movement in the scenes is the key to shoot motorsports photographs. The challenge is finding the right shutter speed. If the speed is too fast, the background would be too clear. And if it is too slow, the background and the vehicles all will be a little blurred.
You can try to use the shutter priority and different kinds of shutter speed to take some pictures in order to get the effect you want.
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