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| Half the fun of motorsport photography is playing around and seeing what you can come up with. Below are a few ideas to try, as well as some basic guidelines that may help you get better photos. | |||
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#1: Use Barriers Armco and the various barriers around a circuit can be an annoyance and ruin a good photograph, so try and use them as part of the overall image instead. They can be particularly useful as a framing device, and when panning they blur very well, adding to the overall sense of speed.
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#2: Get Low The obvious thing would be to take photos whilst stood up, so generally between 5-6ft. It’s amazing how a shift in perspective can improve a photo, just by crouching down you can create a completely different photo, or even remove unsightly background distractions. |
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#3: Zoom Out It’s tempting to fill the frame with car when you have a lens capable of doing so, and the vast majority of people will jump straight to the longest end of their zoom lens as soon as they arrive at a circuit. To highlight the sense of speed you really need to give the subject room to drive into. The example shows |
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