Tim - I enjoyed cruising your project once again. You are really pushing your photo journey and learning new techniques!
I noticed that you have done a few experiments with movement and mentioned you want to photograph birds. So - your challenge should help lay the foundation of bird flight photography though I do not recommend you use this technique on birds (yet).
Your challenge for the week is to try panning where you pan your camera along in time with the moving subject and end up getting a relatively sharp subject but a blurred background. This gives the shot a feeling of movement and speed.
I found that the big thing about panning is to just enjoy yourself. It is a tricky technique but fun to practice. Try it at a busy intersection, at a sports event, at the park with running dogs or children, or children playing at a playground. Just anything that has moving people / objects.
If you have a dog that likes to chase a ball you can get someone to toss the ball and pan the motion as he runs past you.
Give it a try but please let me know if this does not work for you.
Oh - did not realize that you have already been challenged with panning. Would you like something new? I could issue a different challenge for you since you seem to already have nailed panning.
Some people have a natural knack for this technique and you seem to have nailed the effect.
I noticed that you have done a few experiments with movement and mentioned you want to photograph birds. So - your challenge should help lay the foundation of bird flight photography though I do not recommend you use this technique on birds (yet).
Your challenge for the week is to try panning where you pan your camera along in time with the moving subject and end up getting a relatively sharp subject but a blurred background. This gives the shot a feeling of movement and speed.
A great article on panning can be found here:
https://digital-photography-school.com/mastering-panning-to-photograph-moving-subjects/
I found that the big thing about panning is to just enjoy yourself. It is a tricky technique but fun to practice. Try it at a busy intersection, at a sports event, at the park with running dogs or children, or children playing at a playground. Just anything that has moving people / objects.
If you have a dog that likes to chase a ball you can get someone to toss the ball and pan the motion as he runs past you.
Give it a try but please let me know if this does not work for you.
Here are a couple of shots I did by panning:
https://365project.org/farmreporter/365/2018-08-18
https://365project.org/farmreporter/themes-and-cha/2018-08-17
https://365project.org/farmreporter/365/2016-08-28
I have used the panning technique in a few prior get-pushed challenges. I've done it with bikes: https://365project.org/tdaug80/365/2018-12-20
toys: https://365project.org/tdaug80/365/2019-02-24
and cars: https://365project.org/tdaug80/365/2018-12-18
This time, I think I'll try people. Maybe I'll go to the high school and watch a sports practice.
Some people have a natural knack for this technique and you seem to have nailed the effect.