Panning..... or not

My get pushed challenge from Joan Robillard @joansmor - I am challenging you to take a action picture where the subject is in focus as you follow it and the background blurs (like following a moving car).

Not nearly as sharp as I would like it to be. I do find panning rather difficult!

[Sally Ings]

@joansmor First attempt, I would have liked it to be a tad sharper. Will hopefully get a chance to get out into some traffic later this week.

[Emilie Cartoun]

Wow that is quite a challenge. Well done!

[Lyn Berriman]

Phew, this challenge was difficult for me! But you almost nailed it! Well done!

[june milner]

Well done. Am rubbish
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[Hope D Jennings]

Great movement in this!

[jewel]

Good challenge, I'd like to try that. Nice movement.

[Jan Harris]

Great attempt at meeting the challenge.

[Paula W]

I don't just find it difficult, I find it almost impossible! You've done a great job Sally.

[Berni Crumb]

Well, I sure like this shot! :-) I think you did a great job on it.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

I love how you captured the motion, Sally.

[Call me Joe]

Wonderful motion shot:)

[Joan Robillard]

@salza This is my first attempt. This is my first attempt and you can see I didn't do a whole lot better. http://365project.org/joansmor/365/2014-04-20

[Gena Pegg]

words well with this. I like it a lot!!

[Adam]

Ah man, yeah, panning. That's just not easy at all. I've yet to get a good one. You know what I did for practice though? I found a busy street, and with a lot of cars passing, and then I just keep shooting cars until I had a sort of decent one... some people even wave and honk

[Ann H. LeFevre]

It's tricky and I can't do it that well with my point and shoot so this looks good to me!

[Taffy]

Panning is hard -- I think you've done well with it.

[What's for dessert?]

Well done!

[Suse♡]

Panning is so challenging! You have captured great motion blur here, well done

[Sue Wilde]

Great work on panning the ears. Dogs are really difficult to pan. Not only is their movement not predictable but they have four legs.

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful action capture. Love the sense of motion in this shot.

[Gillian]

Difficult challenge! But I think you did very well for a first attempt!

[Veena Gupta]

Great shot.

[summerfield]

easier to pan shot a car or bicyclist rather than an animal or person running. their feet inevitably blur but you can get a clear shot of the upper part of the body. it takes a lot of practice. which reminds me, i haven't done any panning shot in a while. i should install myself in front of my building and spook (or spite) the passing motorists. some of them would slow down thinking my camera's monitoring their speed. hehehe.