It's that time of the year when the scalextric track comes out and takes over the front room.
This year I thought I would try to get a photo of the car as it went round the track showing an impression of speed. After a couple of (hundred) tries, this was one I liked best.
Basically, I used an infra red trigger, camera (on tripod) manually focused on the track, continuous shutter activation, LED light and slow enough shutter speed to show movement as well as some detail of the car.
The greatest challenge was matching the car speed to the camera activation, and IR trigger delay to get the car in the centre of the frame.
That sounds very tricky - those slot cars go around the track very fast. A challenge too would be to do a panning shot, where you move the camera at the same speed as the car. That also gets an impression of speed as the track is blurred but bits of the car would be sharp.
January 3rd, 2024
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