18 of my favourites from 2 months toying

[Lest]

I think I am starting to get the hang of this baby now although it may not be evident :D

Note the Mountainbiker using Panning mode for the first time.

http://les5988.fotopic.net/c409523.html
http://images4.fotopic.net/?iid=ysk50l&outx=600&quality=70

[genece]

I think you are getting the idea,Those are great.

[zero]

Note the Mountainbiker using Panning mode for the first time.

What is Panning?

[24Peter]

Hey - great shots! I like the mountain biker. Haven't attempted panning mode yet myself so thanks. Your moon shots and nighttime shots seem a little underexposed to me. That's my only suggestion. Love the hangglider in front of the daytime moon. That's an awesome shot. :)

[onespeed]

I think I am starting to get the hang of this baby now although it may not be evident :D

Note the Mountainbiker using Panning mode for the first time.

http://les5988.fotopic.net/c409523.html
http://images4.fotopic.net/?iid=ysk50l&outx=600&quality=70

Great shots. As a MTB racer myself, I really like the biker shot! I'll be getting my new FZ20 this week, but we've still got way too much snow to hit the dirt trails just yet...but, with the now icy, hard-packed trails, they will be perfect for studs today!

http://s88606509.onlinehome.us/Bike_n_snow.jpg

Mike B.
http://www.one-speed.com

[Lest]

Thanks all.

Mind you most of them have at least been sharpened one step in Irfanview with a little contrast added.

I agree with the underexposure thing, especially with the Catherdral, I think that is my judgement at fault there as they were autobracketed and I allways seem to go for the darker ones.

The moon shot though was more deliberate as it seemed to give the most detail on the darker shots.

Panning mode on the FZ20 is where the stabilising is done ONLY vertically so that the side blurring can happen.

The best example of this would be a car travelling across the view whereby you would follow the subject, taking the shot at a prefocussed (manual) point.

Of course you could probably get similar quality shots without the vertical stabilising as long as you were smooth when following the subject.

I think also that the Panning mode stabilisation is only effective when the panning is across a perfectly horizontal plane if that makes sense

Thanks for the comments All!

[Lest]

Mike

These (http://les5988.fotopic.net/c443402.html) ones are using the FZ20 as well and are taken from a race series that I cover.

[John_Reed]

Panning mode, as previously cited, shuts off the horizontal stabilizer, and also opts for the slowest shutter speed for the lighting conditions. Here are 3 examples from my library:

Not much motion, just enough to blur the background:
http://john-reed.smugmug.com/photos/6034612-M.jpg
A little more motion, much blurrier background:
http://john-reed.smugmug.com/photos/5299128-M.jpg
Approaching the sound barrier? No, just a car at twilight.
http://john-reed.smugmug.com/photos/5388255-M.jpg

[onespeed]

Mike

These (http://les5988.fotopic.net/c443402.html) ones are using the FZ20 as well and are taken from a race series that I cover.

Lest,

Thanks for the link...those are great shots and helped to fast-forward the trail conditions in my mind about 3 months. Today wasn't too bad though, despite the -22C temps, the trails were pretty hard-packed snow with only a few soft sections. It was just great to be out and riding again....pure blue cloudless sky. White, hard-packed flowing singletrack. It was amazing. I wish I had my FZ20...tomorrow, I get it ;)

M.