2011, Day 231 - Seesaw

The photo of the silver Subaru is one of the best wide angle pans I have from yesterday's racing.  The problem is that if you are continuously focusing on a single point, let's say the door mirror, from a relatively short distance both the front and back of the car are going to be out of focus because they are not moving in the same manner the mirror.  Think of the car as a board and the focus point as a axis, like a seesaw.  Both ends of the board can and will move while the point at the axis, our door mirror, are stationary relative to either end. This is the problem with wide angle panning...

To issue is illustrated fairly well in the photo of the black Lotus (how sinister).

Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon 16-35/f2.8L Mark II
35mm, f16, 1/60 sec @ 200 ISO

Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon 16-35/f2.8L Mark II
35mm, f16, 1/60 sec @ 200 ISO