2009 04-23 This one combines my two new favorite techniques - motion blur and a black & white mask with the color cut-out for the rider. And, of a bike race to boot. This week I was able to hang on until the finish of the race, although it seemed like they were taking it pretty easy going up the hill.

All the motion blur was done in camera using shutter priority. I've found that somewhere around 1/40-1/50 will give me a bit of a blur, but still pretty good odds of getting something to turn out if I take a series of one rider passing by.

Updates - Thanks for all the comments! The shot was taken by panning along with the rider at a shutter speed of 1/40 in shutter priority. Panning with the rider will blur the background, and if the pan is perfectly in sync with the passing rider, the rider is in focus. Success rate seems to be about 1 in 5-7 for this shutter speed. I usually put this on continuous-high for the shot selection, and take as many as possible as the chosen rider passes by (usually 5-7 shots). I didn't realize there was photoshop trick for doing it, and I always prefer to do things for real when possible. The only photoshopping is the selective coloring. Lots more in my gallery here:http://www.jefflynchphotography.com/gallery/7994294_vA3uH#519710652_jLofT

2009 04-23 This one combines my two new favorite techniques - motion blur and a black & white mask with the color cut-out for the rider. And, of a bike race to boot. This week I was able to hang on until the finish of the race, although it seemed like they were taking it pretty easy going up the hill.

All the motion blur was done in camera using shutter priority. I've found that somewhere around 1/40-1/50 will give me a bit of a blur, but still pretty good odds of getting something to turn out if I take a series of one rider passing by.

Updates - Thanks for all the comments! The shot was taken by panning along with the rider at a shutter speed of 1/40 in shutter priority. Panning with the rider will blur the background, and if the pan is perfectly in sync with the passing rider, the rider is in focus. Success rate seems to be about 1 in 5-7 for this shutter speed. I usually put this on continuous-high for the shot selection, and take as many as possible as the chosen rider passes by (usually 5-7 shots). I didn't realize there was photoshop trick for doing it, and I always prefer to do things for real when possible. The only photoshopping is the selective coloring. Lots more in my gallery here:http://www.jefflynchphotography.com/gallery/7994294_vA3uH#519710652_jLofT