Motif: Cheetah chase pano

Posted by NDCheryl on Wed Dec 10, 2003 8:27 pm

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On my first trip to Kenya I was fortunate to witness these two young cheetahs chasing each other across the plains. It was a short chase and I only got a few shots, these being the best. I would love to have the opportunity again as both my abilities and my equipment have improved since I shot this in 1997.

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by Kelly on Wed Dec 10, 2003 9:49 pm

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Holy cow, this is great! I see that you had the pan blur technique mastered years ago, and that it's possible to get great images on film too!

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by chris earle on Wed Dec 10, 2003 10:03 pm

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Cheryl,
I really enjoy the way you present your images. The crop you've chosen here is right on. The pano really accentuates the chase.

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by Dennis Olivero on Wed Dec 10, 2003 10:13 pm

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Thanks for posting. This shows some serious good technique, manual focus and panning at the same time. Excellent work! I also hope you get this opportunity again in the future but this may be a tough act to beat!

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by Harvey Edelman on Wed Dec 10, 2003 11:40 pm

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Good action and choice of crops. This IMO would really be a killer at a slow shutter speed.

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by DC on Thu Dec 11, 2003 4:09 am

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Fantastic technique to catch the action. Pano crop helps the image too. Well done.

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by Carol Clarke on Thu Dec 11, 2003 8:16 am

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It would have been great to catch one this well Cheryl, but to get the two is superb!!

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by Dick Ginkowski on Thu Dec 11, 2003 8:37 am

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What a shot!

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by E.J. Peiker on Thu Dec 11, 2003 9:47 am

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Excellent! Its cool that they are both airborne and in the same approximate body position!

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by Jess Lee on Thu Dec 11, 2003 5:17 pm

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Great action! Both in mid stride Bravo!!

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by Greg Downing on Thu Dec 11, 2003 5:24 pm

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Cheryl, this is wonderful!

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by Chas on Thu Dec 11, 2003 6:10 pm

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Cheryl, you got not one, but two in the air. A tough one too beat for sure, but if anyone can do it ...

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by walkinman on Fri Dec 12, 2003 12:03 am

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NDCheryl wrote: I would love to have the opportunity again as both my abilities and my equipment have improved since I shot this in 1997.

Hey Cheryl,

This is excellent. It might not be perfectly sharp (hard to tell here), but the image is very dynamic. There's not too many folks around who'd feel this shot needs imrpovement. I'm curious, with your improvements as a photographer and with your newer equipment, what you'd like different about this one.

Great shot.

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by NDCheryl on Fri Dec 12, 2003 6:37 pm

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walkinman wrote:
NDCheryl wrote: I would love to have the opportunity again as both my abilities and my equipment have improved since I shot this in 1997.
Hey Cheryl,

This is excellent. It might not be perfectly sharp (hard to tell here), but the image is very dynamic. There's not too many folks around who'd feel this shot needs imrpovement. I'm curious, with your improvements as a photographer and with your newer equipment, what you'd like different about this one.

Great shot.

Carl,

I would love to gett his pose again with a slower shutter speed blurring the BG more. This was a lucky shot as I doubt I had tried panning much if at all prior to this. I would like to think that with AF and a better understanding of how to shoot pan blurs (ie slower shutter speeds) I could intentionally get a shot similar to this if the action was there. The heads on both cheetah are actually pretty sharp.

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by walkinman on Sat Dec 13, 2003 12:12 am

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Hey Cheryl,

thanks .. the more I look at this one, the more I like it as is .. the 2 cheetahs leaning in opposite directions is great .. the front one is cutting back to his left, while the one behind looks like he's turning more to his right .. great counterpoint stuff.

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by Rich S on Sun Dec 14, 2003 12:46 pm

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And this would be the green trip?

Love the action, nicely captured. Looks like these guys still need to grow into their legs. Do you recall what shutter speed you used (silly question, I know, for a shot that long ago when you undoubtedly shot a bunch that day) and what you would shoot it at now?

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by NDCheryl on Sun Dec 14, 2003 12:51 pm

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Rich S wrote:And this would be the green trip?

Love the action, nicely captured. Looks like these guys still need to grow into their legs. Do you recall what shutter speed you used (silly question, I know, for a shot that long ago when you undoubtedly shot a bunch that day) and what you would shoot it at now?

Rich

Yes, this would be the green (El Nino) trip. Sorry I dont remember what shutter speed I used but would guess it was between 1/250 and 1/500. Now if I was trying a pan blur I would try 1/60.

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