Sounds like all that was happening is that the car was turning at the time of the shot. If you pan the shot trying to keep the driver's helmet in the same place, the front and rear of the car will change perspective during the turn, and be blurry. Rather a neat effect, I should try it next time I'm at the racetrack.
BTW, Brian Redman is one hell of a nice guy. -Mat Stephen Moore wrote: > > (Warning: motor racing content -- no *ist ;-) > > Has anyone seen Road & Track for March? Their salon feature > is a Ferrari 312PB retrospective written by Brian Redman. > The opening spread shows Redman rounding La Source at Spa > in a restored example of the car. > > At first glance it seems a straightforward pan shot, done > with a fairly wide lens -- but on closer examination the > blur doesn't appear to be uniform across the entire photo. > The driver's helmet and immediate cockpit area have little > or no blur, but it gets more pronounced the farther out > you go. (I've seen this in other photos, but this is the one > that prompted me to ask.) > > Any ideas how this is done? Straight pan? Pan with slow- > synch flash? (La Source is the slowest corner on the circuit, > and it's not an actual race shot.) Zoom during exposure? > Digital trickery? Some combination of the foregoing? > > Obligatory content: I'd like to duplicate this effect > with my Pentax cameras and lenses. > > All help appreciated, > > Stephen Moore
