Panning is a technique in photography that is used to capture a moving object in action.The subject of the photo is clearly caught on camera; however, the rest remains a blur in the background. Panning suggests speed and velocity to an image. To date, more and more people are into enhancing their panning skills.
Below are 40 Examples of Panning Shots in Photography that was shot by skilled and aspiring photographers as they explore and use the panning technique. These photos were mostly taken with the use of a Digital Single Lens Reflex camera. Feel free to browse through these images and be motivated!
Did we miss anything? If you have stumble upon a panning photos that was not included on the list, feel free to add the link on the comment section.
49 Responses
Arvind Singh
November 8th, 2009
Nice Collection.. :)
Azizuan Aziz
November 8th, 2009
Wow! That was an amazing compilation.
Some of them were image taken from Asia. Overload. lol
By the way, the 4th last image was a guy riding a bike with a white helmet. Can anyone tell me what is it’s model? I kinda like it.
A.D.K.
November 8th, 2009
Hey nice collection of photos here. Thanks for sharing :)
social graphics
November 8th, 2009
Very nice photographs, thx!
Marc van Agteren
November 8th, 2009
Great gallery!
Can I share mine?
Not totally sharp, but I liked the small car:
http://www.shotsbyme.com/159/
Some technical information about panning. Panning works the best for me with my 10mm when I’m around a shutterspeed of 1/15 (put the camera on shutterspeed mode, so it will determine the diafragma for you). Ofcourse it depends on how fast the object you want to pan moves. The more you do it, the more you’ll get keepers.
Hermitbiker
November 9th, 2009
Great photographs and another great post from the author : Ronald Bien… a Graphic Designer from Philippines. He launches Naldz Graphics to help the Design Community in providing quality design resources and tutorials. Lots of great things here at NaldzGraphics… and thanks again to Brukhar at Presidia Creative for sending me this fairly new, I think, blogsite !!
Amy
November 9th, 2009
Wow! Thank you for sharing these. What a cool collection.
Prashant Shrestha
November 9th, 2009
Wow great collection..Here are a few by me
http://www.flickr.com/photos/prashant_sh/3590193095/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/prashant_sh/3496741652/
Bronwyn
November 9th, 2009
fantastic imagery there, thanks! :)
website design
November 9th, 2009
Wow nice photographs… really nice… thanks for sharing…
Dennis K
November 9th, 2009
Ronald – Nice job in gathering this collection of great photos. I was always a fan of panning shots.
Tutorial Lounge
November 9th, 2009
amazing photography but i feel there is some manipulations or may be there is camera quality.
Jahanzaib Shaikh
November 9th, 2009
Nice Collection awesum
Sreenath H B
November 9th, 2009
Would this qualify:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ubshreenath/3947782871/in/set-72157603341159566/
Jannis Gerlinger
November 9th, 2009
this is very spectacular !
patvillaruz
November 9th, 2009
cool galardo… :)
M
November 9th, 2009
http://www.flickr.com/photos/myhaulpolinski/4076369919/
Niubi
November 9th, 2009
Awesome collection, I love action photographs, especially when they can capture some of the kinetic energy that was flowing at the moment the photo was taken. Thanks for putting this together!
My blog: http://www.dubli.com/EN
Brando
November 9th, 2009
Very few of these are legitimate pans. The rest are Photoshop effects, many clumsily applied. The easy tipoff is when the motion blur goes both ways. Or the wrong way.
Rafael Marquez
November 9th, 2009
Awesome pictures, but here’s my question: how do you take a panning shot? Is it wide aperture, fast shutter speed? I’ve never been able to take one.
Mars
November 9th, 2009
when will i get my 50D? I want to have an experiment on those kind of shots
Melody
November 9th, 2009
Wow, it must take incredible skill to take these shots because whenever I see others taking them they don’t come out anywhere near this in clarity!
lyndon
November 9th, 2009
wow. you could have broken up the 40 with a bit more variation. quite alot of the same type of shot?
lisa
November 10th, 2009
gee, thanks for not telling people how it was done. seems a tripod was in use for many f the expert shots. whats the usual shutter speed and is it just a matter of following the action please xplain how its done and why no night shots?
Waheed Akhtar
November 10th, 2009
Excellent photographs. Thanks for sharing
Joachim
November 10th, 2009
Lots of great shots!
Here’s one of mine:
http://www.joachimbakken.com/paris09/64.jpg
Shot with Canon 30D with a 70-200mm 2.8L IS
I guess I shot it at between 1/40s to 1/60s, with the IS activated, just following the driver and then shooting. No tripod.
Navdeep
November 10th, 2009
Very nice ones…
John Samuel
November 11th, 2009
Awesome collection. I have retweeted the post
Amit
November 11th, 2009
The one with the two kids looks fake.
.NET Developers India
November 14th, 2009
Its very difficult task for beginer photographer, Its require more experience. Really nice photography
Zine Creative
November 15th, 2009
Nice set!
Gavin
November 15th, 2009
Great collection!
May anyone share some tutorials? I don’t know how can I do it!
Mitch
November 17th, 2009
Okay, I have to admit, those were really cool. I love the birds especially, but seeing the people seemingly standing still while the world moves on,… very neat.
Rishabh
November 19th, 2009
one from a friend:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20927020@N07/2427846812/
FruitCake13
November 20th, 2009
Your site is the best!!!
Carrie
November 20th, 2009
Thank you for featuring my skate boarder photo (3rd photo of the set), I appreciate it!
Pedro
November 20th, 2009
Coming up next, “35 examples of square pictures”.
James
November 20th, 2009
How it that done?
Nico van Allen
November 20th, 2009
Cool Stuff!!
Mukul Kumar
November 20th, 2009
Here’s one that I took : http://j.mp/1OhikS
AB
November 20th, 2009
Great collection!
John
November 20th, 2009
Some amazing shots there…
Here is my only panning shot I have taken:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnukmn/2505402167/
paul
November 22nd, 2009
my motion blurs are at http://s104630956.onlinehome.us/art/default.htm under Boston Cabs in Motion. have a look
Michelle
November 23rd, 2009
really nice collection, thank you.
MyProfe
November 28th, 2009
I have hundreds of panning shots of skateboarders. Here’s one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/myprofe/4125651681/sizes/o/
Mario Bucolo
November 30th, 2009
here one shot in Colonial Williamsburg, VA
http://www.mariobucolo.com/Photography/Pagine/Autumn_in_Virginia.html#40
thanks
mario
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