Iain Leitch Photography

Recently I moved from Stratford to Ottawa, and with that came a lot of new photography opportunities. For this post, I will be talking about my first attempt at panning. For those that don't know panning is, it is a photography technique where you swivel your camera from a fixed position while being focused on an object. If done properly this will blur the background while keeping your subject in focus.  This was my first attempt at this technique so its not as good as it could be, but I thought I would share what I had so far. These five photos are the best ones that I took out of maybe 50ish, so there is a lot of trial and error especially when first trying this technique.  To get this effect my settings were an aperture of F/32, the shutter was at 1/20, and the ISO was 100. I was just practicing what was easily accessible and available to me, which in my case was buses and the train. 

The Thames River flows through a small village in Perth County called Motherwell. Near this village is a dirt road that runs perpendicular to the river that I always love driving down, as it has great views of the river and lots of birds to see. The day that I took theses photo was exactly one of those days.  The first photo of this rather short post is of a swallow. I am not sure what subspecies of swallow this is but I was excited and happy to grab a photo of one, as normally they fly away as soon as I step out of the car. This swallow was sitting on a telephone wire with two other birds. I tried to get a good photo of all three birds but it just wouldn't work out. The second and last photo of this post is a view I have posted before, however, I still love the view as it makes for great photos. There used to be an old steel bridge over the Thames River here. The bridge was removed due to lack of use and high maintenance costs. Now it is a great place to go to find some peace and