Car show in Bucharest

[LizKcer]

Hi, I need some help with this photo...Is the composition good? Does the car seem to be moving, or does the picture look too static?
I think I got a slight panning effect, but usually I can't pan very well with my camera, because it doesn't have auto focus...would some motion blur help here?



EXIF:
Camera: Canon PwerShot SX100IS
ISO:200
Apperture:f8.0
Shutter speed:1/320

[MOmilkman]

There are probably others here that can give you much more detailed information than I can but I'll start out by telling you that 1/320 is way to high of a shutter speed to get a pan shot. You should be somewhere around 1/60 - 1/50th of a sec to get good background motion blur.

As far as the auto focus goes. I think your better off with manual focus than you are Auto focus. You said your camera doesn't have Auto focus... did you mean it doesn't have Manual Focus?
When you pan with Manual Focus you can pick the specific place you want to take your pan shot, focus the camera there, then when the car comes by and your panning you know your focus is set correctly.
Make sense?

[LizKcer]

No, no...I didn't want a panned shot, but I got a slight panning effect because the car was moving very fast When I got home, I saw that the car was in perfect focus, but the background had a little motion blur.
And, no, I didn't mean Manual Focus, but your suggestion is good.

[MOmilkman]

Oh! Im sorry. I read your question wrong. My apologies.