Photographing movement - the best shot

It's fair to suggest that there is no right and wrong when it comes to static vs. blurred shots - it can be influenced by personal preference, the impression that you intend to give the viewer and the nature of the subject amongst other things.

I wasn't keen on either extreme: the static shots looked a little flat and the panning shots with very slow shutter speeds over exaggerated the speed of the riders.

So for me, on this shoot at least, my preference lay somewhere in the middle.

50mm, 1//100 secs at f/7.1, ISO 100

This shot worked for me on a number of levels. This was a technical aspect of the course and the rider's expression portrays this well, but it also gives the impression of movement with the detail being distinguishable without being rendered static.

Although there is some depth to the scene with the foreground of the large rock, the shot would have been more dynamic if it were taken from an angle (or even if I was at the bottom of the slope from an extremely low position.

Next time I visit the scene I'll be placing much more emphasis on finding the creative shots.