As a westward freight approached Cassandra, Pa., a wayward cloud covered the sun.

With Kodachrome this was always a disappointing moment, but for digital photography it is not a problem.

As the train grew close, I took a broadside position and began a sweeping panning motion with Nikon Z7-II.

While the shutter speed was set at 1/125th of a second, this allowed for sufficient background motion to produce a convincing pan photo.

Keys to a good pan are;

1. 1) pick a point on the locomotive that you would like to remain sharp and keeping that point in the same place in the view finder.
2. 2) Using a full body sweeping pan motion that is parallel to the subject.
3. 3) Releasing the shutter without slowing or stopping the sweeping motion; follow through and keep panning after the shutter has released.

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