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Panning

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Beginners Guide to Gold panning

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Gold Panning at Gold Creek from Juneau, Alaska

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Gold panning

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Example of a panning shot

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Panning Perfection: Two Minute Tips with David Bergman

In cinematography and photography panning means swivelling a still or video camera horizontally from a fixed position. This motion is similar to the motion of a person when they turn their head on their neck from left to right. In the resulting image, the view seems to "pass by" the spectator as new material appears on one side of the screen and exits from the other, although perspective lines reveal that the entire image is seen from a fixed point of view.
  • Using panning in still photography