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  1. stonedsurd

    stonedsurd Is a cackling Yuletide Belgian

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  2. Silver51

    Silver51 I cast flare!

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    IMGP6922 by Neil, on Flickr

    Gloucestershire; five image vertical pan.

    That's exactly my point. Exactly. Because you have to wonder: how do the machines know what Taystee Wheat tasted like? Maybe they got it wrong. Maybe what I think Taystee Wheat tasted like actually tasted like oatmeal, or tuna fish.
     
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  3. Combatus

    Combatus Bit-tech Modding + hardware reviews Lover of bit-tech Super Moderator

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    Saw stonedsurd's pics and thought I'd share mine too :)

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  4. stonedsurd

    stonedsurd Is a cackling Yuletide Belgian

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    Shoulda come and said hi Combatus. :nono:

    That shot of the P-38 running in is great. Blenheim one's got a bit of a strange greenish blue colour cast.
     
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  5. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    Any tips for aircraft shooting you two? I'm heading down to Southport airshow to try and get some good snaps. :)
     
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  6. Xir

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    That's camouflage paint...:D *getscoat*
     
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  7. Combatus

    Combatus Bit-tech Modding + hardware reviews Lover of bit-tech Super Moderator

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    Thanks! I haven't run that one through much post-processing so far. It was with a 300mm prime from the completely opposite end of the airfield shooting through all the haze and crap and my old entry level dslr does struggle in the haze like that sometimes :) Sorry I missed you - had I known... :) Been to any other shows this year?

    Krikkit - the key with props is to get the blades moving - This can be anywhere between 1/150 and 1/400 depending on what you're shooting to get it just right. For me that's the most important thing - stonedsurd's first pic of the Blenheim is a great example - that's how you want the blades to look. If the blades look crap the image goes in the bin... You don't want them stopped but equally you want as fast a shutter speed as possible to make your life easier. With jets, as there are no moving parts, the world is your oyster - as fast a shutter speed as possible. I usually use shutter priority at Duxford as the sun is usually down one end of the field so as you're panning, the light can change quite a bit. Depends on your surroundings.

    For me, the best bit of advice is to hire a lens - I always hire something decent for airshows. I only do one or two a year - the rest of the time I'm shooting motherboards etc ;) If you can't get in close with something reasonably fast and with good glass then you'll end up cropping stuff too much. You can get great results even with a prettly lowly camera like my old EOS 600D I tend to hire something between 250-450mm and a max of f4, either a zoom or a prime, but Duxford where this was shot you're usually pretty close to them (plus I'm crop sensor obviously).
     
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  8. Yadda

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    I usually experiment with exposure compensation when photographing flying planes or BIFs using aperture priority or shutter priority mode. The camera will meter for the bright sky which will leave your subject under exposed unless you dial in a bit of exposure compensation - anything from +1/3 to +2 EV, depending on the position of the sun relative to the plane, and clouds etc. A few test shots and chimping early on the day and you can nail the exposure quite quickly.

    Other than that, and what's already been said, there's not much to it - it's just down to the equipment.
     
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  9. samkiller42

    samkiller42 For i AM Cheesecake!!

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    Those are some useful tipes Combatus. You mentioned Lens Hire, Any particular sites you use for hiring a lens? I've seen some dotted about, would be good to get some info on any.

    Cheers,
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  10. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    Good tips there, much apprecaited! I'd already got the shutter speed dialled in from shooting motorsport, but I'll have a look at exposure compensation as well.

    I suppose we shouldn't clutter the PotD thread with this, but have a separate tips and tricks for different shooting scenarios. It's nice snooping on the exif data on Flickr shots in here though. :D
     
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  11. Yadda

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    Here's a snap I took a few years ago at an air show, aperture priority mode (although shutter priority is a better idea for props, to get the prop blur as combatus explained) with +1 EV exposure compensation. I decided upon +1 EV by taking a few test shots of planes early on in the display, and checking ("chimping") the shots on the camera screen and adjusting the exposure compensation value until I was happy. Without the extra +1 EV, the plane would have been under exposed.

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  12. Combatus

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    +1 Very good point.

    (My last post I promise :) )

    samkiller42 - ) http://lensesforhire.co.uk/ or http://www.lenslocker.co.uk/ both are very good. You can usually hire £1000 of glass for less than £70 for a weekend. Money well spent imho
     
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  13. GeorgeK

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    A few favourites from our recent holiday to France

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  14. stonedsurd

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    No worries. I had posted a pre-trip thread in the general forum for help with local travel and stuff, I guess I should have also dropped a post in this thread. My mistake.

    I only did Duxford and RIAT, as they were back to back weeks. The England trip was only for 12-odd days. Would have extended if I had a chance to cover the Indian exercises at Coningsby, but my Air Force kept stonewalling me, so...

    There was a camera shop at RIAT doing rentals of all the huge Canon and Nikon lenses (400mm+) for a tenner an hour. Pretty good deal if all you wanted to do was get good shots of a single display slot (or maybe two). They were doing brisk business, so there must have been lots of takers!
     
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  15. Yadda

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    I was at Menai Bridge Seafood festival yesterday (Saturday) and saw this band - they were fantastic. Unfortunately, they drew such a bustling crowd that I just had to squeeze in where I could and take a shot, but I'm quite pleased with it.

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    Today I went for a stroll on the beach. On the way back to the car it started raining and as I approached a tunnel linking the promenade to the road, I spotted the silhouette of a kid on a scooter taking shelter in the tunnel, checking his phone.

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  16. chrisb2e9

    chrisb2e9 Dont do that...

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    I'm sure I could have gotten a sharper shot. But I pulled a neck muscle and wanted to get back onto my heating blanket. [​IMG]
     
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  17. stonedsurd

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  18. samkiller42

    samkiller42 For i AM Cheesecake!!

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    Kawasaki P-1's European debut at RIAT 2015:

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    Debutante by Angad Singh, on Flickr

    Liked this one because we so rarely get these dark dramatic clouds here in India. Even during the monsoons, it's usually one big light grey blanket, which is... boring.
     
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  20. phinix

    phinix RIP Waynio...

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    This is why I want to move to Calgary:)
     
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