Military Aircraft: airshows, operational, whatever, lets see what you have!
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F-18Fs taking off, AP-3C Orion flying by with one engine shut down, Europcopter ARH Tiger, and a couple of B-52 shots
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zim said:
@Zim absolutely do post, the great thing about this forum is its worldwide so you get to see things that I would not normally with regional forums.
As for the clarity: Light, Opportunity, Practice and Gear in that order. I've been taking plane photos on and off since I was 8-years old. I spend hours in the hills trying to get shots of operational planes, which are usually hugging the valley bottoms in deep shadows, so I've got pretty good at post processing. I have disks full of rubbish shots! Sometimes however you do get a shot that just works, (re)edited this one last night
Canon 7D + 300/2.8L + 1.4x II ISO640 f/5 @1/1000 - RAF Eurofighter Typhoon 250" Feet, 500-knots
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Thanks Click and +1 on your comment on Simon's shot 
I'll look forward to seeing the Rhinos in the alps Simon
I agree with what you say about lighting, opportunity etc. The one good thing about dull light is that it's good for afterburner shots.
I'll look forward to seeing the Rhinos in the alps Simon
I agree with what you say about lighting, opportunity etc. The one good thing about dull light is that it's good for afterburner shots.Attachments
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Hi chasinglight.
I really like the B25 in black and white, shot 1851, the jets crossing, were you panning with the nearer aircraft? Is the blur from panning or just depth of field?
In shot 4376, how on earth do they know where the other guy is, cameras in the bottom of the plane? Wingman with thumbs up/ down?
All in all a very nice series of shots.
Cheers, Graham.
I really like the B25 in black and white, shot 1851, the jets crossing, were you panning with the nearer aircraft? Is the blur from panning or just depth of field?
In shot 4376, how on earth do they know where the other guy is, cameras in the bottom of the plane? Wingman with thumbs up/ down?
All in all a very nice series of shots.
Cheers, Graham.
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Valvebounce said:
Graham thanks for your comments. I also really like how the B-25 turned out in BW; when I saw how nice and contrasty it was I knew it had to be processed as BW. I almost added some film grain for a more vintage feel, but that's not really my style.
As for the jets crossing, yes I was panning with the closer aircraft and shot @ 1/1000s; that is why the left F16 is slightly blurred. Every time I shoot this maneuver I always get one plane sharp and one plane blurred; which is nice because it shows the speed, but in the future I may try exposing at a faster SS to see if I can reduce the blur a bit. On a side note about shooting the opposing solo maneuver; it was really annoying because they kept changing which plane was closer, so I have some shots that would be perfect except I unknowingly followed the farther F16, resulting in a blurred F16 obscuring a sharp one.
In 4376, that is the thunderbirds calypso pass; I have no clue how they do it, but it is very cool. I have see it both where the bottom of the planes are facing each other and also where the cockpits are facing each other.
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Hi chasinglight.
I think the grain would have been too much, just an opinion.
The opposing solo changing the pass side was obviously to keep you on your toes! I like the slight blur, when I saw it my first thought was to go with a slower SS to increase the blur and feeling of speed.
I have seen the calypso pass done cockpit to cockpit, that has got to be a lot easier (for pilots of their ability) relatively speaking than bottom to bottom, purely due to having a visual reference point as opposed to being essentially blind to the location of the other plane.
Cheers, Graham.
I think the grain would have been too much, just an opinion.
The opposing solo changing the pass side was obviously to keep you on your toes! I like the slight blur, when I saw it my first thought was to go with a slower SS to increase the blur and feeling of speed.
I have seen the calypso pass done cockpit to cockpit, that has got to be a lot easier (for pilots of their ability) relatively speaking than bottom to bottom, purely due to having a visual reference point as opposed to being essentially blind to the location of the other plane.
Cheers, Graham.
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