The Motor Forum talking cars since 2006    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Join! (free) >   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Clacton Airshow          The Motor Forum Forum Index -> Photography View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Star69 Motoring On My Car: A red estate and a white van View My Motor: . Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 932 Location: In my new van! Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:33 pm    Post subject: Clacton Airshow A few of the (350!) photos I took on Friday at the airshow, weather conditions were far from ideal with high winds, showers and sunshine but this made for some interesting lighting all the same!  Taken using my Canon EOS400D with a Sigma 70-300mm lens. Red Arrows: Wing walkers: Blades display team: Glider display: Comments and feedback welcomed as always...   _________________ Back to top woof woof Twin-charged My Car: Is Red. Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 9944 Location: Sat on the rug, nice and cosy. Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:51 pm    Post subject: Those wing walkers look a bit too cocky...I'd have strapped them to the Red Arrows. _________________ woof woof's defence lawyer claimed that "Booze played no part in his typo's." Confucius says "all reckless speeding is caused by accidents." Back to top Boxer6 Turbocharged My Car: Subaru Legacy 3.0R Spec B Sports Tourer (Auto) Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 3282 Location: What's it called? Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:59 pm    Post subject: I know from many previous attempts just how difficult it is to get good shots of aeroplanes, especially the 'Arrows ........... I think you've done very well! My favourite is the last Arrows shot ..... classic! _________________ Just keepin' on keeping on. Back to top Matt Nuclear My Car: Astra Coupe 1.8 SE2 Joined: 18 Jan 2007 Posts: 12018 Location: Plymouth, UK Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 9:30 pm    Post subject: Yep, the last Red Arrows one is poster quality. All very good shots, considering the speed needed to capture the moments. _________________ Small car, big heart. Back to top SpecB Turbocharged My Car: Subaru Legacy 3.0R SpecB Joined: 19 Feb 2008 Posts: 3107 Location: Home, office, the stables or somewhere in between. Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 9:34 pm    Post subject: Matt wrote: Yep, the last Red Arrows one is poster quality. All very good shots, considering the speed needed to capture the moments. Slow shutter speed as well so even more skill shown - I believe I read somewhere that it needs to be under 1/125 or the props will be shown as static rather than blurred. _________________ Mark Back to top Star69 Motoring On My Car: A red estate and a white van View My Motor: . Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 932 Location: In my new van! Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 9:43 pm    Post subject: Matt wrote: Yep, the last Red Arrows one is poster quality. All very good shots, considering the speed needed to capture the moments. Thanks Matt, much appreciated!   SpecB wrote: Slow shutter speed as well so even more skill shown - I believe I read somewhere that it needs to be under 1/125 or the props will be shown as static rather than blurred. This was my first time experimenting with shutter speed in daylight, hence the blurred props - I was advised to use 1/500 but looking at them after I think it should have been slower for a bit more blur. Trouble is the stunt planes were pretty quick and the wind was causing me camera shake too! _________________ Back to top SpecB Turbocharged My Car: Subaru Legacy 3.0R SpecB Joined: 19 Feb 2008 Posts: 3107 Location: Home, office, the stables or somewhere in between. Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 9:52 pm    Post subject: I've not taken photos of planes before but when I was at Le Mans last year I discovered that as you're panning in any case it pretty much negates the camera shake.  I was hand holding with a 135-400 lens most of the time. _________________ Mark Back to top Dr. Hfuhruhurr Propellorhead My Car: pending Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 12120 Location: Europa Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 8:29 am    Post subject: The one I like is the first Red Arrows shot, where they're all heading directly for you. Last one is beautiful too, as others have stated. Back to top DarthBalls Supercharged My Car: MX5 2.0 Sport, Skoda Fabia 1.4 Comfort Joined: 21 Feb 2008 Posts: 5393 Location: At home....drawing pictures....of mountaintops Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:21 am    Post subject: Airshow photography is something I really want to try.   The last 2 Red Arrows shots and the very last shot of the series are great. Restrained increases of the contrast (I tend to use the 'blacks' and 'exposure' sliders in Elements or Lightroom) and colour saturation and a we touch of sharpening in post processing would make them pretty much perfect. _________________ It's so cold right now that I'm thinking of catching gonorrhoea just for the burning sensation. 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