Evan's photography phun

[evangilder]

Here is one of my lined up "artful" shots. Corsair coming in to land shot over the wing of a P-51. Then a couple of shots of the Super Corsair doing it's routine. IN the inverted shot, I didn't realize that I had caught a puff of the smoke. Nothing like a fast shutter!

 

[Pisis]

Cool shots, especially the one in the middle!

 

[Gnomey]

Yep, I like the first one too.

 

[lesofprimus]

Excellent shots Eric.... I love the Super F4U.......

 

[Wildcat]

Great shots mate!

 

[evangilder]

Thanks everyone. Here is an experiment in shutter speed and prop blur. Shot 1 is with the camera on full auto everything. Nice shot, but the prop stands still. Yuck! Next shot at shutter speed 250, ISO 200. Good, but not there yet. 250 works great for aerial shots, but taxiing requires a bit lower. The next three are sutter speed at 125, ISO 200. Much better. The prop blur gives a much better feeling of motion.

 

[pbfoot]

thanx for the lesson I'll give it a try next time

 

[evangilder]

A fellow aviation photographer showed me some great tips and tricks. The one thing you have to watch closely though with the lower shutter speeds is the lens shake at high magnification. The steadier your stance, the better.

 

[Pisis]

Ooh lala, great "stander" shots there Eric!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Im impressed Eric, great pics.

 

[evangilder]

Thanks guys. I realized quickly that this camera was way more than I had the skills for. The only way to fix that is to work on my skills. If I were only going to shoot on auto, I would have bought a point and shoot!

 

[Glider]

The arial shots have what looks like stationary props. Can I ask what ISO you use on those?

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

My camara does that as well when I take pictures of our helicopters and other aircraft. The rotors and props dont look like they are moving.

 

[Glider]

Apologies as I meant to put this on the previous memo. 250 on a taxiing aircraft works pretty well.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Thats a nice pic as well.

 

[Pisis]

Cool shot there as well!

 

[evangilder]

Not bad, Glider. Bring it down a little further and you can get close to a full prop arc. But it requires a steady hand. In my aerial shots, I was shooting 1000-2000 shutter range, which is way too high. That's why I have been working on lower speeds to get some blur of the prop with the plane still in focus. I don't remember the ISO setting, but I recall it being about 800. Again, too high. I have been shooting this weekend in shutter priority at 12-250 film speed with a 200 ISO. Still learning!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Well either way, even if you are still learning, they are great man.

 

[lesofprimus]

Awesome stuff fellas...

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff!!