Birding...

[spannerdude]

War-birding that is.
The worst thing about coming back from your jollies is sorting the hundreds of images. I'm currently wading through nearly a thousand, sorting wheat from chaff as it were.
Here are a few presentable shots from the air displays at the Goodwood Revival. They might be considered "The first of the few" ;)
Comments welcome.

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l106/the_spannerdude/Motorsport/Revival%202007/Hurricane_webcopy.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l106/the_spannerdude/Motorsport/Revival%202007/DSC00732copy.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l106/the_spannerdude/Motorsport/Revival%202007/DSC00501copy.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l106/the_spannerdude/Motorsport/Revival%202007/DSC00162copy.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l106/the_spannerdude/Motorsport/Revival%202007/DSC00160copy.jpg

[JPS]

I like number 2, just for the difference in old and new on show - or passing over by accident....

[spannerdude]

I've just read the news report from the weekend and found that it was this HUrricane that piled in at the weekend.

Sad loss of pilot and aircraft.

[mmcp42]

it's not been a good weekend for aviation

[Venomator]

it's not been a good weekend for aviation

Or sport for that matter ... :eek: ... and the two comments are sadly inextricably linked ... :(


Nice shots though Stuart ... :thumbs:




:p

[oldgit]

They are good shots :thumbs:

[Dino f]

Good going dude.
Cant have enough photos of Spits.
Dean:)

[spannerdude]

Thanks guys.

Can I ask though, what length lenses you guys use for aircraft?
I guess if there is enough light to use a fast shutter speed there is no issue with jets but with prop driven planes I'm really struggling to hand hold a 500mm lens at a slow enough shutter to get prop blur. Even with SSS I'm losing 50% to camera shake.
These pics are either not cropped or only cropped a little to centre the subject. Should I use less zoom and rely on the MP count to provide for a more radical crop instead?

[Dino f]

Spannerdude, I use a Canon 10D, so i only have 6 or so MP to play with, i also use a 100-400 L IS lens, which i nearly always turn the IS off. Most of my shots are cropped so about 2/3 of the shot remain, with 500mm you should be laughing. Alot of the shots should be ok with a bit of careful proccessing.
I hope you dont mind, but i had a go at reproccessing one of your pics (which was good anyway) . If you want me to remove it i will happily do so.

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k287/dinof/DSC00160copy.jpg

I feel it has a little more punch, i will post one of my before and after shots later to show you what i mean.
Dean:)

[Dino f]

Back again, just to demonstrate that even the most ropey of shots can be made reasonable.
First shot is straight out of the camera, dust spots and all. I admit, it is one of my worst photo's, but it's probably a good example.
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k287/dinof/Tucano.jpg
You can see it's OOF and quite badly exposed.

Next shot is the same picture, with about a 50%ish crop.
About 3 mins worth of proccessing and the picture is now pretty much presentable, still not perfect by any means, but useable.
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k287/dinof/Tucano2.jpg

Moral of this story.....dont judge a shot by how it first looks.
Dean:)

[spannerdude]

Nice one Dino.:thumbs: I can see I need to work on my PP. I'm about to upgrade from PS7 to CS3 so I'll probably have a bit of motivation to learn how to use it :thinking:

I'll have to practice more with the 500mm and see if I can get the hang of using <1/200!