Wirral Show 1 Airbus A380

[Brocks]

The Wirral show is a free two day show at New Brighton featuring various Ground and Air displays along with Stalls and a fair. Unfortunaltey some small shows down south limited the flying displays this year;)

I have taken a stack of the various displays which are all very different. So I'll post them all up as separate threads. However this weekend has brought about more questions for me especially WRT post processing and focus. This thread is a little shot heavy, the rest will be a bit more limited. Promise!

So on Saturday I went along to see the A380. I read it was going to do a flyby, but it actually did a 10 minute display. When I got there the tide was going out and I realised I could get right out and try to get a "down the throat" shot however even at the waters edge I wasn't far enough out.

The post Processing was done in Canon's Digital Photo Professional that came with the camera. i've had to sharpen all these as they looked soft. I shot in TV mode, Continuous shutter fire and Servo AF. Why are they so soft? Whats the best method to focus and fire?
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#1 I've put this up from a post processing perspective. The day was quite grey and the original RAW file was also grey. However the moment I dropped the contrast this blue sky jumped out :eek:

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd223/vec_c_Brocks/Wirral%20Show%2008/small2/Wirral_showsmall20004.jpg

#2 & #3 Trying to dramatise this display wasn't easy, however the pilot was but the aircraft at all sorts of angles. Levelled, Saturation and contrast changes. Cropped to put the nose at the leading edge of the frame (I read this somewhere)

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd223/vec_c_Brocks/Wirral%20Show%2008/small2/Wirral_showsmall20006.jpg


http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd223/vec_c_Brocks/Wirral%20Show%2008/small2/Wirral_showsmall20007.jpg


#4 Rather than a photo of a big white tube in the sky, I thought I'd see what detail I could get out of the belly. No Cropping, just sharpening, Saturation contrast and levels.

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd223/vec_c_Brocks/Wirral%20Show%2008/small2/Wirral_showsmall20065.jpg


#5 Fast flyby, Cropped saturated and Sharpened. Not sure the Saturation is OTT?

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd223/vec_c_Brocks/Wirral%20Show%2008/small2/Wirral_showsmall20009.jpg



#6 Putting this up to ask one question......After the show the aircraft did a big loop round Liverpool Bay. Most of the crowd turned their backs but I kept an eye on it. As it happened it ran straight at the crowd line en route to Hawarden where the wings are made. It was breaking through broken clouds so I took this as it was a little errie. It reminded me of a zeplin in the war films breaking cloud.

Sharpened, Saturation boosted and Contrast lowered....

Question Does it work? Sometimes I think yes Some time no....

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd223/vec_c_Brocks/Wirral%20Show%2008/small2/Wirral_showsmall20010.jpg

[smithphoto]

Love #5 well done. I would have loved to have seen this!

[nilagin]

In answer to your question, I like it.
Having seen this plane at Goodwood last Saturday, I was impressed at how graceful and relatively manouverable it was for such a large plane.

[Just Dave]

great set of shots wish I could have got there to see it

[IanC_UK]

No.5 saturation is definitely a bit much the sky is far too blue.

The last shot would be so much better if the plane was lower in the frame and had space to fly into, for me its too close to the top and left edges of the frame.

not a bad set though, hopefully someone that shoots more displays can give a better insight and advice though :)

[Brocks]

Thanks All,

Ian, Thought that about the fast flyby(#5) but at the same time quite liked it..

I can easily re-crop the last one I read somewhere that having space behind the object gives a better sense of motion.:thinking:

[Matt Sayle]

Some very good shots there. 2 being my fav.

[devitt]

An amazing piece of engineering. Nice captures of the airbus, and the last works for me:thumbs:

[paulc]

great shots, I saw this at the show and was astounded by it grace and agility well captured.