Aviation, any advice welcome

docholiday

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some shots from my first attempt, any help advice, criticism or encouragement wanted

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It really does my swede when shots are posted asking for feedback and nobody replies, so providing you're happy to accept a response from me here goes;

Number 1 - a tad underexposed but composition is good, focus is good, overall its all good.

Number 2 - pretty much spot on, can't think of a thing you could have done to have captured a better image, but could do with a small tweak on the contrast levels in pp, then you would have an image which would be accepted onto airliners.net.

And if thats your first attempt I should sell my kit!
 
I really appreciate your help and advice, I normally post in the bird section but having just bought a lens and being at home visiting my parents house I thought I would have a go at some aviation shots as I am involved in aviation, (Have a P.P.L. and wife was a BA Captain)
I know they are just snap type pictures with not much interesting happening but really enjoyed it and would like to progress,
so I have put a few more from the same session up, if anybody else would like to help out with advice I would be appreciative, will be planning some trips specifically for aviation in the future so all comments greatly appreciated, Caleb thanks once again

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ps taken from the cliffs on approach to Cardiff
 
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docholiday said:
I really appreciate your help and advice, I normally post in the bird section but having just bought a lens and being at home visiting my parents house I thought I would have a go at some aviation shots as I am involved in aviation, (Have a P.P.L. and wife was a BA Captain)
I know they are just snap type pictures with not much interesting happening but really enjoyed it and would like to progress,
so I have put a few more from the same session up, if anybody else would like to help out with advice I would be appreciative, will be planning some trips specifically for aviation in the future so all comments greatly appreciated, Caleb thanks once again

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ps taken from the cliffs on approach to Cardiff
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These are looking great for some first attempts.

My advice would be try and get a little tighter on the aircraft, the centering seems to be a bit off with a few looking to distant and a few looking a little to high/low in the frame.
 
Thanks Jimmy will work on that, getting used to the beast of a 600mm so plenty of room for improvement
 
Thanks Jimmy, I will have to try and get down to Bournemouth airport, any body have any suggestions for locations to shoot at Bournemouth?
 
jimmyleaman said:
Yeah that's alot better. With a small cropping, sharpening and levels adjustment in Photoshop that would be a cracking shot.
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Deffo needs something - just doesn't seem to 'pop' an adjustment of contrast perhaps?

Was this shot in 600mm? (can't view exif on iPhone) if so you might struggle a bit with haze. Getting a whole 747 in frame would mean taking the shot from quite some distance!

Still I prefer my 300mm prime over a zoom - with primes you have to look a bit more for something interesting instead of the standard full plane type shot, which you can't always get.

Anyway, good set.
I second the above comment re framing. I tend to frame slightly off centre - allowing some space for the plane to 'fly into' which helps.

Regards

Neil
 
Roadkill_6mm said:
I tend to frame slightly off centre - allowing some space for the plane to 'fly into' which helps.
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Nice shots - having covered the Southport Airshow (& some slightly quicker planes!) I always preferred the shots which had that 'fly into' space.
Nice job on catching the movement in the propellors too!
 
Thanks for the help guys, used same principles as I use with birds in flight ie give them a little space to fly into, yea haze a problem plus the sun was on the wrong side of the plane,
still its whetted my appetite for some more
 
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Good shots. I am a relative newcomer to aviation photography and appreciate all the help I can get. Maybe a slightly slower shutter speed would get more prop blur but with a 600 lens you're limited as to how slow you can go to avoid handshake. Looking forward to the Red Arrows this Saturday in Newcastle, Northern Ireland. Instead of a zoom I intend to use a 300prime, if necessary with the latest Nikon 2x teleconverter. Good luck
merv:clap:
 
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