ah yes the new and improved one is incredible!
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The reason why the planes are dark is because the silly camera thinks you are trying to take a picture of the sky (which is the majority of the frame), The sky is a lot brighter than both the aeroplanes and the 18% grey the exposure meter thinks is a perfect picture. (the same effect if you are taking pictures of snow, the image is brighter than the 'normal' view the exposure calculation is expecting)
To combat this you need to dial in a bit of over exposure as YOU know better than your camera the effect you are trying to achieve.
As to how MUCH over you need to go there is probably a handy rule of thumb people that take a lot of plane shots use but I would go with 3/4 or a stop and see if that makes the difference.
nice pics especially the first.
Wow - which budget 70-300 may I ask?
Some good shots there. # is by far the best for me, a tribute to great timing or a high frame per second burst?
You seem to have some dust motes on the sensor, most noticeable in image 3 where one is on the right hand edge of the image about 1/8th of the way from the top. The second dust mote can be seen ahead of the nose of the second aircraft from the left in #3.
Cheesy
i have also been advised to try manual programme, set speed and then point lens at grass, alter so setting is in the middle of the eye piece. Leave settings alone and then shoot. Much better colour to photos.
speed settings should be about 1/300th for propeller planes and 1/1000th for jets.
see how mine turned out in another thread of kemble Airshow
Fab Number 1 photo. I bet alot of people would love to buy tht!
I have seen the first image of this set somewhere before. Or one - very similar to that
Great photo nevertheless!
Oh, no I never accused you of stealing it! I just meant, that I saw a similar one
I believe that its yours. Its a nice photo as well!
Well done!