Royal Navy Rescue by martyndunstan, on Flickr
Was at Pendennis Castle when these guys were practicing. First time i have ever taken a shot of moving aircraft, not as clear as some on here but any hints tips would be appreciated
Royal Navy Rescue Seaking At Carrick Roads Cornwall
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Was at Pendennis Castle when these guys were practicing. First time i have ever taken a shot of moving aircraft, not as clear as some on here but any hints tips would be appreciated
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Nice comp with the backdrop and I'm assuming this is more of a grab shot than anything planned in advance ?
Having the right settings (if time and equipment permit),to induce some rotor blur, really can 'pop' an image like this
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Might be my ipad but it looks really underexposed to me.
It's a nice enough subject and a good effort - though I would say the shutter speed needs to be a lot lower, that way there'll be some blur to the rotors and it won't look like its just hanging in the air - I always feel that frozen rotors on flying aircraft just don't look right.
The thing with helicopters (over propeller driven aeroplanes) is the blades turn a hell of a lot slower meaning you need a really slow shutter to get a decent amount of blur - then you run the risk of camera shake especially if the subject is moving.
Either way best thing is to get out and take pictures and see what works best for you
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It's a nice enough subject and a good effort - though I would say the shutter speed needs to be a lot lower, that way there'll be some blur to the rotors and it won't look like its just hanging in the air - I always feel that frozen rotors on flying aircraft just don't look right.
The thing with helicopters (over propeller driven aeroplanes) is the blades turn a hell of a lot slower meaning you need a really slow shutter to get a decent amount of blur - then you run the risk of camera shake especially if the subject is moving.
Either way best thing is to get out and take pictures and see what works best for you
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Looks pretty underexposed to my eyes.
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Your picture was taken at 1/1000th of a second, which is too fast for rotor blur but great for quickly stopping it dead in the photograph.
Your aperture was f10 which is great for say a landscape on a sunny day but which was obviously too much for this particular occasion ... opening the aperture to say f8 might have just been sufficient for a correct exposure - actual figure depends on circumstances.
ISO is best kept to the camera's 'norm', usually 100 unless lighting is a problem, and it wasn't here.
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A very good capture and Gramps has done the works on it, photography is a great learning curve, even small adjustments can make a big difference. (maybe worth adding a warming filter to reduce the bluey tint)
It's a shame that this will soon be a view of the past when the navy's time doing the helicopter rescue comes to an end (in 2016 I think).
We now seem to live in a country where more and more things go out to tender/contracting etc, the quality of service suffers as so much cost cutting gets involved.
It's a shame that this will soon be a view of the past when the navy's time doing the helicopter rescue comes to an end (in 2016 I think).
We now seem to live in a country where more and more things go out to tender/contracting etc, the quality of service suffers as so much cost cutting gets involved.
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