A very slow day in the Loop

Timc

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With the promise of good weather in the Loop today I was quite optimistic that the planes would come out to play, had to wait practically the whole day when the clouds started rolling in until something came our way!

Tim

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Nicely done... We were up on CadWest until about 3pm and gave it up as a bad job! :(

The only thing that came near us was an F15 which went overhead and behind rather than down the valley.

Si
 
208 were/are night flying at the mo.

Weather looks moody, but nice capture with the Hawk.
 
Andy1664uk said:
208 were/are night flying at the mo.
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Definite night flight last night, they had one of their A/C do an approach to Doncaster Airport and disappear off to 40000ft.
 
Nice shots Tim, what sort of focal length do you need to get that close?
 
Hi Ian, generally I use a 300mm F4 lens on a full frame body, so with a cropped sensor you'd only need probably 200mm (Depending on which location you choose). The common fault with taking shots like this is that there's a tendency to zoom in and miss the aircraft altogether as they're approaching and travelling at a such a speed, I was guilty of that when I used my 100-400mm!

Tim
 
Timc said:
Hi Ian, generally I use a 300mm F4 lens on a full frame body, so with a cropped sensor you'd only need probably 200mm (Depending on which location you choose). The common fault with taking shots like this is that there's a tendency to zoom in and miss the aircraft altogether as they're approaching and travelling at a such a speed, I was guilty of that when I used my 100-400mm!

Tim
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I've always fancied this and was hoping that on my 170 to 500 I could stay on 170 and not worry about zooming. This confirms my hopes. I'm on a cropped sensor btw.
 
Timc said:
Hi Ian, generally I use a 300mm F4 lens on a full frame body, so with a cropped sensor you'd only need probably 200mm (Depending on which location you choose). The common fault with taking shots like this is that there's a tendency to zoom in and miss the aircraft altogether as they're approaching and travelling at a such a speed, I was guilty of that when I used my 100-400mm!

Tim
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Thanks Tim, i really fancy giving this a go! but dont have a lens long enough for the job, will have to get saving!
 
The 1st & 5th is my favourite. It must of been a good experience shooting fighter jets.
 
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