D90 aircraft shots (advice required!)

[Bradders09]

Hi all,

After a lot of practice with the D90 I recently purchased, I have finally got to the point of actually taking a reasonable shot! Now as with everything fine tuning to get the perfect shot is needed. I would appreciate if you could have a look at the three posted images below and disect as required! (especially if your an aviation tog and a fellow D90 user!!).

Any feedback and CC is more than welcome

 

[Andyvalver]

They look alright to me mate. I prefer the ones of the jet. In my opinion it would be better if we could see the engine blades turning but maybe they were dark on that aircraft. I took my first ones yesterday of planes and i got good results but i had the sun behind me so it made it look better.

Here is mine.. http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=153027&highlight=Andyvalver

 

[pete.rush]

Good capture on the prop's, you slowed the shutter speed down slow enough to generate prop blur while still keeping the main subject sharp, as for the jets, a little under exposed, what you might what to do in the future is add a 1/3 stop of exposure compensation. You back ground is very bright and subject dark, so adding a 1/3 or 2/3 of a stop will give you the correct exposure.

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=151549

Depends on the conditions and camera. Some of canon's camera's prefer the +1/3 or +2/3 exposure compensation, but it really is down to the conditions and what your histogram is telling you.

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tut...istograms1.htm

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tut...istograms2.htm

The best thing you can do while shooting is to lower the camera during a demonstration and check your histogram on the rear LCD. If the 'graph' has data anywhere between the middle (the midtones) and the right hand side (the highlights) you are doing fine. If the data falls more between the middle (midtones) and the left side (lowtones) then you are underexposing and need to add positive EC. Your histogram is the simply best invention on a DSLR, use it, learn it.

 

[Buttkicker]

I would try to get some more flattering angles
the 2nd Ryanair 737 would look better if it was cropped more 'in your face'

but as I said get a better position next time for some more dynamic angles
Chris