F18 Super Hornet

[Buttkicker]

One that I took a while back and never processed till today

thanks for looking
Chris

 

[Dangermouse]

I like this one Chris

 

[Dangermouse]

After a second look the vortices seem to originate inside the plane or am I seeing things?

 

[Cheesy]

Very nice indeed.

Cheesy

 

[RKC]

After a second look the vortices seem to originate inside the plane or am I seeing things?

looks like it to me, perhaps its smoke trail for an airshow :shrug:

cracking pic

 

[Cheesy]

looks like it to me, perhaps its smoke trail for an airshow :shrug:

cracking pic

No, its a pukka 'this aircraft is at high alpha' vortex. The name Rams Horn vortex is rearing its head in the back of my mind but CFS groundschool was a long time ago and I could be wrong.

Cheesy

 

[markjayne]

Its an awesome shot Chris, you've captured the vapour spot on, looks like cotton wool. The airframe looks really clean, did you put it through some sort of noise reduction (the shot not the airframe).

Mark

 

[RKC]

No, its a pukka 'this aircraft is at high alpha' vortex. The name Rams Horn vortex is rearing its head in the back of my mind but CFS groundschool was a long time ago and I could be wrong.

Cheesy

bowing to your superior knowledge all i know is they fly

 

[Buttkicker]

Cheers Guys
No noise reduction at all Mark..

Cheesy spot on fella

thanks for the comments guys
Chris

 

[kevshore]

Very nice clean shot Chris. Spot on.

Kev.

 

[Lev67]

Nice one Chris,
Snorting Vapour!!

Neil

 

[silverstar189]

very nice...i always thought the 2 seat version of the f/a 18 was more attractive than the single seat imo.

 

[bigNeil]

What shutter speed was this, the vapour is so 'sharp' is this like 1/4000th or thereabouts?

 

[noneforit]

Awesome, really like this

 

[Buttkicker]

What shutter speed was this, the vapour is so 'sharp' is this like 1/4000th or thereabouts?

The ISO was 50 on my 1dmk2N which in turn gives a huge 'hit' on the shutter speed but I really like the clean looking images I can get at ISO 50
Shutter speed was 1/800 aperture F5.6 at 400mm

must add that shooting at ISO 50 is very subjective with people saying there is no difference between ISo 50 and ISO 200

the main difference that is clearly visible is getting a much slower shutter speed than otherwise would be possible on a bright sunny day

not that it means two hoots shooting aircraft in this shot LOL

as for noise I only use noise reduction software if shooting at high ISO in poor light situations

and as much as it hurts me to say it - Nikons top line cameras seem to have the edge in Low noise high ISO ratio at the moment

but this mk2N I use has been a great camera for me

sorry for the extra waffle LOL

thanks for looking in and contributing
Chris

 

[F1 CJE UK]

great photo, love the F18

 

[mowse73]

very nice

 

[ST Colin]

Straight to the moon!

Colin

 

[snappertvr]

Very nice Chris.

 

[G&A Images]

very nice and clean image