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I've been invited to take some corporate shots of a Drilling Company's drilling rig out in the north sea next weekend, and since I've never done any photography from a helicopter before I thought I should canvas for thoughts on technique.
We'll be flying out on a chartered helicopter - I'll be one of a number of passengers - the rest are senior execs of the parent company. I very much doubt we'll get an opportunity to get the door open, so I have to assume the opportunities will be from behind the helicopter's side windows.
I've got a Canon 5D Mark II and I'm proposing to use a 70-200 f/2.8 MK2 which has 4-stop IS.
I was thinking of using a CIRC-PL to take any big reflections off the water, but that's obviously going to counteract the benefit gained from the lens' IS - so I'm also looking at a high ISO setting - I guess I'll only know how high when I'm out there and take a few test shots.
Some questions I keep asking myself:
* Should I really use the polariser?
* I almost always shoot in aperture priority mode - should I consider shutter priority?
I'd be grateful for any advice anyone can offer.
We'll be flying out on a chartered helicopter - I'll be one of a number of passengers - the rest are senior execs of the parent company. I very much doubt we'll get an opportunity to get the door open, so I have to assume the opportunities will be from behind the helicopter's side windows.
I've got a Canon 5D Mark II and I'm proposing to use a 70-200 f/2.8 MK2 which has 4-stop IS.
I was thinking of using a CIRC-PL to take any big reflections off the water, but that's obviously going to counteract the benefit gained from the lens' IS - so I'm also looking at a high ISO setting - I guess I'll only know how high when I'm out there and take a few test shots.
Some questions I keep asking myself:
* Should I really use the polariser?
* I almost always shoot in aperture priority mode - should I consider shutter priority?
I'd be grateful for any advice anyone can offer.