Duxford Autumn Show

saddler · 14 Oct 2006 at 00:34

A few pics from last Sundays airshow. I managed to get a good spot on the hill by the land warfare centre though I lost a lot of shots due to the crowd in front waving every bloody time a plane came close :mad:

All these were taken stitting down proving that you dont need to stand every time something goes past and thus annoying all those behind you (its amazing just how inconsiderate some people become when they have a camera in their hands!)

1) Belgian F16 and Spitfire tribute (hdr'ed to rescue poor exposure)

2) French aerobatic team

3) Same team peforming a not quite co-ordinated series of rolls

4) P-51D Mustang

saddler · 14 Oct 2006 at 00:37

5) Very low flying Magister

6) Hurricane

7) Chinook

8) Bearcat (probably the best piston engined fighter ever made)

9) B-17

saddler · 14 Oct 2006 at 00:38

10) Spitfire

Any comments or suggetions welcome

John

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 14 Oct 2006 at 01:20

Love number 2!!! Wow I want it.

Great recovery on the 1st.

cyKey · 14 Oct 2006 at 08:40

Have you been HDR'ing 1 & 4?

saddler · 14 Oct 2006 at 10:39

cyKey said:
Have you been HDR'ing 1 & 4?

I only hdr'd number 1, with number 4 I just tweaked the levels, the effect is just how the camera coped with a very shiny plane

saddler · 14 Oct 2006 at 10:44

Fstop11 said:
Love number 2!!! Wow I want it.

Great recovery on the 1st.

I'll email you full size version if you like, email address in trust ok?

Joe T · 14 Oct 2006 at 12:08

Liking no. 2

Flibster · 14 Oct 2006 at 12:45

Aaaah.

Always had a very large soft spot for Sally B. Such a lovely graceful aircraft. Even for a Heavy Bomber.

Although the Patrouille de France shot is superb. They also wee all over the Red Arrows from quite a distance.

Simon/~Flibster

Eliot · 17 Oct 2006 at 21:59

ohh i was there, the f16 was LOUDDD

Flibster · 18 Oct 2006 at 00:01

Eliot said:
ohh i was there, the f16 was LOUDDD

F16's aren't loud. :confused:

Just wait till the Vulcan is airborne again. THATS loud.

Simon/~Flibster

Alex53 · 18 Oct 2006 at 09:00

Nice selection.

I'd try a monochrome/sepia version of your first shot and play along with the noise/grain for a sort of 'back in time' shot. Try a little vignetting too.

slap ed · 18 Oct 2006 at 09:11

high saddler, first nice shots mate second what equipment you using please ? i,m very new to photagraphy and went and brought a samsumg pro 815 in the mistaken belief that its 15x optical would be good for airshows (how wrong )what sort off upgrade do i need to get lovely ariel shots like that

saddler · 18 Oct 2006 at 12:44

slap ed said:
high saddler, first nice shots mate second what equipment you using please ? i,m very new to photagraphy and went and brought a samsumg pro 815 in the mistaken belief that its 15x optical would be good for airshows (how wrong )what sort off upgrade do i need to get lovely ariel shots like that

These were taken with a Canon 350D and a Sigma 100-300 F4 lens. In my opinion an SLR is the only way to shoot fast moving subjects. The shutter lag on non-slr cameras like your samsung makes it very difficult to track objects.

That said you should still be able to get some decent shots of larger aircraft such as the B-17 and slow movers such as Harriers and helicopters. I managed to get some good pics of a lancaster using my old Minolta Z3 last year, though for every good shot there were a lot of bad ones!

slap ed · 20 Oct 2006 at 17:44

thx for the reply saddler , i will have to do some homework

nomore · 20 Oct 2006 at 18:58

The photos aren't bad, but I really think they would be improved greatly with a slower shutter speed. Most of the props are static, and those which have some motion blur don't have enough.