Please comment on my helicopter pic

themask70 · 18 Apr 2006 at 21:48

Hey all, the national grid helicoper has been flying about checking pylons today, in only really got one decent one, which then took 30 minutes photoshopping to remove some electric wires......

P.S. These were taken on a canon mk II 75-300mm lens, iso about 100, cant remember exposure, should all be in the exif.

please leave c + c

Richard T · 18 Apr 2006 at 21:59

snap!!

I'll raise your chopper with an essex police one!

Looks like its falling outta the sky though
Nearly blinded meself getting this one as it wouldn't focus straight away! I had to pan closer to the sun than I wanted

themask70 · 18 Apr 2006 at 21:59

also, sry they're so low res, i just wanted to get the file as small as possible as my broardband is running slow

themask70 · 18 Apr 2006 at 22:00

Richard T said:
snap!!

I'll raise your chopper with an essex police one! Looks like its falling outta the sky though
Nearly blinded meself getting this one as it wouldn't focus straight away! I had to pan closer to the sun than I wanted

lol, nice

Zheka · 18 Apr 2006 at 22:05

Crop wise you’d better leave more space in front of the helicopter, so it has "space to fly into"
Also drop shutter speed as low as you can so the propeller wings would be blurred and it doesn’t look as if its petrol has run out

I think I have a picture of helicopter somewhere...

themask70 · 18 Apr 2006 at 22:14

Zheka said:
Crop wise you’d better leave more space in front of the helicopter, so it has "space to fly into"
Also drop shutter speed as low as you can so the propeller wings would be blurred and it doesn’t look as if its petrol has run out
I think I have a picture of helicopter somewhere...

ok

mrgubby · 18 Apr 2006 at 22:19

My Choppers bigger than yours

Zheka · 18 Apr 2006 at 22:21

hehe

SDK^ · 18 Apr 2006 at 22:33

themask70 - It could do with being sharper and a touch more blur on the blades.

By the way - I work for National Grid

P.S - If size matters then I have some shots of a chinook heli

Richard T · 18 Apr 2006 at 22:34

Zheka said:
hehe

getting silly now!

nolimit · 18 Apr 2006 at 22:39

SDK can you fly around my area SW8.

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 18 Apr 2006 at 23:51

SDK^ said:
P.S - If size matters then I have some shots of a chinook heli

Dam, Thats by far my favourite Heli.

I dont have a shot of it, But ive flown inside a Chinook so do I get a point ?

themask70 · 19 Apr 2006 at 17:49

SDK^ said:
themask70 - It could do with being sharper and a touch more blur on the blades.

By the way - I work for National Grid

P.S - If size matters then I have some shots of a chinook heli

I cant really help the sharpness issue, tbh, i regret buying the 300mm lens that i did because none of my pictures are really that sharp. I normaly sharpen them a bit in photoshop.

And yeh, i agree with you along with everyone else, the blades do need more blur