Personal GalleryDiscuss Evan's photography phun in the OFF-Topic / Misc. forums; Thanks, Dan. If the weather cooperates, I should be able to do some more shooting this weekend....
Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda.
Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda.
On my last trip to Thunder Over Michigain and Dayton. I shot 64 rolls of film. The trip through the airport was special. I am looking forward to not having to switch out rolls in the middle of a fly by or having to process all the film. I would like the ease of photo shot over processing the film. The price of the chemical and paper keeps going up. It is getting harder to find places that keeps the supplies on hand.
You do still need to stop to swap memory cards once in a while, but it's not like changing film. Open the door, pop out the full card, put another in and you're shooting again. Plus not having to worry about processing/development is great. My "darkroom" is now my PC.
But the best part is that at the end of a shot series, you can look at the LCD on the back of the camera to check exposure, focus, etc. So you can change as needed after a couple of test shots.
Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda.
New stuff posted! I finally finished up the edits and page builds for the day at Santa Paula. Here is the banner for it, and the link. It's mostly GA stuff, but there are some classic ones, and a couple o' warbirds too. Enjoy!
Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda.
I would love to hit the airshows you attend. I am going to be hard press to post anything that you do not already have up. If you do not mind me asking, how much editing did you do on photo shop? The colors are strong. I have to fight the overcast and rain clouds no matter where I go. I swear the rain follows me around. I was at the War Museum in Korea trying to shot some birds and it started raining on me.
I don't do much editing in Photoshop. If I have to spend more than 2 minutes on a shot, I typically throw it into a hold file for later looking, or delete it altogether. The Nikon has great color representation and clarity right out of the box. I do take a few settings out of default though to suit my own needs.
Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda.
I have always have troubles getting the prop blur. Even on manual holding the shutter open with a mono pod, I cannot get a good blur. Any suggestions? I hate seeing the planes in the air without the blur.
It all depends on the conditions and available light for prop blur. If they are in the air, nothing lower than 1/400 in shutter priority. 1/125 through 1/250 seems to be the sweet spot, but you really have to be steady (I shoot hand held at 500mm). Of course, you can go lower, but your good:bad shot ratio will be pretty low.
The key with low shutter speed shots and moving airplanes is to pan with the shot. Try and keep the airplane in the middle while it's moving as you press the shutter. It should be centered still when the mirror drops back down. It takes timing and practice.
One last thing, it's like shooting a gun, squeeze the shutter button. Don't "jerk the trigger" and you will have smoother motion.
Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda.
New stuff from this past weekend. Saturday was beautiful. A lot of stuff came out of the hangars that doesn't usually come out at all. Little did I know the exercises that the Sheriff's helicopter would be good practice beginning the next day.
Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda.
Eric: Take a look at the first photo, the one with the guys working on the
engine of the aircraft with only one wing attached. Is that a Fairchild 24 ??
It sure looks like it.....
Charles
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