Post your favorite Airplane shots

[Sheiky]

Here's my contribution. All shot with a 50D and a 70-200 F4L





First off: The A10, first time I've ever seen this airplane in real life! Love it...it's a beautiful plane!





Shot at 200mm iso200 1/1000 TVmode with +1exposure





The rest of my pictures are shot in AV with +1 exposure with center-point metering mode.





200mm F5 1/4000 iso 250 /// 200mm and still needed cropping





188mm iso 250 f5 1/1600 also needed some crop





And two pictures to show you how the majority of my pictures looks like at 200mm non-cropped. I was standing about 75m away from the runway with all pictures.





F5 iso250 1/1000





f5 1/2000 iso 250





I used AV-mode this much because the sky was really cloudy and 1 moment it could be cloudy and the other moment it could be clear. So I set my AVmode +1 exposure.


Haven't done any postprocessing on the last 3.


Not so much on the first 2 either, but yes they have been postprocessed.





Oh..there was a question about bursting... I didn't use my bursts a lot. Only when two or more planes are flying straight into eachother and you want to take that special moment where they seem so collide.


For the rest...they aren't that fast from such a distance [:P] you don't need to burst most of the time. I did take multiple shots sometimes, just for composition.

[freelanceshots]

One more that I had loaded on my laptop to share.





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[Tom Wertman]

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[mattsartin]

I guess I need to hit up some airshows! I don't have much to contribute aside from this F-22


Canon XTi & 75-300mm f/4-5.6 @300mm and probably cropped in


1/2000s f/8 ISO 400

[Chuck Lee]

Whatsreal, Great Topic,


My dad worked for NASA for 41yrs. He was an areonautical engineer at the 16ft tunnel NASA, Langley AFB, Hampton VA. Air/Space craft is in my blood. We try to go to Air Power over Hampton Roads ever year. Awesome photo opts.





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[mattsartin]

Chuck Lee: <span>you just had to 1-up my F-22 pic with yours didn't you [:'(] just kidding, nice work [H]

[Chuck Lee]

<span>you just had to 1-up my F-22 pic with yours didn't you [:'(] just kidding, nice work [img]/emoticons/emotion-11.gif[/img]

LOL.... I couldn't resist posting the high-G turn with the vapor rolling of the leading edge. The shock rings in the exhaust are cool too. These are the things that really remind me of the awesome power that these aircraft have. Praise God they're on our side.


Forgot to add in my post what great photos folks are posting here.


The B25 by freelanceshots and the A10 by Itheone are two of my favs. I have a similar A10 shot that I'm fond of. I've got quite a few excellent B25 shots but nothing that comes close to that one by freelanceshots. I love the atmosphere.

[Dan Fleming]

Hey Chuck, I noticed the photos are all 70-200 + 1.4 TC. Do you find this to be a good combo even on the extreme end of the range? As I noted above I am trying to figure out what to do for this summer's oshkosh trip. I imagine that the 70-200 2.8 IS will bottom out price wise soon, as some will be upgrading and others holding out for the new II. I might be able to afford it and a TC instead of a 100-400L.


Awesome photos by the way.





Dan

[Chuck Lee]

Do you find this to be a good combo even on the extreme end of the range?

Thanks Dan.


Just to clarify, I am using an old 70-200 f2.8L (non-IS) with the white "pro" 1.4 TC by Tamron.


I would say this combination is adequate for this kind of photography. It works really well on my 40D stopped down (f6.3- f8) but absolutely stinks on my FF 5D. I would love to own a 100-400 L. Obviously, If choosing between the two I'd still take the 70-200 and use the 1.4 TC for extra reach. The 70-200 by itself is irreplaceable. I hear the f4 version is as beloved. I've seen mixed reviews on using even the Canon 1.4TC with the 70-200. 2XTC is out of the question. The TC's seem to work much better on the primes of as long and longer focal lengths. I don't know if this is helpful, but it's what I have. Bryan shows ISO charts of the telephotos with TCs mounted. Here70-200 f2.8L IS USM with 1.4 TC @ 280mm


I also use the Tamron 1.4 TC with my EF 100 f2.8 Macro. On the 40D I get 140 x 1.6 for a whopping 35mm equiv. 224mm1.4:1 Macro with no lost DOF. You can not use the Canon TC on the EF 100 f2.8. This combo also gives me a 140mm f4 prime to use on my 5D. Dang... I need to go take some pictures and try that out. Thanks for that idea Dan!! I love this forum!


Good Luck with your buying decisions. It's never easy.

[Brendan7]

Sheiky, those are fantastic! #s 1 and 2 are my favorites...


brendan