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banehawi (Critique Team)

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18 Aug 2012 - 9:05 PM

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Its a good shot. Perhaps zooming out would have included more of the left wing, but perhaps there was some obstructions you wanted to exclude. One tip, - when shooting into the sky, use a +1 exposure compensation in general, as the cameras meter will be unduly influenced by the brightness, and can underexpose somewhat. This isnt too bad as the plane itself is largely a bright colour, but a little work on exposure makes a difference.


I have uploaded a mod to show what I mean, - just a curves adjustment to brighten and improve contrast.



regards



Willie

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Focus_Man

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20 Aug 2012 - 9:22 AM

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You have done well here with sensible EXIF (high shutter speed for your 300mm FL) except that I think I would have stopped down to f8 and with 1/1250sec you would still be able to hand hold successfully.

Mind you I would have preferred to see this closer to 220 FL so that all of the plane could be within your frame. A positive exposure compensation is generally required but given the dark sky the need lessens a little.

Nice nevertheless.

Frank

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paulbroad

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22 Aug 2012 - 8:09 AM

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I like this in general - lots of impact, but it is a touch under exposed which gives the impression of a colour cast towards cyan. The aircraft should be white? White plane and bright sky + under exposure with most metering systems on auto. I use a hand meter when I can in difficult situations with incident readings, but a good hand meter is now rather expensive.

Paul

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