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Three Spitfire.
My first ever try at photographing moving objects 
1/500
F/4.7
ISO 50
Taken at Waddington Airshow on Sunday.
Would look much better with a dramatic cloudy sky, but it was a lovely sunny day so it will have to do
| Camera: | Nikon COOLPIX 8700  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Recording media: | Lexar CF |
| Title: | ••• |
| Username: | 
Atlas |
| Uploaded: | 5 Jul 2006 - 6:15 PM |
| Tags: | 1942, Aeroplane, Aircraft, Airplane, Airshow, Atlas, Atlas30, Flight, General, Pilot, Raf, Rare, Spitfire, Spitfire trio, Sports / action, Transport, Waddington, Waddington air show, Waddington airshow, World war two, Ww2 |
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Hi Rob, thought you'd left the country! 
This doesn't have the appeal of your usual photos as the ones you set up and create show of your skill to its full advantage, this is a good shot in its own right but I personally prefer your original shots, hope you are well Jane
Thank you all for the votes
Martin, yes good panning is the key to getting the shots clear, except for the Red Arrows because it's mainly formation and smoke trails. I had a few soft shots due to a plane suddenly appearing and the slow start-up of my Nikon 8700.
Quote: Hi Rob, thought you'd left the country!
I wish!
No it's not very appealing I know Jane, and I promise I wont upload anymore aircraft shots
Caleb, I don't have a clue if the one on the left is a rarity or not? I suppose they are all quite rare really.
Rob,
Glorious machines, and the sound must have been fantastic.
It's been said before about the slower shutter speed for more movement in the propellers, but it's a start. It's good to try something new.
Anyhow, good work, look forward to some more.
Gary
Oh I see! Learnt something new, thanks!
Thanks Gary and Janet.
Thats not fair Janet, it cost me about £30 and the coach took about the same time it takes to get to Spain, so we ended up missing some stuff at the start. Saw about four displays while we were sat on the coach stuck in traffic LOL!
Don't get dispondent aircraft shots don't attract much attention on here For a first effort this is good
Geoff
well, I like it..because it's not every day that one sees antique aircraft. I also like the whir of the propellers that you captured. Now not everyone is going to click on this..but that does not discount it as a good image. it is a good image and I actually commend you for going outside of your normal shots..I did the same recently and I must say..it didn't get the usual response ..but I did it mostly to prove to myself that I was capable of doing something different and doing it well.
Thanks Tina, yes it's good to have a change, I would like to think I can handle most photographic situations. The Nikon 8700 is a very slow camera with a pretty average zoom compared to the canon dslr's etc, so I'm quite pleased with the results I managed to get.
Very important to get at least some movement in the propellers too. I wish I could have uploaded the sound with it
Beautiful capture of the three old planes Rob...the exposure has detailed well the colours and markings and the blue sky has good contrasting properties accentuating the quality in the sharpness of your image.
Doug.
There is nothing wrong with it. It is very sharp and clear. But as was mentioned, it is not a sunset landscape or a bird, so it is not as popular. But that doesn't mean that it is not as good! I'd be happy with this if I took it.
Patrick
As we all known clicks are the only measure of a photos value
Don't stress it Rob, as soon as you move out of the style people expect from you then clicks go down. If you really want to minimise clicks then B&W motorspot photography is the way to go.
This looks pretty good to me, only improvment I would like to see is better seperation of the right hand two...but as you were taking the pics not flying I don't see how you could fix that.
Chris
I wanted to do my portrait in a drop of water and then I see you've already done it LOL! May try it anyway, now that I see how well it can be done.
Patrick
LOL! I don't think I've ever seen you do anything other than landscapes before Patrick!
This one or this one?
Okay I will be expecting to see it the next time you upload
Its not a bad effort, but a slower shutter speed would have helped; also the large image shows some chromatic abberations! For those that don't know, the 2 seater is probably a Mk9 that was converted after the war by the Vickers company. I think that most of them were for the Irish AF. The first to be put back into the air was ML407 - by the late Nick Grace - and still flown by his widow. The centre one is an early Mk, probably a MkII or V; the last one is a Griffon engined late variant.
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