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Well done you 
Love the falling pink trails and I like the curve and how you have placed the plane in the picture - so much for having the biggest lens - you need to be able to compose a picture too
Helen
Love the falling pink trails and I like the curve and how you have placed the plane in the picture - so much for having the biggest lens - you need to be able to compose a picture too
Helen
have to agree with Helen nice one and you had fun hard to beat
Graham
Graham
Excellent capture and a nice composition Ann,
Fred.
Fred.
Most has been said, Ann....composition, propeller movement, etc, all excellent. I like the curve and colour of the trail and the co-operative clear blue sky.
Nice image captured. Deep
Very well done Ann, I know how hard it is to compose a shot like this, and with detail.
John
John
Nice composition with the arcing flight and smoke, I'm intrigued by the drops falling from the smoke, I guess this is heavier solids in the smoke? It's similar to dropping ink into water to photograph, I think?
Your exposure and using shutter priority...shutter priority is the way to go, I use manual but I do most of the time anyway. Shutter speed rule of thumb is you use the speed equal to the focal length. So 200mm 1/200th or 1/250th of a second. I always double that, so at 200mm I would use 1/500th and because the subject is moving and you'll be moving the camera I'd double up again to 1/1000th. The faster the shutter speed the less chance of movement,you're probably at infinity or close to doing aerial action so you don't really need huge depth of field.
As a matter of interest my Red Arrows images were all shot at 1/1000th @ f/5.6 iso 100. Objects coming towards the camera appear to fly slower than objects flying across the image, you can of course pan a little to keep the object within the frame, which helps with the sharpness as well.
Hope this all makes sense to you, your image looks pin sharp so you got it right anyway. Sometimes as planes change course they slow a little and that, if you catch it helps with the speed.(as you did here).
Dougie
breathless and need my coffee now.
Your exposure and using shutter priority...shutter priority is the way to go, I use manual but I do most of the time anyway. Shutter speed rule of thumb is you use the speed equal to the focal length. So 200mm 1/200th or 1/250th of a second. I always double that, so at 200mm I would use 1/500th and because the subject is moving and you'll be moving the camera I'd double up again to 1/1000th. The faster the shutter speed the less chance of movement,you're probably at infinity or close to doing aerial action so you don't really need huge depth of field.
As a matter of interest my Red Arrows images were all shot at 1/1000th @ f/5.6 iso 100. Objects coming towards the camera appear to fly slower than objects flying across the image, you can of course pan a little to keep the object within the frame, which helps with the sharpness as well.
Hope this all makes sense to you, your image looks pin sharp so you got it right anyway. Sometimes as planes change course they slow a little and that, if you catch it helps with the speed.(as you did here).
Dougie
breathless and need my coffee now.
Thanks for this Dougie - it's very helpful. Hope you've recovered from the typing marathon. I do have one of planes coming towards me which bears out your comment.
Ann
Ps I'm not sure about the reason for those smoke droplets but that's partly why I like the image
I do have one of planes coming towards me which bears out your comment.Ann
Ps I'm not sure about the reason for those smoke droplets but that's partly why I like the image
Only too happy to take this belter to RC. ... click
Wish my spitfire from yesterday at Crich had been as good.
Regads.
Gavin
Regads.
Gavin
Well done Ann what a great shot..Lin
Excellent image, Ann. Great composition and your shutter speed was slow enough to avoid freezing the prop. All in all you must be a natural considering this was your first go at this kind of togging.
Alun
Alun
Quote ` Shutter speed rule of thumb is you use the speed equal to the focal length`, - this is not quite true, - Minimum shutter speed for hand holding is 1/focal length at 35mm, so for your camera, with a 1.6 crop factor, at 200mm its the next highr speed above 1/(200*1.6) = 1/320.
However, slower speeds can work well with these events when panning as you can get propeller blur rather than a stopped prop, - and it looks better, - a fine shot.
regards
Willie
However, slower speeds can work well with these events when panning as you can get propeller blur rather than a stopped prop, - and it looks better, - a fine shot.
regards
Willie
I think your shutter speed is just right. Anything faster tham 1/250th and you will probably freeze the propeller which would spoil the image in my opinion. If you had used a longer lens you would have had a dilemma because you may have needed a faster speed to meet the guidelines mentioned above. Not sure how much this has been cropped (if any) but you have acheived a great result with the focal length used.
This looks perfectly sharp and appeals to me because the control surfaces used in the manoeuvre are clearly visible; the unusual smoke trail adds to the composition.
Cliff
This looks perfectly sharp and appeals to me because the control surfaces used in the manoeuvre are clearly visible; the unusual smoke trail adds to the composition.
Cliff
