Hover School!

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so, I was back in the town that I went to high school in this weekend, which is also home to a military training base... who knew you could just drive around and take pictures?!

caught this chinook just hovering with my 55-200VR. C&C please!!

 

[Corry]

Neat shot! Not really something I'd say is easy to get a truly good picture of, though.

Only suggestions I can think of that might help this shot a bit, is maybe a bump in contrast and possibly saturation.

It's also a good idea to put your horizon line somewhere other than the very center of the picture...try and place it 1/3 of the way up or down the picture (rule of thirds).

 

[newrmdmike]

and also wait for the chopper to not be cutting through the horizon line maybe.

 

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thanks for the comments guys!

 

[Sw1tchFX]

You should have used a slower shutter speed so that the rotors really look like they're moving, you can barely tell as is.

 

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I tried that! it was really bright!!

1/80 (shutter priority)
f25
iso200