Local Air Show

[pez]

@PDK Airport in Atlanta, two days ago.

This last frame is Greg Connell knife-edging his Pitts. Greg tragically died in a crash incident during this show.

 

[zombiesniper]

Great set.

Sad to hear about Mr. Connell.

 

[Braineack]

Nice set. Looks like you could have tried going a little faster with the shutter speed to freeze up the planes just a little better.

 

[jcdeboever]

Nice set. Looks like you could have tried going a little faster with the shutter speed to freeze up the planes just a little better.

How fast? Just for future reference.

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[k5MOW]

Wow I love them great work.

 

[Braineack]

I just recently went to an airshow, and I was shooting 1/640 and 1/800sec @ 600mm.

I was still getting prop blur, but noticeably sharper planes at 1/800. I binned all the shots taken any slower, and most even at 1/640 weren't great. It's really about finding that perfect balance between freezing the plane, but keeping the props blurred, and then just a shutter speed that works with your focal length in the first place.

 

[pez]

Great set.
Sad to hear about Mr. Connell.

Thanks! I had just said hi to Greg a few hours before because I liked his Pitts.

Wow I love them great work.

Thank you.

Nice set. Looks like you could have tried going a little faster with the shutter speed to freeze up the planes just a little better.

I just recently went to an airshow, and I was shooting 1/640 and 1/800sec @ 600mm.
I was still getting prop blur, but noticeably sharper planes at 1/800. I binned all the shots taken any slower, and most even at 1/640 weren't great. It's really about finding that perfect balance between freezing the plane, but keeping the props blurred, and then just a shutter speed that works with your focal length in the first place.

Thanks. I may try 1/800 some next time, but they mostly don't seem to blur enough for me at 800. I get burned out as the day runs on- it seems the later it is and the more sunburned-dehydrated-sore I am, the less sharp my photos are. A graph of it would look like a cliff

 

[Braineack]

 

[deggimatt]

Well Done

 

[manaheim]

OMG that third one ROCKS.

The fourth one is pretty awesome, too, but the colors aren't quite as eye-popping.

 

[pez]

Well Done

Thanks!

OMG that third one ROCKS.

The fourth one is pretty awesome, too, but the colors aren't quite as eye-popping.

Thanks, manaheim!

 

[pez]

Here are some more on my Flickr page.