Airshow photos thread

[Salgar]

Couple from me from RIAT last weekend

F22 Raptor at RIAT 2017 by Paul Robinson, on Flickr

B2 Bomber with F15 Escort by Paul Robinson, on Flickr

[Boring_Chris]

Why are my air show pictures crap?

_MG_9440 by chris_obrien1982, on Flickr

_MG_9434 by chris_obrien1982, on Flickr

I'm using a Canon 1200d with the boggo 70 - 300 lens. I think the shutter was as quick as I could manage with the aperture wide open and the ISO as low as possible.

Am I doing it wrong, or am I just asking too much from the lens?

Edit.

I've just found this one and it's maybe approaching the bottom of the ladder of the standard here, so it can't be the camera / lens.

_MG_9391 by chris_obrien1982, on Flickr

Edited by Boring_Chris on Saturday 22 July 08:31

[Kermit power]

Boring_Chris said:

Why are my air show pictures crap?

I'm using a Canon 1200d with the boggo 70 - 300 lens. I think the shutter was as quick as I could manage with the aperture wide open and the ISO as low as possible.

Am I doing it wrong, or am I just asking too much from the lens?

Edit.

I've just found this one and it's maybe approaching the bottom of the ladder of the standard here, so it can't be the camera / lens.

I'm no expert, but in my experience....

1. Most lenses (and more so cheaper ones) don't like being at the extremes of their aperture ranges, so whilst you do want a wide depth of field, try dropping it back a few stops to get a better compromise between depth of field and sharpness. This will also obviously let more light in.

2. Practice your panning skills! You don't really need all that quick a shutter speed if you've matched your panning to the speed of the aircraft, as they don't have much in the way of moving parts on them to blur, and if it's got propellers, they usually look better blurred anyway.

3. Take hundreds of shots! The joy of digital means that whilst you've still got to schlep through them all to pick out the gems from the dross, at least it doesn't cost you anything. This applies even more to birds than it does to planes. I took 600+ shots at a red kite feeding centre a couple of years ago, all to end up with three shots I was really, really happy with.

4. Having said all that, mine are nothing like as good as the vast majority on here, but you should remember that many more people than you and I will look at the excellent photos posted on here and quietly back away from the "Submit" button with their own photos, so don't beat yourself up about it too much!

Anyway, a few of my own from RIAT 2016...

Possibly the only people for whom you actually want a grey background!



Not sure if this is the Greek airforce display team, or just the Greek airforce full stop!





65 years of design progress...



Awaits flaming for over-doing the HDR, but it was deliberate, and I rather like it!

[Boring_Chris]

Cheers Kermit! Points taken, had another bash. Still not achieving the standard here but the stuff I'm most happy with are...

_MG_9798 by chris_obrien1982, on Flickr

_MG_0112 by chris_obrien1982, on Flickr

_MG_0086 by chris_obrien1982, on Flickr

_MG_9868 by chris_obrien1982, on Flickr

[Hrimfaxi]

Awesome pictures here!

These are two of mine from Wings and Wheels '14. I need to get to more airshows! I did take more, but for some reason I haven't put them up on my Flickr, will have to dig out that file now..

1 by Will Nassif, on Flickr

2 by Will Nassif, on Flickr

[Kermit power]

Boring_Chris said:

Cheers Kermit! Points taken, had another bash. Still not achieving the standard here but the stuff I'm most happy with are..

Also, don't be afraid to crop shots if you're not already.

[Boring_Chris]

Kermit power said:

Boring_Chris said:

Cheers Kermit! Points taken, had another bash. Still not achieving the standard here but the stuff I'm most happy with are..

Also, don't be afraid to crop shots if you're not already.

Already cropped massively. This was about as close as they got to us.

_MG_0297 by chris_obrien1982, on Flickr

[Tony1963]

Wattisham Families day, a couple of years ago.

[Hrimfaxi]

Great photo!


Also, can anyone ID the plane in my photo of the silver jet above? Ta.

[toasty]

Hrimfaxi said:

Great photo!


Also, can anyone ID the plane in my photo of the silver jet above? Ta.

Hawker Hunter
http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/2013/11/1...

[Hrimfaxi]

toasty said:

Hrimfaxi said:

Great photo!


Also, can anyone ID the plane in my photo of the silver jet above? Ta.

Hawker Hunter
http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/2013/11/1...

Thanks

[Salgar]

Another, it's taking a while to get through them

Apache Display @ RIAT 2017 by Paul Robinson, on Flickr

[Andy616]

I've not managed to get out to any airshows for the last couple of years but here's a few from Yeovilton 2014 and 2015:

[blueedge]

A few of mine from an airshow in Massachusetts this past weekend:


T-33 Shooting Star


USAF Thunderbirds


F4U Corsair


P-40 Warhawk


F-15C

[kentmotorcompany]

A few from this weekends Biggin Hill Air Show

Untitled by Jason Shepherd, on Flickr

Untitled by Jason Shepherd, on Flickr

Untitled by Jason Shepherd, on Flickr

Untitled by Jason Shepherd, on Flickr

[Dave46]

Great shots kentmotorcompany the 1st ones brilliant. btw all seem to be set as private on Flickr so can't give them a like

[CanAm]

Hang on.......something's missing!

[kentmotorcompany]

Dave46 said:

Great shots kentmotorcompany the 1st ones brilliant. btw all seem to be set as private on Flickr so can't give them a like

Thank you very much.
I only really use Flickr for back up cloud storage.

Still using an entry level camera (canon 100d) so really interested to see what the difference could have been with high end equipment. Although I guess expensive gear really shows itself in less than perfect conditions?

[jmorgan]

kentmotorcompany said:

Thank you very much.
I only really use Flickr for back up cloud storage.

Still using an entry level camera (canon 100d) so really interested to see what the difference could have been with high end equipment. Although I guess expensive gear really shows itself in less than perfect conditions?

Just went to mooch through your aircraft shots and got a lot of family. I have all mine as private. Not sure if you knew.

Great shots of the shows though.

[Tony1963]

Just in case anyone is interested/bored/has the time off, and lives near Wattisham in Suffolk....

We have a 'families day' this Thursday, and the flying part will consist of a Tornado, F-15, Red Arrows and the Falcons.
You'll have to watch from outside the wire, and no I can't get you in!

There'll also be a Boeing Osprey flying in, but it'll only be a static display.

Flying starts at about 1pm.

(I'll be working... cough......)