Wings & Wheels photos

[JonRB]

My pics are here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonrb/sets/7215762219...

It was a very gloomy and overcast day so they haven't come out brilliantly

[DHA]

A couple of mine

[JonRB]

DHA said:

Oh I'm glad you got that shot. I saw the Red Arrows arriving in formation but didn't get the shot as I was gassing to someone.

Great colours there. Unlike mine. Did you use a custom white balance or something? Mine was just on auto.

[F355GTS]

it was gloomy wasn't it, a few of mine below and the rest at

http://www.collinsclan.co.uk/pages/Cars/w&w200...

[DHA]

JonRB said:

Oh I'm glad you got that shot. I saw the Red Arrows arriving in formation but didn't get the shot as I was gassing to someone.

Great colours there. Unlike mine. Did you use a custom white balance or something? Mine was just on auto.

Was using cloudy sky as the white balance on my camera. Most of my shots in the air were really disappointing and that was the only one (out of a good 200 in air shots) that I was pleased with, probably my favourite photo of the day I think. I played with it in lightroom afterwards, raised the exposure and added some brightness (I am an SLR and lightroom novice so pleased with what I have got!)

[M-J-B]

Gloomy is not the word!

A few of mine...













and some cars







More here

Just wish the weather had been like today!

[JonRB]

Ok I'm really depressed now. Those shots are all 100x better than mine.

[F355GTS]

JonRB said:

Ok I'm really depressed now. Those shots are all 100x better than mine.

Jon, I wouldn't be, mine have had a shedload of post processing just to try and get some life into them, they were all pretty poor to start with

[M-J-B]

I've had a quick look through your Flickr account and I would suggest your shutter speed tends to be a bit on the high side throughout the folder.

You've got a 350D which is capable of very good shots as a camera - not sure what lens you are using though?

By no means do I know what I'm doing, either taking photo's or processing but a quick fiddle with one of your images produces this...

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Version 2



They are not as bad as you might think

[JonRB]

M-J-B said:

You've got a 350D which is capable of very good shots as a camera - not sure what lens you are using though?

I was using a Tamron 70-300mm for the aircraft shots.

M-J-B said:

By no means do I know what I'm doing, either taking photo's or processing but a quick fiddle with one of your images produces this...

Original



Version 2



They are not as bad as you might think

That's brilliant. What did you do? I'm useless with post-processing.

[M-J-B]

Took the photo into Photoshop;

Lightened the shadows slightly and touch of unsharp mask (sharpens the photo).

Then into Noiseware to reduce the noise and bingo.

I really only play at this type of processing and I'm sure someone with greater knowledge could really bring out the detail in a lot of photo's that seem to be a right pile of ste!

[fatboy b]

[Oldred_V8S]

M-J-B said:

Gloomy is not the word!

A few of mine...













and some cars







More here

Just wish the weather had been like today!

These look good; love the Vulcan one, though the open bomb bay doors one sends a bit of a chill down the spine; as one pilot commented "a bomb bay full of instant sunshine."

[Oldred_V8S]

fatboy b said:

Love these fatboy, well done really class

[fatboy b]

Oldred_V8S said:

fatboy b said:

Love these fatboy, well done really class

Thanks. Taken at Wroughton airshow a few years back just before the Vulcan was taken out of service.

A few more vfrom the same day...