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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Sparks on May 22, 2006, 12:40:13 PM
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Where here are my efforts:-
One of my favourite planes - the Bearcat
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/43_1148318125_bearcat.jpg)
A custom painted F4 with smoke system
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/43_1148318194_f4trailingsmoke.jpg)
The F16 guy was good - excuse the grain but it was dull and I had to shoot at 800 ISO
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/43_1148318272_f16hardturning.jpg)
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/43_1148318361_f16powerclimb.jpg)
This is the high speed pass I missed - I need to practice more :(
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/43_1148319151_theshotthatnearlywas.jpg)
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and more :-
the Zero
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/43_1148319196_zero.jpg)
The sound of the Tigercat was wonderful
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/43_1148319173_tigercat.jpg)
The Sky radier was well flown
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/43_1148319012_skyraider.jpg)
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/43_1148318964_skyraiderbrakeopen.jpg)
There was a neat display by a Sea Fury. Hea had wingtip smoke to show tip vortices. This was a pass showing the initila trails ....
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/43_1148318940_seafurytrails.jpg)
The trails then joined up to show a smiley :D
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/43_1148318898_seafurytrailssmiley.jpg)
The Fairy Firefly was really well flown
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/43_1148318604_faireyfirefly.jpg)
And it was closed with the USAF Heritage flight
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/43_1148318628_heritageflight.jpg)
A really cool day but pity about the grey skies for photos
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Whoever painted that JP kill marking on the f4u got a little overzealous and painted the whole plane.
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excellent pics :aok thanks Sparks, especially the tigercat :t
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That Sea Fury flies a great display every year. The pilot is a nice guy too if you see him.
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Nice pictures. They look really good.
What shudder speed did you shoot at? Also, if you don't mind my asking, what lens did you use?
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Yeah.. that's what I meant for my pics to look like.
Did you get any good shots of the P-39? First time I've ever seen one flying and my pic is awful.
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That is not an F4U Corsair, it is an F2G2, the R4360(4 rows of cylinders instead of 2) powered corsair that never saw mas production.
That one is painted as it was when it ran in the old airraces back in the late 40s.
Fantastic pics though!
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Originally posted by GtoRA2
That is not an F4U Corsair, it is an F2G2, the R4360(4 rows of cylinders instead of 2) powered corsair that never saw mas production.
That one is painted as it was when it ran in the old airraces back in the late 40s.
Fantastic pics though!
Yep, I believe he said there were only about 60 produced.
Called it the "Super Corsair" and I want one.
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Originally posted by midnight Target
Yep, I believe he said there were only about 60 produced.
Called it the "Super Corsair" and I want one.
I am pretty sure there were less then 20, and I am not sure more then 3 real ones are around.
That particular one made an emergancy landing at the Hollister airport back in 99.
At the time it was the only F2G-1D flying(prolly still is), and it was owned by Robert Odegaard. One of three in existance.
I still have the paper it was in sitting on a shelf at work (now in front of me).
It was coming back from reno at the time and had trouble with the plug wires.
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You are correct, there were 15 total produced and this is the last flying version.
One other (with clipped wings)
"The Super Corsair caught fire and crashed at the Phoenix 500 Unlimited Air Race on March 19, 1994. Pilot Kevin Eldridge struck the left horizontal stabilizer and was seriously injured as he exited the flaming airplane."
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http://www.air-and-space.com/Goodyear%20F2G.htm
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Missed this, great shots Sparks!!
:aok :aok
And there is a P38 also :D
thanx
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:confused: :cry :aok
Wish I was there..
Airshows here in FL really suck..
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Thanks guys but considering the gear I'm using they should be WAY better.
ChickenHawk - I took these on a Canon 350D (Rebel XT in USA) using a Canon 100-400 EF L zoom. Speed was 1/250th or 1/320th on speed priority and the aperture was getting a bit big. I started on 200 IS but that was too slow and ended up at 800 by the end of the show just to keep above f5 as the sky darkened.
I'm trying to practice panning but I'm still crap at it - hence the missed fast pass (I also blame the fact he took me by surprise and came right to left :mad: )
Sorry Midnight but where I was (right down at the end by the F18's) the P39 never gave me a shot - he was always straight and level - would have looked rubbish. You could really see the difference between the good display pilots and the bad, the Tigercat and Skyraider guys were great.
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Originally posted by Sparks
ChickenHawk - I took these on a Canon 350D (Rebel XT in USA) using a Canon 100-400 EF L zoom. Speed was 1/250th or 1/320th on speed priority and the aperture was getting a bit big. I started on 200 IS but that was too slow and ended up at 800 by the end of the show just to keep above f5 as the sky darkened.
Thanks for the great info. I just got a 20D with a 70-300 lens and that gives me a good place to start for this years air show.
It looks really good when the prop isn't a total blur and yet isn't completely static. You picked the perfect speed.
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That's a nice set ChickenHawk and I think you will find that zoom length fine. To be honest I noticed that a lot of the time I was only zoomed arond 300. I'm finding that sucessful panning at 400 is REALLY difficult (and the lens is Image Stabilsed but still getting blur).
Just for info I used the AI Servo focusing mode and it seemed to do ok - you just have to try to keep the subject on a focus point.
Oh and I used a polariser to try to give the colors some puch in the poor light but that was probably a mistake in hind sight - live and learn.
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I havent got a polariser for my 70-300mm lens.
But i guess with reflections its better.
16-17 june at leeuwarden i Hope the Bleu Angels gonna give me nice shots.
remember this guy http://www.fox-photography.co.uk/
he shoots very crisp with his canon.(Washing mouth :))
here something about airshow photo work
http://www.photo.net/learn/airshow/
Still i liked the shots and keeping the prop in blur is what i haven't managed yet
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Originally posted by Sparks
That's a nice set ChickenHawk and I think you will find that zoom length fine. To be honest I noticed that a lot of the time I was only zoomed arond 300. I'm finding that sucessful panning at 400 is REALLY difficult (and the lens is Image Stabilsed but still getting blur).
Just for info I used the AI Servo focusing mode and it seemed to do ok - you just have to try to keep the subject on a focus point.
Oh and I used a polariser to try to give the colors some puch in the poor light but that was probably a mistake in hind sight - live and learn.
I took a few shots at the ILA show in Berlin with my 30D and 70-200/2.8L IS + 2x extender.. BAD IDEA. The 2x extender ruins the image quality of the otherwise excellent lens. When shooting at the 400 mm end most of the shots appeared to be blurred even with the IS and quite fast shutter speeds. AI servo worked pretty well for me as well, most of the shots were in focus.
The weather was mostly cloudy as well, I think with clear skies it would have been better. I didn't use polarizer with the tele lens, on my 24-70/2.8 I used polarizer and it worked pretty well. Probably because I used it to shoot only static targets on ground. I also used 100 ISO on all shots, on hindsight it might have been better to use 200 or 400.
Here's a couple of examples:
(http://static.flickr.com/47/151389175_ec516ad846.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wasq/151389175/)
(http://static.flickr.com/48/151388814_4cbe01b9c1.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wasq/151388814/)
I also had lots of dirt on my sensor for some reason, and it ruined many otherwise good shots when shooting in Shutter priority mode. I had cleaned the sensor just a week before, and on the test shots I did on Thursday the sensor was still clean, but apparently at some point I changed lenses in dusty conditions and the dust got sucked in..