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dc9mm · Aug 18, 2007, 4:01 PM

Here are a few pictures from last weekends Thunder Over Niagara Airshow in Niagara Falls NY,

The Thunderbirds

The rest here: http://www.pbase.com/dc9mm/thunder_o...a_airshow_2007

airbrushjohn · Aug 18, 2007, 4:38 PM

awesome!! great work! #4 is my favorite!! that afterburner is crazy!!

JohnG · Aug 18, 2007, 6:05 PM

Great stuff. I also have to say the Eagle is my favorite - not just the afterburners but the angle as well.

dc9mm · Aug 19, 2007, 6:20 PM

Glad everyone like the pics :-)

k1par · Aug 19, 2007, 6:51 PM

Great shots. nice and sharp. I hope I do as well next month at an airshow I am going to attend

JohnG · Aug 19, 2007, 7:14 PM

dc9mm,

Not planning to anytime soon, but perhaps you could share some tips for airshows. What suggestions for metering? Positioning? Basically anything that you think might be helpful to someone who is new to photographing airshows.

dc9mm · Aug 31, 2007, 11:14 AM

Hope this isnt to late , i havent been back here in a few weeks. I used partial metering on camera (canon 1DMK2, lens sigma 50-500) if your shooting prop planes use a tripod and keep shutter speed at about 1/320 or slower range so the props are blurred, faster shutter spped freeze the prop and it doesnt look as good.

Jets use as fast a shutter speed as you can get.

I use about plus 2/3 exposure comp as it will tend to under expose when shooting planes up in the air. If the plane is close to ground like landing or take off no exposure comp is needed. Use continuous focusing (servo mode on canon),

hope that helps

1/320 a sec on this decent prop blur

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Aug 18, 2007, 4:01 PM	#1
dc9mm Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 179	Here are a few pictures from last weekends Thunder Over Niagara Airshow in Niagara Falls NY, The Thunderbirds The rest here: http://www.pbase.com/dc9mm/thunder_o...a_airshow_2007

Aug 18, 2007, 4:38 PM	#2
airbrushjohn Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 747	awesome!! great work! #4 is my favorite!! that afterburner is crazy!!

Aug 18, 2007, 6:05 PM	#3
JohnG Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 8,529	Great stuff. I also have to say the Eagle is my favorite - not just the afterburners but the angle as well.

Aug 19, 2007, 6:20 PM	#4
dc9mm Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 179	Glad everyone like the pics :-)

Aug 19, 2007, 6:51 PM	#5
k1par Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 608	Great shots. nice and sharp. I hope I do as well next month at an airshow I am going to attend

Aug 19, 2007, 7:14 PM	#6
JohnG Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 8,529	dc9mm, Not planning to anytime soon, but perhaps you could share some tips for airshows. What suggestions for metering? Positioning? Basically anything that you think might be helpful to someone who is new to photographing airshows.

Aug 31, 2007, 11:14 AM	#7
dc9mm Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 179	Hope this isnt to late , i havent been back here in a few weeks. I used partial metering on camera (canon 1DMK2, lens sigma 50-500) if your shooting prop planes use a tripod and keep shutter speed at about 1/320 or slower range so the props are blurred, faster shutter spped freeze the prop and it doesnt look as good. Jets use as fast a shutter speed as you can get. I use about plus 2/3 exposure comp as it will tend to under expose when shooting planes up in the air. If the plane is close to ground like landing or take off no exposure comp is needed. Use continuous focusing (servo mode on canon), hope that helps 1/320 a sec on this decent prop blur