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And a few Sunday ones - this time I managed to hang on to my own camera ... mostly

SUNDAY - South Perth.

wooo! Great shots Zeb, though I find it disconcerting that all aircraft have their props stopped...

Tyranus wrote:wooo! Great shots Zeb, though I find it disconcerting that all aircraft have their props stopped...

I'm no camera guru, but isnt that part of the shutter speed? I have the same problem

Well done to all - some very very impressive shots there.. hope there is more to come

Tyranus wrote:wooo! Great shots Zeb, though I find it disconcerting that all aircraft have their props stopped...

Yes - didn't you know that they implemented this fuel saving measure where they had to fly the course with no engines on the Sunday?

written_ficton wrote:I'm no camera guru, but isnt that part of the shutter speed? I have the same problem

I'm no guru either, but yes - a very fast shutter speed means it'll make the shot look like the prop isn't moving. You can slow the shutter speed down, but then you run the risk of getting a blurry photo. If you have steady hands (which I don't) or a tripod (which I didn't have with me) you could probably slow the shutter speed down to get a more realistic "whizzing propeller" look. As it was, I went for the safe option of having my photos mostly in focus and not blurry from camera shake

Someone told me once, for photographing Helicopters, a shutter speed of 1/125 is good. Tried this, and now use something around that mark al the time. Gives enough blur to show the blades moving, though you won't get the full arc.

Another rule of thumb, especially without IS, slow your shutter no more than the 'zoom level' you are using. So, if you have a 200mm zoom lens at full zoom, go no slower than 1/200 for shutter speed, at hand held, to prevent blur from camera shake.

Once you have a bit more experience with your hands, camera and different conditions, you'll figure out how much you can push the boundaries.

And yes, nice shots.

Zebedee wrote:

Tyranus wrote:wooo! Great shots Zeb, though I find it disconcerting that all aircraft have their props stopped...

Yes - didn't you know that they implemented this fuel saving measure where they had to fly the course with no engines on the Sunday?

written_ficton wrote:I'm no camera guru, but isnt that part of the shutter speed? I have the same problem

I'm no guru either, but yes - a very fast shutter speed means it'll make the shot look like the prop isn't moving. You can slow the shutter speed down, but then you run the risk of getting a blurry photo. If you have steady hands (which I don't) or a tripod (which I didn't have with me) you could probably slow the shutter speed down to get a more realistic "whizzing propeller" look. As it was, I went for the safe option of having my photos mostly in focus and not blurry from camera shake

I just point and shoot, I'm not into the techno camera guru

Zebedee wrote:

Tyranus wrote:wooo! Great shots Zeb, though I find it disconcerting that all aircraft have their props stopped...

Yes - didn't you know that they implemented this fuel saving measure where they had to fly the course with no engines on the Sunday?

I only hope the qantas aircraft got to keep it's engines running...wouldn't want yet another incident

kylep wrote:Someone told me once, for photographing Helicopters, a shutter speed of 1/125 is good. Tried this, and now use something around that mark al the time. Gives enough blur to show the blades moving, though you won't get the full arc.

Another rule of thumb, especially without IS, slow your shutter no more than the 'zoom level' you are using. So, if you have a 200mm zoom lens at full zoom, go no slower than 1/200 for shutter speed, at hand held, to prevent blur from camera shake.

Once you have a bit more experience with your hands, camera and different conditions, you'll figure out how much you can push the boundaries.

And yes, nice shots.

Thanks Kyle for the advice, I'll keep all of that in mind.

My problem is that I have shaky hands a lot, so over the years, I've discovered that to get anything half-way decent out of the day's photography, the faster the shutter speed the better (for me anyway).

The lens I was using for most of the day was a 75-300 mm one.

Thankyou for the pics Fella's. Matt those F18 shots are insane

No Polair 61 this year?

Thanks everyone for sharing all those great images! Ill be back March - April 2010 for the next Redbull Air race

Matt

Ausrob wrote:Thankyou for the pics Fella's. Matt those F18 shots are insane

No Polair 61 this year?

it was covert

hahahah great shots guys.
last year i happened to have my scanner with me (UBC9XLT) and i was listening to the pilots freq and some guy who happened to have a scanner aswell came up to me and told me the freq. It was scary but then again.....

written_ficton wrote:

Tyranus wrote:wooo! Great shots Zeb, though I find it disconcerting that all aircraft have their props stopped...

I'm no camera guru, but isnt that part of the shutter speed? I have the same problem

Yes it is caused by the shutter speed. jj

WAPOL boys in the water having fun after driving too close to another boats anchor line

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