I am sure that you have all answered this many times but a search didn’t give me the full answers I needed so I will put upon you all if thats ok?
Having been greatly assisted by many of you with some lovely pics for the magazine that I am working on, I feel the urge to start attending some shows myself to have a crack at some pics to see what I can produce.
I have a bit of photographic experience but only in photo-journalism and so feel the need to do a equipment check before I get too carried away.
I have Nikon D100 and D200 bodies so should be ok there I presume, but my lenses are geared towards sneaking about in functions getting pics of the great and the good etc and so are mainly wide-angle and short prime lenses.
My one ‘big’ zoom is an 80-200 ƒ2.8 – a lovely lens for bike racing but is this ‘big enough’ for warbird photography? I took some photos of PT462 Spit T9 with it down at Sleap airfield, but they were a bit shakey cos its a heavy old lens. Would it help to have a teleconvertor? Or do I need a bigger lens?
Secondly, what is the best place to stand during a warbird display?
I know this sounds like a daft question but for someone that has never photographed a warbird display I thought I would ask. I know where to go for bike racing but there is not the same interest photography wise as the warbird displays so its never usually a problem.
Duxford would be the most likely place for me to go to start with due to its closeness to Norwich, so what is the best time to get there for a display?
Anything else I need to cover.
Sorry for all the questions, but as my dad says ‘If you don’t ask…’
Cheers in advance
Andy
By: Papa Lima - 22nd October 2006 at 00:51
Take the biggest umbrella, longest windbreak and tallest stepladder you can find, and make sure you padlock everything to the fence by 08:00 so you’re tooled up for the flying in the afternoon.
And don’t forget if you go to Duxford, the sun (if any) will be in your face all the time so you’ll neeed to open up at least 2 stops! Otherwise it’ll be pouring with rain, which is where the umbrella comes in handy.
By: P-51 - 22nd October 2006 at 00:14
All I can say on that one is to get there as early as you can. the gates open around 8ish. It can become a bit of a war when the flying starts so yes is just the same . lol
By: Andy Larkin - 21st October 2006 at 21:24
Hi Again Andy. If it`s just warbirds your after then the best show is Flying Legends held at Duxford. Next years show is over the weekend of the 7th and 8th of july. A good spot at Duxford is by the land warfare hall. I`m a canon user myself so can`t really say what a good lens for a Nikon would be but I use the Canon 100-400 is L Lens and a canon 30D.
Whats the best time to turn up to get a good spot or is it a barge fest like my few paparazzi experiences have been like? God those boys can shove!
By: P-51 - 21st October 2006 at 21:17
Hi Again Andy. If it`s just warbirds your after then the best show is Flying Legends held at Duxford. Next years show is over the weekend of the 7th and 8th of july. A good spot at Duxford is by the land warfare hall. I`m a canon user myself so can`t really say what a good lens for a Nikon would be but I use the Canon 100-400 is L Lens and a canon 30D.
By: FlyingKiwi - 21st October 2006 at 20:34
Here are some thoughts on airshow photography:
http://www.richard-seaman.com/Photography/Airshows/index.html
Hope it’s useful.
Richard.
By: JayKay - 21st October 2006 at 20:05
I suggest you use a lens with VR. To get the props to ‘spin’ you need to get the shutter speed to around 1/250. This makes it difficult to get the pictures sharp when shooting handheld. Look at the 80-400VR (slow but I like mine), 70-200VR with 1.4TC or the 200-400VR. The primes also work, but I found that being able to zoom very beneficial.
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