Duxford September show 2009 both days

Great shots.

[QUOTE=Skyraider3D;1464946]When you “tweak” the sky, be careful you don’t forget to include the props! :dev2:

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When you “tweak” the sky, be careful you don’t forget to include the props! :dev2:

Speaking of props, 1/400th is indeed about the fastest you can shoot propjobs without them looking too static. 1/200th for helicopters. Usually I go around half these values for more motion in the props/rotors at the cost of a few more blurry pics.

Thanks for the information Martin. I always find it useful to see what exposure individuals have used to capture the image.

All the best

lee

I thought the flying was excellent both days. The amount of the people at the eastern end of the crowd line was very low on Sunday.[/IMG]

That’s because they were all outside 🙁

I was passing through on the way back from Suffolk while the Hunter was displaying on Sunday.

I have never seen so many cars parked by the pet crematorium or along the turning to Grange Rd. (road parallel to the runway on the far side)
The public with kids in tow walking /standing along the farm tracks along the A505. Normally the bill are there stopping them.

Lovely pictures everyone by the way.

Brian.

Brilliant shots there Martin 😎 thanks for posting , Is that the BBMF spitfire the reconnaissance one?

ATB
James

Mokim

Individual prop jobs were shot at either 320th or 400th a sec depending on how dynamic the movement of the aircraft was at the time. I try to keep the ISO to 100.

Prop formations were taken at 320th or 400th as sec they were slow moving. As the sky was bright at times I got away with ISO 100 whereas normally on formations I use ISO 200.

If I was taking a picture of an aircraft rolling at the top, I would go for a shutter speed of 500th a sec as I would be more concerned about motion blur on the wings.

Fast jets I try to stick to ISO 100 at 800th a sec to 100Oth a sec although at Duxford was using ISO 200. Jet formations I will go for 800th a sec at ISO 200.

The Helicopter was taken at 160th a sec.

Some of the shots I used between a third and one stop of overexposure partly due to the bright sky.

Most of the shots were taken with a 500 mm F4 lens on a 50d. A couple of others with a 40d and 100-400mm lens.

At very gloomy Dunsfold I was on ISO 400 at times for the first time in ages.

Cheers

Martin

Cheers

Somer more.

Wonderful set, you’ve caught the light very well on a couple, remarkable given the llimited amount of it! LOL.

Cheers,

Kev.

Hello Martin

I am impressed with the shots especially the props as i know how hard it is to slow the shutter speed enough to keep a sharp image but still allow the props to blur.

I would be interested to know generally what camera settings you used to capture these?

lee

Nice shots paticularly the Hunter.
I see that the BBMF have reinstated the “Last of the many” name on the side of the fuselage of PZ865.
I think that this should have been kept whatever the colour scheme she wore in the same manner as their serial numbers are as it intrinsic to this unique airframe, but does anyone know what the white marking behind it is ?

Hi,
the white marking behind the “Last of the many” logo is I think meant to show the current paint scheme peeling back to reveal it’s old last of the many scheme. The white marking has the wording “65 Years” and “1944-2009” on it.

Mew Gull

Lovely to see the Mew Gull
I will always remember the day when Alex Henshaw was at Duxford and I had the chance to speak to him and see the Mew Gull fly

Nice shots paticularly the Hunter.
I see that the BBMF have reinstated the “Last of the many” name on the side of the fuselage of PZ865.
I think that this should have been kept whatever the colour scheme she wore in the same manner as their serial numbers are as it intrinsic to this unique airframe, but does anyone know what the white marking behind it is ?

Great set of shots as usual.

look forward to it Martin.:)

Thanks Anna and Skyraider.

More to come tomorrow.

Martin

Great shots Martin.

The 6 o’clock high view of the Mustang is great, as are the close Spitfire due photos!