Wattisham 12th Feb

If you’re that good now what are you going to be like when you get used to the camera?

AH-64s and other dark coloured choppers, Chinooks etc, are never the easiest to photograph. If you can get the sun behind you then the resulting light should produce great results. Try shooting in RAW and you’ll be able to adjust the levels without adjusting your camera settings. Agree that you need a bit of a sensor clean to get rid of that spot. You can get rid of that spot using photo shop etc with the healing tool.

Cheers

TJ

Im using a 90-300mm lens – until I can get a 500mm. I am enjoying the Canon – gives good results, but still have loads to get my head around. Still a few months til the Airshow season starts!

Should not be a problem, you have a good eye for a shot !;)

Im using a 90-300mm lens – until I can get a 500mm. I am enjoying the Canon – gives good results, but still have loads to get my head around. Still a few months til the Airshow season starts!

I think you may have a bug of some description on the lens, some ugly looking thing anyway, where have all the Phantoms gone that i used to spend my days off watching… Oh, blast 20 years has gone by….
When you have mastered the 400D can you teach me how to use mine? What lens are you using?

Nice shots there 😎 Is there a Lynx unit based there aswel?

James

Very nice.

Don’t Apaches look menacing? I also think the underexposure adds to tat air of menace.

Regards,

kev35

Super pictures indeed.

Thanks for the reply. The new camera is a Canon 400D – last time I went to Wattisham the pics were dark and someone advised me to change the metering settings – so I think I did it too much, as I did it a whole point. Will have to have another try to get the correct settings – as I said I am new to this, as I only had a point and shoot camera last year.

OK good.
The slight under exposure is easily recovered in Photoshop. Overexposure means the data is lost forever.
400D, nice choice.
If your pictures were dark, and still are….maybe you altered the setting the wrong way? Or maybe the metering mode is on total average? Check the metering is on centre, (Or even Spot) so the thing you focus on is the thing it exposes for. It’s all trial and error until you know the ins-n-outs of your camera and of course your tastes. Every person sees a different picture….and some judges at my camera clubs see some very different pictures!!! LoL.
I always have my exposure compensation set at minus 1/3rd stop. This means that all my shots look a tad dark until I get to the PC. The underexposure saturates the colours, and allows you a certain confidence that highlights will not be washed out.
The beauty of A/c pictures is that setting Photoshop levels can be easy. As there is usually a white point (Part of the upper fuselage is always in direct light and is usually white) and a black point….the tyres. Pick these out with the “Dropper” and the levels is a 2 minute adjustment. Hopefully 🙂

But again, it’s all down to what and how you see it.

Thanks for the reply. The new camera is a Canon 400D – last time I went to Wattisham the pics were dark and someone advised me to change the metering settings – so I think I did it too much, as I did it a whole point. Will have to have another try to get the correct settings – as I said I am new to this, as I only had a point and shoot camera last year.

Nice shots! Good angles and a good “Natural habitat” background.

However, the shots all look underexposed by about a half-stop. Underexposure can of course be recovered in PS or others. What did you have the metering set on? If it was on centre, I would put the compensation up about 1/3rd or a 1/2 stop.
If it was on total frame average, it’s probably worked bang-on.
What is the new camera?
Can you put the exif data on here?

It could of course be the tool you used to convert them to small files for internet posting?