Lovely photos, Kind of makes me wish I did not wimp out and decided not to go.
In intrest who flew “Grumpy” and is there any news on her flying elsewhere.
For any prop I use a shutter speed of 250 or below. This generally blurs all the blades. The lower you go the more blur you get,but of course this can lead to blured aircraft as well.
I was more about 400 for most of the shots and 500 for a few, Spent ages changing settings, Which I think is far easier on the canon as opposed to my old Fuji S8000.
A few more for now.
She looks wonderful, Thanks for posting
A few of my test shots I have taken, Nothing aviation here though.
Thanks for all the advice guys, I picked the camera up Thursday evening from Jessops as Old Shape said, The price was around £200 cheaper than anybody elses which for obvious reasons swayed my decision.
I have done some test shots using it around my home and in local park and on Sunday i took it along with the wife and 2 friends to Richmond park and managed to get some pretty nice shots of the Fallow Deer there.
I am still getting used to the camera and playing about with settings so can’t yet judge how I feel with the Tamron lense, If it does turn out not to be too good at airshows then I will have to invest more money by end of the year(something i will need beg the wife for I fear). At the moment I am just spending what time I can either reading manual or practicing.
I will post some shots on this thread later, Not really done anything aviation wise yet, Just a shot or 2 at a BA 747 and Virgin A340 at Richmond park.
Now
I am just looking forward to a nice long summer to use the camera in fingers crossed.
It must be like P-40 heaven there right now, Great news that another of the breed has returned to the Air two in two days is just amazing news.
She looks wonderful.
Thanks for your advice, Camera is booked and will be collected tommorow feeling pretty happy as price dropped by £60 since Monday so All is looking good so far.
I must admit I am looking forward to a different challenge in photography, I have had now 3 bridge cameras in the last 6 years and from each I gained a bit of experience but also feel with the last one Fuji S8000 i basically threw money but that’s another story.
Great news, I can’t wait to see some photo’s of her airbourne.
Its also great to see one of the “missing” P-40 versions at last gets some sky under its wings, Well done all involved.
Awful news.:(
These songs cheer you two up ?! What do you listen to when you feel really miserable ?
Maybe this,:D
Monty Python Galaxy Song
Just remember that you’re standing on a planet that’s evolving
And revolving at nine hundred miles an hour,
That’s orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it’s reckoned,
A sun that is the source of all our power.
The sun and you and me and all the stars that we can see
Are moving at a million miles a day
In an outer spiral arm, at forty thousand miles an hour,
Of the galaxy we call the ‘Milky Way’.
Our galaxy itself contains a hundred billion stars.
It’s a hundred thousand light years side to side.
It bulges in the middle, sixteen thousand light years thick,
But out by us, it’s just three thousand light years wide.
We’re thirty thousand light years from galactic central point.
We go ’round every two hundred million years,
And our galaxy is only one of millions of billions
In this amazing and expanding universe.
The universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding
In all of the directions it can whizz
As fast as it can go, at the speed of light, you know,
Twelve million miles a minute, and that’s the fastest speed there is.
So remember, when you’re feeling very small and insecure,
How amazingly unlikely is your birth,
And pray that there’s intelligent life somewhere up in space,
‘Cause there’s ****** all down here on Earth.
These songs cheer you two up ?! What do you listen to when you feel really miserable ?
Maybe this,:D
Monty Python Galaxy Song
Just remember that you’re standing on a planet that’s evolving
And revolving at nine hundred miles an hour,
That’s orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it’s reckoned,
A sun that is the source of all our power.
The sun and you and me and all the stars that we can see
Are moving at a million miles a day
In an outer spiral arm, at forty thousand miles an hour,
Of the galaxy we call the ‘Milky Way’.
Our galaxy itself contains a hundred billion stars.
It’s a hundred thousand light years side to side.
It bulges in the middle, sixteen thousand light years thick,
But out by us, it’s just three thousand light years wide.
We’re thirty thousand light years from galactic central point.
We go ’round every two hundred million years,
And our galaxy is only one of millions of billions
In this amazing and expanding universe.
The universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding
In all of the directions it can whizz
As fast as it can go, at the speed of light, you know,
Twelve million miles a minute, and that’s the fastest speed there is.
So remember, when you’re feeling very small and insecure,
How amazingly unlikely is your birth,
And pray that there’s intelligent life somewhere up in space,
‘Cause there’s ****** all down here on Earth.
Just love the lyrics to this and David Gilmours version on “Live in Gdansk” is beautiful.
Fat Old Sun (Gilmour) 5:23
When the fat old sun in the sky is falling
Summer evenin’ birds are calling
Summer’s thunder time of year
The sound of music in my ears
Distant bells, new mown grass
Smells so sweet
By the river holding hands
Roll me up and lay me down
And if you sit don’t make a sound
Pick your feet up off the ground
And if you hear as the warm night falls
The silver sound from a time so strange
Sing to me, sing to me
When that fat old sun in the sky is falling
Summer evenin’ birds are calling
Children’s laughter in my ears
The last sunlight disappears
And if you sit don’t make a sound
Pick your feet up off the ground
And if you hear as the warm night falls
The silver sound from a time so strange
Sing to me, sing to me
When that fat old sun in the sky is falling
Just love the lyrics to this and David Gilmours version on “Live in Gdansk” is beautiful.
Fat Old Sun (Gilmour) 5:23
When the fat old sun in the sky is falling
Summer evenin’ birds are calling
Summer’s thunder time of year
The sound of music in my ears
Distant bells, new mown grass
Smells so sweet
By the river holding hands
Roll me up and lay me down
And if you sit don’t make a sound
Pick your feet up off the ground
And if you hear as the warm night falls
The silver sound from a time so strange
Sing to me, sing to me
When that fat old sun in the sky is falling
Summer evenin’ birds are calling
Children’s laughter in my ears
The last sunlight disappears
And if you sit don’t make a sound
Pick your feet up off the ground
And if you hear as the warm night falls
The silver sound from a time so strange
Sing to me, sing to me
When that fat old sun in the sky is falling