I hear ya. These things move mighty fast and trying to wield a 100-300/4 + 1.4 converter makes for some tricky handholding.
Here is the crop that you mentioned: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/norcalpdml_sf_140a.htm -- Bruce Tuesday, October 11, 2005, 3:15:32 AM, you wrote: PS> A nice grab. Of course it would be an excellent grab if you had caught PS> the nose of that first plane. I'd crop it into a vertical with the PS> planes crossing on the diagonal. PS> Paul PS> On Oct 11, 2005, at 12:29 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote: >> At the Norcal PDML outing, in the afternoon part of the group went >> down to the waterfront to watch the Blue Angels. Two firsts for me - >> I have never seen the Blue Angels perform live and I have never shot >> at an airshow before. What I can tell you is that those planes are >> pretty darn fast! >> >> At first I was kicking myself for leaving my monopod in the car, but >> as the show progressed it became evident with how much the planes were >> all over the sky, that the monopod would have become troublesome to >> shoot more up into the air. >> >> >> Pentax *istD, Sigma 100-300/4 EX, Sigma 1.4X EX, handheld >> ISO 400, 1/750 sec @ f/5.6 - 300mm focal length + converter >> >> http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/norcalpdml_sf_140.htm >> >> Comments welcome. >> >> -- >> Bruce >>
