Hi Bob, Thanks for viewing and for your comments.
2008/5/19 Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Patrice, > That is an excellent look at an airshow. > You did very well for a first time shooting such a thing. > I particularly liked the formations with smoke trails. I do concur that these trails give the visual clues of the movement, which is totally lost otherwise. In particular, the high-speed "face-to-face" crossings, while very spectacular when seen live, are not only very difficult to photograph, but also often yield very disappointing results. > You do some different maneuvers than I have seen before. I can't take the credit for this! The demonstrations were really inventive and surprising. I found the smaller and more agile planes more interesting than the big engines (Mirage 2000 and such) , that were really impressive with speed and noise and ascent rate and so on, but aestetically less pleasing. With the notable exception of this Dutch F-16 that did a very fast-paced show with a great music. The guy in the seat is also a DJ during his week-ends, unfortunately this does not show in my GESO ;-) > The blue jets with the yellow markings are great. This is the Breitling team. The only private squadron worldwide to own jet planes. They featured a great 2-stage show, first a very smooth and beautiful one, then very fast-paced, high-speed, full of swift and impressive moves. Very hard to follow with the 320. Anyone interested in such sport should definitely not miss a show by the Breitling team if they happen to demonstrate nearby. > I especially like the way the yellow crosses show from the bottom. > They are more spectacular than our Navy's all dark blue - Blue Angels. I never had the chance to see the Blue Angels live. By the way, both liveries are quite similar, but Breitlig's yellow cross is more marked. The angels' FA-18 Hornets make much more noise, but the Breitlings Albatros give better photos :-) > Regards, Bob S. Best regards. I can't wait till the next show... > > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 1:06 PM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Nicely done. Some of those are simply spectacular. >> >> Patrice LACOUTURE wrote: >>> Hello. >>> >>> It's been a while since I posted anything... >>> >>> I've been to an Airshow yesterday in Orange, Provence, France... It >>> was my first attempt shooting in such an event ever... >>> >>> Took my K10D with my old 80-320 handheld, and burned a few rolls of >>> 2GB SD cards. >>> >>> A not-so-tight-selection is visible there: >>> >>> http://www.lacouture.nom.fr/gallery/v/geso/2008-05-18-Airshow-Orange/ >>> >>> For those on a tight schedule, beware: 65 photos in the gallery. It's >>> quite out of the box and I did not take much time to edit it more >>> severely. >>> >>> As usual, comments and suggestions are welcome. >>> >>> Regards. >>> >>> Patrice >>> >>> PS: for pixel-slicers: >>> >>> Most shots done in MF/manual exposure, @ f/16 or f/8, ISO 400. >>> MF because at infinity it's safer than AF >>> f/8 and f/16 to avoid using this lens wide open >>> ISO 400 to rely on fast shutter rather than stabilizer to get sharp >>> results handheld (no tripod, no monopod, no nothing: used my own >>> biological ball head instead) On second thought I should have opted >>> for 200. >>> Post processing = AC correction on a few shots, sometimes a bit of >>> saturation adjust, otherwise levels/contrast, cropping, and dust >>> removal. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
