Re: GESO: SA AEROBATIC CHAMPS, 2021

When I was in photography school, the "small format" class included sports photography - mostly Baseball because it was Spring Semester. One of the requirements was a four photo sequence and at least one of the images had to have the "ball in the air". We had to shoot it on film and process t

Re: GESO: SA AEROBATIC CHAMPS, 2021

Larry, the other evening we went to a local minor league baseball game (our team is a farm club of the LA Dodgers, the opponent was an Oakland farm team…) After the game as they were setting up the canon from which a human cannonball was to be fired, I was fussing with my camera, trying to figur

Re: GESO: SA AEROBATIC CHAMPS, 2021

Thanks, Rick There is a lot of this sort of thing in the big cities, especially around Johannesburg, but nice for our sleepy little dorp. Most of the planes are sponsored for advertising purposes at air shows. Variations of the Extra 300's are the most popular & capable. There are also a lot

Re: GESO: SA AEROBATIC CHAMPS, 2021

Thanks Larry "Cotty is probably having a good laugh and thinking we should try getting video" Believe me, It did cross my mind. Alan C . On 20-Aug-21 07:58 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Cotty is probably having a good laugh and thinking we should try getting video. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss

Re: GESO: SA AEROBATIC CHAMPS, 2021

Alan, I like these a lot. It’s nice of them to be flying colo(u)rful planes! Rick > On Aug 20, 2021, at 9:45 AM, Alan C wrote: > > Tried my hand at something different. Thanks for all the advice. K5 & HD > 55-300. Ended up MF TAV 1/1000sec f8 but not easy. Only about 5% keepers. > High aerial

Re: GESO: SA AEROBATIC CHAMPS, 2021

> On Aug 20, 2021, at 6:45 AM, Alan C wrote: > > Tried my hand at something different. Thanks for all the advice. K5 & HD > 55-300. Ended up MF TAV 1/1000sec f8 but not easy. Only about 5% keepers. > High aerial shots are heavy crops. Very challenging - obviously needs lots of > practice. 5

Re: GESO: SA AEROBATIC CHAMPS, 2021

Thanks Dan. Those are the best of about 200 shots. Apparently there is some sort of display by the top pilots to end off tomorrow pm so I hope the weather obliges. Alan C On 20-Aug-21 07:24 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Very nice images. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery

Re: GESO: SA AEROBATIC CHAMPS, 2021

Very nice images. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 9:45 AM Alan C wrote: > Tried my hand at something different. Thanks for all the advice. K5 & HD > 55-300. Ended up MF TAV 1/1000sec f8 but not easy. Only ab

Re: GESO: SA AEROBATIC CHAMPS, 2021

Nice stuff. > On 20 Aug 2021, at 14:45, Alan C wrote: > > Tried my hand at something different. Thanks for all the advice. K5 & HD > 55-300. Ended up MF TAV 1/1000sec f8 but not easy. Only about 5% keepers. > High aerial shots are heavy crops. Very challenging - obviously needs lots of > pra

GESO: SA AEROBATIC CHAMPS, 2021

Tried my hand at something different. Thanks for all the advice. K5 & HD 55-300. Ended up MF TAV 1/1000sec f8 but not easy. Only about 5% keepers. High aerial shots are heavy crops. Very challenging - obviously needs lots of practice. The Aerobatic Competition started yesterday at 14:00 & will