The Grace Spitfire

[bugmeister]

Taken at the victory show, Cosby, 7/9/13

EOS5Dii, Canon 70-200f4L @ 200mm @f9 @1/800s

 

EOS5Dii, Canon 70-200f4L @ 200mm @f9 @1/800s

 

Both taken with +2/3 exposure bias to counter the effect of the clouds fooling the camera metering and underexposing the aircraft.

 

(edited to correct spelling)

[annie]

crikey bugs, I can see the little man driving it! wonderful....

[colinb]

the purists will say you needed more prop blur, I'll just say I think they are both cracking shots   

[DaveS]

the purists will say you needed more prop blur

 

They probably would, but to pan on a fast moving aircraft at 200mm focal length, with a slow enough shutter speed to get some prop blur, while keeping the aircraft in sharp focus, is not an easy task.

 

It requires a VERY steady hand, good image stabilisation performance, and practice. The latter being something that I would need to acquire.

 

Nice action 'shots' of an iconic aircraft

 

Dave

[Korky]

They look pretty damn good to me too. Prop blur or no prop blur they're great shots and perfectly exposed. Sod the purists!

 

Korky

[Guest]

some what larger than your normal bugs but two cracking shots

[ChrisLumix]

They look pretty damn good to me too. Prop blur or no prop blur they're great shots and perfectly exposed. Sod the purists!

 

Korky

 

Prop blur could be added in Photoshop anyway, if desired  

[Kobione]

some what larger than your normal bugs but two cracking shots

 

Absolutely!!

[NannyFerret]

To me, it doesn't matter about the blur, because the shots of the aircraft are so good and draw your eye straight to the subject.

Brilliant shots, Bugs!

[FUJI]

Incredible Bugsy........you can see that the pilot is enjoying every second.......extremely well captured.

FUJI

[bugmeister]

Thanks folks, I was quite pleased with these, so I'm glad you liked them as well

[colinb]

They probably would, but to pan on a fast moving aircraft at 200mm focal length, with a slow enough shutter speed to get some prop blur, while keeping the aircraft in sharp focus, is not an easy task.

 

It requires a VERY steady hand, good image stabilisation performance, and practice. The latter being something that I would need to acquire.

 

Nice action 'shots' of an iconic aircraft

 

Dave