Aviation thread!

[SunriseChickers]

I've been to a few but never that one. You made me pull up some youtube videos showing the Memphis Bell and Movie Memphis Bell flying. Very cool!

I hope you get the chance to go someday! It's a very cool museum.

 

[pnw_urban_chix]

I apologize for my naivety. I didn't realize that EAA by us was highly renowned. When we go, it's for my dad, who meets us there from Minnesota. He was in the AF, and in fact, I was born on Langley AF Base, Virginia, in 1960.

Thus, now I'll share some from last year. Dad would know what everything was but I don't. The night show where they made words or pictures they said was the largest drone show at the time anywhere. The fireworks in the air was mostly done by airplanes.

Spoiler: EAA 2024 pictures

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The airshow near me, which is the Oregon International air show, has a night like that too. It's called KABOOM and has a bunch of fireworks and a drone light show and planes with fireworks on the tips of the wings which is pretty cool

 

[pnw_urban_chix]

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Wait where do you get all of these photos? You're lucky . All that I get flying overhead is airliners and then the ANG F-15s, but they are too high to get good pictures. I need to spend some time at the airport to catch them taking off, because I have seen some pretty spectacular photos of them low after takeoff when there are humid mornings...

 

[azurbanclucker]

Wait where do you get all of these photos? You're lucky . All that I get flying overhead is airliners and then the ANG F-15s, but they are too high to get good pictures. I need to spend some time at the airport to catch them taking off, because I have seen some pretty spectacular photos of them low after takeoff when there are humid mornings...

Well, I took them. I've been a "plane kid" my whole life and I like to take pics when I get the opportunity. Some of these were taken in Yuma, AZ. Some in Mesa, Some out on the desert watching the tanker crews fight brush fires. I would jump at the opportunity to ride along with a fire spotter crew and take pics of the fight from the air. Endeavour was a planned trip to the CA Science Center as part of a weekend gymnastics tournament we were over there for.

Find good spots by the airport and take a good telephoto lens with you. Aircraft photography is a "planned trip" kind of thing usually. Or being able to monitor flight traffic and know where you need to be.

 

[azurbanclucker]

 

[SunriseChickers]

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Love those!
What kind of camera do you have?

 

[Evadig]

Has anyone ever been to the Wright Patterson National Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH? Since I grew up in that half of the state, I got to go a few times. It was actually where I got engaged and where we had our first date, lol!

Been there three times; it’s one of my favorite museums!

Somehow most of my photos got erased but here’s what I have from there.

 

[azurbanclucker]

Love those!
What kind of camera do you have?

A mix of Nikon DLSR's. I've shot these over many years.

 

[mdees88]

Yup, I also have trouble keeping the fast jets in the frame. When I attempted to take photos of an F-16 they were all either blurry or not in the center of the frame . Nice camera though!

Thanks. You definitely need a fast shutter speed for the jets. I shoot in shutter priority and try and stay 1/2000 or faster to help eliminate motion blur. I still get a lot of out of focus and/or soft shots but the fast shutter speed helps. I typically spray and pray and pick the sharpest ones, lol. I really need to practice smooth panning and zooming so I can keep them in frame.

One thing I tried during this show was using a slow shutter speed on the helicopters and propeller planes. This blurs the propellers and gives them a sense of motion. Problem is you have to pan at the exact speed of the plane or it will be blurry too. You definitely get a very low keeper rate but when you get a sharp one it looks cool. Here are a couple examples.

These were around 1/200 probably. Not quite slow enough for a full rotation of the propellor. Check out the first 3 pics in AZ's post #18. He used a very slow shutter speed which gives a nice blurry propeller and background.

Here's a couple more of the F-22....

I thought this one was cool. Two raptors in flight, an F-22 and an osprey...

 

[SunriseChickers]

Thanks. You definitely need a fast shutter speed for the jets. I shoot in shutter priority and try and stay 1/2000 or faster to help eliminate motion blur. I still get a lot of out of focus and/or soft shots but the fast shutter speed helps. I typically spray and pray and pick the sharpest ones, lol. I really need to practice smooth panning and zooming so I can keep them in frame.

One thing I tried during this show was using a slow shutter speed on the helicopters and propeller planes. This blurs the propellers and gives them a sense of motion. Problem is you have to pan at the exact speed of the plane or it will be blurry too. You definitely get a very low keeper rate but when you get a sharp one it looks cool. Here are a couple examples.

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These were around 1/200 probably. Not quite slow enough for a full rotation of the propellor. Check out the first 3 pics in AZ's post #18. He used a very slow shutter speed which gives a nice blurry propeller and background.

Here's a couple more of the F-22....

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I thought this one was cool. Two raptors in flight, an F-22 and an osprey...

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That last one is awesome!