OK, so I'm off to the Red Bull airshow here in Perth in an hour or so and hoping to get close enough to the action to get some shots. Anybody got any experience photographing aerobatics and have some tips for me on things like getting exposure right etc?
Use the longest, fastest lens you've got. Boost your ISO, stop down your lens, but shoot at 1/2000 or faster if you can. Position yourself so the sun is behind you and the planes in front of you. Also shoot candids of folks. Airshows bring out lots of interesting people.
Use the longest, fastest lens you've got. Boost your ISO, stop down your lens, but shoot at 1/2000 or faster if you can. Position yourself so the sun is behind you and the planes in front of you. Also shoot candids of folks. Airshows bring out lots of interesting people.
Use the longest, fastest lens you've got. Boost your ISO, stop down your lens, but shoot at 1/2000 or faster if you can.
I have a different opinion.
Use the longest lens, shoot at your lowest ISO, use a shutterspeed of somewhere between 1/200 and 1/700s (depending on your panning skills). Use continous AF. And pan with the airplanes.
That way you get movement against the background, a good propellor blur while the plane stays sharp. 1/2000s and more will only freeze the scene and that looks very boring.
Maybe next time, I see that the show has already been done.
I agree.... you really want the blured props. Anyone can shoot an aircraft at 2000ths of a second.. Try shooting an aircraft at 300MM at 200th of a second with No IS.... That is when photography STARTS to get fun!
Here are some shots from the last two weeks
Don't get me wrong....there are times where I do want to stop the props!
Lots more aviation shots on my site
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