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- Ed Kettler
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Ed,
Those are nice pictures! Very well composed.
I think you said somewhere that you had a Nikon Digital SLR. Using my Rebel XT and Sigma 70-300mm 3.5-5.6 lens (slow), I get the best results using a non-continuous AF method (not AI servo). I focus and then snap the picture immediately. Unless it's a mid-air where I want a rapid series of picture, I refocus for each picture.
The main reason the planes in these pictures are blurry appears to be because of shutter speed, because one plane in each picture (the one you were following with with camera) is more or less sharp (in focus). I generally need at least 1/800 or faster shutter speed to stop the action. Just bump up the ISO to whatever it takes to get at least 1/800.
Nice pictures, and I vote for number 2. The extra sky could be cropped out leaving the focus on the planes in the furball!
Those are nice pictures! Very well composed.
I think you said somewhere that you had a Nikon Digital SLR. Using my Rebel XT and Sigma 70-300mm 3.5-5.6 lens (slow), I get the best results using a non-continuous AF method (not AI servo). I focus and then snap the picture immediately. Unless it's a mid-air where I want a rapid series of picture, I refocus for each picture.
The main reason the planes in these pictures are blurry appears to be because of shutter speed, because one plane in each picture (the one you were following with with camera) is more or less sharp (in focus). I generally need at least 1/800 or faster shutter speed to stop the action. Just bump up the ISO to whatever it takes to get at least 1/800.
Nice pictures, and I vote for number 2. The extra sky could be cropped out leaving the focus on the planes in the furball!
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Ed Kettler</i>
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Here is #1 with a minor edit and tweak. If most folks are happy, I will send it to Bob to go get the shirts made
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Ed, Here is one more tweak to really make the image shine! The more planes, the more exciting it is!
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Here is #1 with a minor edit and tweak. If most folks are happy, I will send it to Bob to go get the shirts made
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Ed, Here is one more tweak to really make the image shine! The more planes, the more exciting it is!