US Navy Neptune Warrior

[mikediamo]

These are a few pics of a nato exercise i was in i didn't do any editing since i dont know how but these photo's landed me the job of ships photographer and getting paid to shoot retirement ceremonies for a few people. These where shot with my xt and the 75-300mm non is lense. Anyway here they are


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[ironchef31]

Does the responsibility also come with an equipment budget?;)

[mikediamo]

i wish no they order me to use my equipment. in fact the last captain i had would never say please or thankyou she would just order me to take pictures till i finally said nope not risking my equipment unless you pay for maint. and repair. But the new captain we have is cool plus being the photographer lets me have access to cool stuff to shoot

[BradT0517]

I am just wondering, what exactly is happening in the first picture?

[mikediamo]

that is a ship refuiling 2 ships 1 on eather side and hey by the way im from brusly louisiana

[RadAL]

if only that, pole or wire? wasn't in the way of the lynx pic

[BradT0517]

that is a ship refuiling 2 ships 1 on eather side and hey by the way im from brusly louisiana

Ok that is what I suspected that was happening, but I wasn't fully certain. That is really cool I'm going to the Baton Rouge area for about 5 days next week.

[Woolburr]

i wish no they order me to use my equipment. in fact the last captain i had would never say please or thankyou she would just order me to take pictures till i finally said nope not risking my equipment unless you pay for maint. and repair. But the new captain we have is cool plus being the photographer lets me have access to cool stuff to shoot

I don't know your rank, but it really shouldn't matter. Surely you have heard of the term lawful order? Any officer that ordered you to use your personal gear for military purposes was way over the line. Asking you to do so is one thing...but ordering you to do so...no way.:confused:

That is a super refueling shot...and from an angle that not many folks get to see. I have tons of images from along side, but nothing from this vantage point.

[PhotosGuy]

Good start here with ships we don't often see!
The 2nd shot is a little dark Try this so the sky doesn't influence your exposure:
Need an exposure crutch? (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=89123)

Why do you guys use manual? AV makes more sense. (http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=130176)

A little slower shutter speed will give you some rotor blur, too:
Airshow guys - prop freeze? (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=229542)


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[mikediamo]

Thank you very much for the advice I will try the palm metering in my next shoot. It was a very overcast and rainy day so i dont know what factor that has. Does the palm factor help make up for overcast to make the picture more bright and daylight looking

[FlyingPhotog]

Thank you very much for the advice I will try the palm metering in my next shoot. It was a very overcast and rainy day so i dont know what factor that has. Does the palm factor help make up for overcast to make the picture more bright and daylight looking

The key to the "palm trick" is:

1) Meter off your palm then shoot with no other adjustments.
2) Check your histogram to see if your palm yields a bit of over or under exposure.
3) Adjust as needed and reshoot

Now everytime you meter off your palm you know that with just that one key adjustment you determined in #3 above, your exposure will be spot on.

[JWright]

These are a few pics of a nato exercise i was in i didn't do any editing since i dont know how but these photo's landed me the job of ships photographer and getting paid to shoot retirement ceremonies for a few people. These where shot with my xt and the 75-300mm non is lense. Anyway here they are


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2202/2372141505_9bf6b0e716_b.jpg


Nice shot. That's an angle you don't normally see. Here's one from the supply ship point of view...

http://johnwright.smugmug.com/photos/254185221_ShMsy-L.jpg

[ggt1_02]

I love the angle on the first one. I have a whole bunch I was just looking at today from my time underway. Nowhere near this quality though. They do look a little far from each other though. I do seem to remember them getting a little closer though. I guess the tin can Navy isn't as brave as the Gator Navy!!!:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

[mikediamo]

just for everyone's info it was taken from the bridgewing on a ddg

[PhotosGuy]

The key to the "palm trick" is:

1) Meter off your palm then shoot with no other adjustments.
2) Check your histogram to see if your palm yields a bit of over or under exposure.
3) Adjust as needed and reshoot

Now everytime you meter off your palm you know that with just that one key adjustment you determined in #3 above, your exposure will be spot on. Jay, that's not making sense to me. You need to first find out what the factor for your palm is by shooting a constant like white, or metering a gray card. You want a white histogram to be at the right. A gray card reading should be centered. Then look at your hand & see where the needle is with the histogram exposure. It will probably show overexposure.
Then you apply that factor to the new situation palm reading & use that overexposure indication of the needle.