RAF Coningsby and Typhoons

[strikerstu]

After the "older" stuff on the Saturday at East Kirkby, Monday was spent about 8 miles away at RAF Coningsby, home of the Typhoon.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/striker1362/Coningsby%2015th%20Sept/1024/QP0T6738.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/striker1362/Coningsby%2015th%20Sept/1024/QP0T6762.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/striker1362/Coningsby%2015th%20Sept/1024/QP0T6774.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/striker1362/Coningsby%2015th%20Sept/1024/QP0T6797.jpg

an overshoot with just one burner lit...

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/striker1362/Coningsby%2015th%20Sept/1024/QP0T6829.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/striker1362/Coningsby%2015th%20Sept/1024/IMG_0439.jpg

and the odd Tornado or two...

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/striker1362/Coningsby%2015th%20Sept/1024/QP0T6723.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/striker1362/Coningsby%2015th%20Sept/1024/IMG_0310.jpg

Stu

[Scout7id]

Very nice set. A few of them seem a little blown out / overexposed to me, though.

[strikerstu]

Very nice set. A few of them seem a little blown out / overexposed to me, though.


Agree about the exposure, messed aaround for ages while converting. You know what it's like, horrible contrasty light, some backlit and I lost count of the shots I got where the plane just blended into the sky.

Give me a deep blue sky or cloudy stormy backdrop any day...

Stu

[andrewhuxman]

Those are some sweet looking aircraft would love to hear them . Nice job.

[fi20100]

Very nice job!

[Slimsphotos]

Really nice captures. #3 is very nice with the burners lit, pity about the HAS in the background, but these things can't be helped :-)

Chris

[PhotosGuy]

Agree about the exposure, messed aaround for ages while converting. Think about getting off "Auto". This shows how the subject can affect the exposure & why manual keeps me worry free:
Post #47 (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=5191658&postcount=47)

For a good starting point, first set the f-stop & shutter speed you need for the effect you want. Then the other parameter: f-stop or shutter speed. Then adjust the ISO.
Need an exposure crutch? (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=89123)

[strikerstu]

Think about getting off "Auto". This shows how the subject can affect the exposure & why manual keeps me worry free:
Post #47 (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=5191658&postcount=47)

For a good starting point, first set the f-stop & shutter speed you need for the effect you want. Then the other parameter: f-stop or shutter speed. Then adjust the ISO.
Need an exposure crutch? (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=89123)


I have no trouble getting the exp correct for the subject, which to me is the most important thing. It was a combination of me being lazy and not walking to the other side of the runway so the light was behind me and where we were standing gave us backlit subjects. Even in manual which I tried it was blowing the sky out while the subject was still under exp.

You can see in shots 4, 5 and 6 where the light was behind there is no problem.

Annoying thing is the paint scheme they have chosen to use blends with the sky perfectly (as it should do I suppose).

[PhotosGuy]

Even in manual which I tried it was blowing the sky out while the subject was still under exp. You're expecting too much from the camera. What's important in the image? Expose for the subject & let the sky blow out. If you shoot RAW, you might be able to recover some detail in the sky later, but the sky really isn't that important, is it?

[strikerstu]

Not expecting too much at all, I knew all along the day's lighting would prove problematic.

Typhhons, F-15's/16's and our good old English weather means most of the time you are shooting grey on grey which does not make for appealing photos. You just have to do the best you can and make the most of it.

If conditions were always perfect it would get boring don't you think? Sometimes challenging light can give the most rewarding shots, you just have to work that bit harder.

All these were shot in Raw but if the highlight is that far blown there's not a lot you can do is there.

Thanks for your comments Frank.

Stu