Wales National Airshow, Swansea

[ettlz]

The Wales National Airshow took place over Swansea bay on 11-12 July 2009. I came out of it with around 1,200 shots, which I find somewhat remarkable for a 2-year-old kit battery that's only meant to do 500, according to the manual. The following were shot with a Canon EOS 400D and Tamron 55-200 f/4-5.6 lens in AI Servo AF mode. I switched between shutter priority at 1/640-1/800s, and aperture priority at f/8-9 where the lens is sharpest.

Red Arrows in diamond formation
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3463/3714770532_3fef1a8993.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ettlz/3714770532/)

Team Guinot wing-walking
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2513/3714005815_c28746fdf5.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ettlz/3714005815/)

EADS Typhoon "Eurofighter" which moved so bloody fast I got hardly any decent shots
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2602/3714777354_8c01cacdc3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ettlz/3714777354/)

Upside-down Red Arrow BAE Hawk
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2643/3714775630_0d6d392a10.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ettlz/3714775630/)

RAF Chinook
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2482/3714781658_4154b9b5b5.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ettlz/3714781658/)

Team Osprey
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2645/3714813808_f36bc7e42f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ettlz/3714813808/)

[SirStuey]

Nice! Are these resized or cropped?

[PhotosGuy]

Good start here. About that Chinook that's about to fall out of the sky with it's engines off:
Airshow guys - prop freeze? (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=229542)

And...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/PhotosGuy/Forum%20Junk/Welcome-ChargerRT_020.gif

[ettlz]

Nice! Are these resized or cropped?
Some of them were cropped a bit for symmetry or to otherwise put the aircraft where I wanted it (it's not easy framing shots on fast-moving objects at 200mm :) ) and contrast and saturation were enhanced for the Red Arrows and non-military aircraft; the rest are the camera's choice of colours. All were shot in JPEG as the 400D's buffer filled up too quicky shooting raw. I resized them all to 2048×1365 for uploading to Flickr.

Good start here. About that Chinook that's about to fall out of the sky with it's engines off:
Heh heh, I've been looking for an excuse to get a 70-300mm IS...

[artyman]

............(it's not easy framing shots on fast-moving objects at 200mm :) )
You should try it with a 500mm ;) http://s139.photobucket.com/albums/q290/artymanphotos/Photography/Red%20Arrows/