Wright Flyer

[GoneFission]

This is a 1903 Wright Flyer model I built last year (Paul Guillow (http://www.guillow.com/GuillowDetail.asp?prod=1202&SeriesId=32&FamilyId=1) kit).

http://www.gonefission.us/Uploads/POTN/wright_crop_small.JPG

300D w/ kit lense
Manual exposure
18mm f/22
10"
ISO100

I used a long exposure so I could eliminate the shadows by panning a 60W desk lamp over the model. Very low-tech, but it appears to have worked.

Your thoughts, please!

[mrclark321]

Very nice.....I'm a newbie but was wondering if it would look better on a darker base.

Dan

[Andy_T]

Great idea!

The pic looks cool, and I thought 'Why the hell does he use f/22 ??? '

Best regards,
Andy

[GoneFission]

Thanks for the comments!

Dan - You're probably a vet compared to me! I agree, it could probably use some greater contrast with the base and the background. However, they need to be fairly light in order for the rigging to stand out. Hmmm...

Andy - I was trying to close down the aperture for a crisper image and greater DOF (plus I needed the longer shutter time). Is this not right? I'm very new to this, so I am very much open to suggestions.

I'm looking around the area for a good place to shoot the model to give it a "full scale" apearance. Unfortunately, we don't have any sand dunes around to replicate Kitty Hawk. Maybe a playground?

[Andy_T]

Gonefission,

stopping down the lens to get a sharper picture only works to a certain extent, mainly because refraction starts deteriorating the image quality if you step down too much. I consider f/22 too much.

The 'sweet spot' of the 18-55 kit lens should be around f/8 - f/11. But you really should try it out yourself what you need to get exactly the results you want to have.

Best regards,
Andy

[GoneFission]

Ah, okay, thanks Andy. I'll have to play around with that.