Thunderbirds

atldal · 8th of January 2010 (Fri)

I'm new to photography, but here are a couple of shots I took of the thunderbirds from the roof of my house.

FlyingPhotog · 8th of January 2010 (Fri)

Exposures look pretty good and it looks as if you stopped them nicely.

They're a tad soft though. Is there some aggressive cropping done here?

ChasWG · 8th of January 2010 (Fri)

I was thinking th same thing Jay. The F-16's that fly out of Buckley AFB (right over my house) are hard to shoot and always moving fast. I'd need a 400mm to do them any justice. Now I bet these T-Birds were a lot lower to the ground than the 16's near me. Maybe a kit lens deal?

FlyingPhotog · 8th of January 2010 (Fri)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChasWG

I was thinking th same thing Jay. The F-16's that fly out of Buckley AFB (right over my house) are hard to shoot and always moving fast. I'd need a 400mm to do them any justice. Now I bet these T-Birds were a lot lower to the ground than the 16's near me. Maybe a kit lens deal?

Dunno...

Hope the OP will clarify.

atldal · 8th of January 2010 (Fri)

These were shot from the room of my house with a cannon XSI using a 55-250 lens. All I did to repost them was resample to the correct size and saved them as a .JPG.

atldal · 8th of January 2010 (Fri)

sorry, I meant the roof of my house

atldal · 8th of January 2010 (Fri)

Ok, reread and yes they are cropped.

FlyingPhotog · 8th of January 2010 (Fri)

Do you have uncropped versions? Just curious how cropped these are.

atldal · 8th of January 2010 (Fri)

ok, here they are. just resampled to fit the 1024

FlyingPhotog · 8th of January 2010 (Fri)

That's kinda what I figured. You're pushing the crop pretty hard and losing resolution in the process.

Looks like you did about the best you could though. Always fun to see the TBirds fly!

ChasWG · 8th of January 2010 (Fri)

Ahhhh, that's why the slightly OOf. How low were they? And bet they weren't in any great hurry. The F-16's that fly by me almost every day are real working AF and they are usually under full takeoff burn. Lately they haven't been doing the power takeoffs where they take off normally and then power up to 11K Ft by burning straight up! It's cool to see for the few seconds that you can see them!

In the past three years of living here I have yet to capture one clean, clear shot of these birds. While landing is my best bet, they are going slower and a bit lower.

atldal · 8th of January 2010 (Fri)

I was lucky enough to have my house on be right under where they kept flying over for return runs to the group. They were low. I shot all of these on automatic.

FlyingPhotog · 8th of January 2010 (Fri)

Unfortunately, you're asking a lot with only 250mm from that distance. This is why you see so many 500mm and 600mm lenses at airshows.

THIS was taken with 420mm on a 1.6X Body from right under the landing pattern at Nellis AFB and it sitll needed about a 25% crop.

Tactical jets look big to our eyes but they're actually quite small when you compare them to like an airliner or a cargo jet.

ChasWG · 8th of January 2010 (Fri)

Nice photos in there Jay, but I'm sure you know that already. I love the one of the two TBird Vert stablizer to Vert stablizer. That's really close!

FlyingPhotog · 8th of January 2010 (Fri)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChasWG

Nice photos in there Jay, but I'm sure you know that already. I love the one of the two TBird Vert stablizer to Vert stablizer. That's really close!

You mean you don't know the dark secret of the Calypso Pass?

8th of January 2010 (Fri)	#2
FlyingPhotog Cream of the "Prop" Join Date: May 2007 Location: Probably Chasing Aircraft Posts: 57,110	Re: Thunderbirds Exposures look pretty good and it looks as if you stopped them nicely. They're a tad soft though. Is there some aggressive cropping done here? __________________ Jay Crosswind Images *Facebook Fan Page* "If you aren't getting extraordinary images from today's dSLRs, regardless of brand, it's not the camera!" - Bill Fortney, Nikon Corp.

8th of January 2010 (Fri)	#3
ChasWG Goldmember Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Aurora, CO Posts: 3,634 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Thunderbirds I was thinking th same thing Jay. The F-16's that fly out of Buckley AFB (right over my house) are hard to shoot and always moving fast. I'd need a 400mm to do them any justice. Now I bet these T-Birds were a lot lower to the ground than the 16's near me. Maybe a kit lens deal? __________________ *Chas Gordon* 7D Gripped/40D Gripped/10-24/EF24-70 f2.8L/EF70-200 f4L/EF50 f1.8 Mk I/EF85 f1.8 *http://www.flickr.com/photos/chaswg/* *http://vimeo.com/user9461302/videos*

8th of January 2010 (Fri)	#5
atldal Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 64	Re: Thunderbirds These were shot from the room of my house with a cannon XSI using a 55-250 lens. All I did to repost them was resample to the correct size and saved them as a .JPG.

8th of January 2010 (Fri)	#6
atldal Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 64	Re: Thunderbirds sorry, I meant the roof of my house

8th of January 2010 (Fri)	#7
atldal Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 64	Re: Thunderbirds Ok, reread and yes they are cropped.

8th of January 2010 (Fri)	#8
FlyingPhotog Cream of the "Prop" Join Date: May 2007 Location: Probably Chasing Aircraft Posts: 57,110	Re: Thunderbirds Do you have uncropped versions? Just curious how cropped these are. __________________ Jay Crosswind Images *Facebook Fan Page* "If you aren't getting extraordinary images from today's dSLRs, regardless of brand, it's not the camera!" - Bill Fortney, Nikon Corp.

8th of January 2010 (Fri)	#10
FlyingPhotog Cream of the "Prop" Join Date: May 2007 Location: Probably Chasing Aircraft Posts: 57,110	Re: Thunderbirds That's kinda what I figured. You're pushing the crop pretty hard and losing resolution in the process. Looks like you did about the best you could though. Always fun to see the TBirds fly! __________________ Jay Crosswind Images *Facebook Fan Page* "If you aren't getting extraordinary images from today's dSLRs, regardless of brand, it's not the camera!" - Bill Fortney, Nikon Corp.

8th of January 2010 (Fri)	#11
ChasWG Goldmember Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Aurora, CO Posts: 3,634 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Thunderbirds Ahhhh, that's why the slightly OOf. How low were they? And bet they weren't in any great hurry. The F-16's that fly by me almost every day are real working AF and they are usually under full takeoff burn. Lately they haven't been doing the power takeoffs where they take off normally and then power up to 11K Ft by burning straight up! It's cool to see for the few seconds that you can see them! In the past three years of living here I have yet to capture one clean, clear shot of these birds. While landing is my best bet, they are going slower and a bit lower. __________________ *Chas Gordon* 7D Gripped/40D Gripped/10-24/EF24-70 f2.8L/EF70-200 f4L/EF50 f1.8 Mk I/EF85 f1.8 *http://www.flickr.com/photos/chaswg/* *http://vimeo.com/user9461302/videos* Last edited by ChasWG : 8th of January 2010 (Fri) at 17:32.

8th of January 2010 (Fri)	#12
atldal Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 64	Re: Thunderbirds I was lucky enough to have my house on be right under where they kept flying over for return runs to the group. They were low. I shot all of these on automatic.

8th of January 2010 (Fri)	#13
FlyingPhotog Cream of the "Prop" Join Date: May 2007 Location: Probably Chasing Aircraft Posts: 57,110	Re: Thunderbirds Unfortunately, you're asking a lot with only 250mm from that distance. This is why you see so many 500mm and 600mm lenses at airshows. THIS was taken with 420mm on a 1.6X Body from right under the landing pattern at Nellis AFB and it sitll needed about a 25% crop. Tactical jets look big to our eyes but they're actually quite small when you compare them to like an airliner or a cargo jet. __________________ Jay Crosswind Images *Facebook Fan Page* "If you aren't getting extraordinary images from today's dSLRs, regardless of brand, it's not the camera!" - Bill Fortney, Nikon Corp.

8th of January 2010 (Fri)	#14
ChasWG Goldmember Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Aurora, CO Posts: 3,634 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Thunderbirds Nice photos in there Jay, but I'm sure you know that already. I love the one of the two TBird Vert stablizer to Vert stablizer. That's really close! __________________ *Chas Gordon* 7D Gripped/40D Gripped/10-24/EF24-70 f2.8L/EF70-200 f4L/EF50 f1.8 Mk I/EF85 f1.8 *http://www.flickr.com/photos/chaswg/* *http://vimeo.com/user9461302/videos*

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