Rhode Island Airshow

Went out to the Rhode Island Airshow in Quonset Point yesterday, and borrowed a friend's 100-400L for the occasion. Here's the non-Thunderbirds shots I got. The Tbirds will be in another post.

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Excellent work Jeff...

You even managed to get a little wing blur on Mike Goulian!

This is a very nice set! Great prop disc in #2!

Very nice set.... All very good

Good job on these.

Lovely captures.

Agree with all the above & now you owe that friend a similar favor. You really owe him (or her) for that loaner.

^You did that 100-400 proud!

Thanks guys. I was pretty rusty in the morning since I hadn't done any airshows since March of last year. Didn't get too many keepers from the morning performers.

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #14598326
Excellent work Jeff...

You even managed to get a little wing blur on Mike Goulian!

He kept moving too fast for me to get many decent shots. I was happy to get a couple that were actually somewhat sharp.

PhotosGuy wrote in post #14598432
This is a very nice set! Great prop disc in #2!

Thanks. I was trying to get full discs on everything, but most of the results weren't pretty. I'd keep it a little faster early on in their routines to make sure I got some shots, and then slow it down as they progress.

Excellent captures here, no CC needed IMO.

Yeah, trying to get full disc blur can be a nightmare and, worse, can lead to the loss of many shots that otherwise would have worked with less blur. These days I try to push it but have learned not to push it so far that I end up with a poor keeper rate just because I was pursuing full disc blur.

Moreover, sometimes, even when you get full disc blur, it doesn't always work well, or, at least, that's the conclusion I've reached. Sometimes, if the light isn't lighting the prop, you end up with seemingly no prop at all (especially if trying to get them at low level and the background is dark along with the prop) or you have, say, a white painted prop and it looks terrible with full disc.

Really depends on the prop (if tips are painted a differing color, can work very nicely) but, still, less blur but a sharp useable image is preferable. of course, this is general chat, and doesn't apply to your images posted above, which are great all ways around.

So, yeah, I'm trying to keep a perspective on this when shooting props now - push, yes, but resist pushing so far that shots are lost, if you know what I mean.

Very nice set