Good & not so good luck at the air show. (Prop blur).

I went to this small show mainly to get some evening/night shots & had most of what I wanted from Friday, Saturday, & Saturday evening, so on Sunday I thought I'd work on expanding my personal limits on shooting prop blur. Without an IS lens, I expected that I'd throw a lot of shots away, & sadly I was right! ; D

It's tough to find the right combination of sharp shots & a good looking blur in the propeller. A lot of factors come into it, such as the variables between take-off power vs taxi power, & the angle of the sun on the prop. Concentrate on keeping the focus point on just one part of the subject, & sometimes it helps to practice with traffic for a warm up before the shoot.
See the "Airshow guys - prop freeze?" & other links in post #2 of: Shooting airshows in Manual for more info.

1.Mike Schiffer driving the F4U-5. Lucky pan @ 1/60 sec. It didn't get any better than this. ; )

Even so, Frank, you got some pretty great shots there. I have one hell of a time with the props, myself. Really like the Corsair shot and I really don't think that the Yankee Lady with the doors open is so bad, either

Looks like it was fun show and to play around a bit

Not as easy as Jay makes it look to capture blur and composition. I think you did a fine job.

Thanks, guys. I appreciate the comments.