The Brat is Back

CFM's P-51D Mustang The Brat III is back on line and flying after nearly two years down for an engine rebuild.

I stopped by to inquire about a scheduled photo shoot at dusk with the P-51- their goal was to get some flame from the exhaust photos just before sunset. I wasn't able to get back for the shoot but am interested to see how it turned out.

That would be kind of like shooting fireworks, wouldn't it? You need a long shutter speed for the prop & a small f-stop for the flames. Use your lowest ISO.
The problem is that you'll probably get one shot at it, so I'd be inclined to shoot for the flames first with a higher shutter speed & merge them with a prop blur image in PP.

Thanks Frank, I was thinking similarly. Longish shutter for the prop blur (1/60 -1/80) and slightly faster shutter for the flame detail (1/125 - 1/250) perhaps ... from a tripod. Then merged. This was a photographers event at the flight museum so I imagine they would have spun up the mustang a few times to give the guys and gals the best chance at a nice shot. While I am sitting here speculating how it might be done it occurred to me that a 5 or 7 bracket series might get an interesting result ... oh - well, wish I could have been there.