V-22 Osprey

Taken at Oshkosh on "gray Thursday". I know there should be more prop blur, I hadn't ever shot the Osprey before and didn't realize how slow the props were spinning and adjust accordingly until it was too late. C & C always welcome and appreciated, thanks for looking!

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nice shots. I didn't realize how slow they were either. Pretty sure I would down to 1/80 or 1/60. And HUGE.. My goodness those props are ginormous in the sky.

Thanks! Yeah, those props were HUGE, you really don't see it until it's flying horizontally toward you, then...WOW! I started at 1/320 and eventually worked down to 1/125, but should've gone futher.

We had crowd problems both days there (last year, no problems, this year, both days:evil, we were getting jostled around a bit on Thursday and the distraction made me pay less attention to the shutter speed than I should have.

Nice set
Still not sure I'd like to fly in this

Desertraptor wrote in post #6045553
Nice set
Still not sure I'd like to fly in this

Thank you!

I agree, I don't know if I'd like to fly in one either. As a retired Navy veteran I know said about them, "they don't really fly, it's all done with mirrors":p

VERY cool!

You did well , I can imagine it is a hard aircraft to photograph while flying, I have yet to see it do a demo.

Nice job! Very nice pics despite the dreary conditions.

Nice pics, prop blur isn't too bad.

With the history of this plane, I don't think I'd want to be near it when it's in the air.

Thank you for the kind comments everyone! Gray planes on a gray day don't usually add up to interesting photos, but I'd never seen an Osprey in person before so I shot it anyway. Those props are so big, they look like they're going slow enough to count the rotations

they're not slow, where'd you get that from? 275 knots? slow? thats 316 mph. Faster than helicopters...

Great pics!

Nemesismachine wrote in post #6052306
they're not slow, where'd you get that from? 275 knots? slow? thats 316 mph. Faster than helicopters...

Great pics!

you might want to read that again

Nemesismachine wrote in post #6052306
they're not slow, where'd you get that from? 275 knots? slow? thats 316 mph. Faster than helicopters...

Great pics!

Thanks! and sorry, I didn't mean to say the Osprey was slow. The rotors are so big, they look like they're turning slowly...makes it hard to get prop blur and a sharp image.