Blue Angels

Just got back from the Blue Angels Air Show. Took some pics, C&C please.
no.1

Looks good to me. You got lucky with the blue sky, I have almost the same photos but with a overcast sky and could not do much to improve them. The sky conditions is one thing that can make or break airshow photos.

i think they look great, excellent exposure enough contrast. the only thing imho they all have great balance in composition except number 1, the plane on the right i feel should be cropped a tad lower to give it a bit more negative space above it.

all in all fantastic shots. gear used?

I think you oversaturated them a bit - at least the blue channel.

Else they look great

Thanks for the critique, i'll look at changing the blue channel. the blue sky was really great, but the hard sun created lots of shadow. All shot with a canon T1i, 100 - 400L Manual mode, 1/1600 or 1/2000thSS, f5.6, iso 200 or 400 (depending on ss). It was a great show

fxdb wrote in post #10611074
Thanks for the critique, i'll look at changing the blue channel. the blue sky was really great, but the hard sun created lots of shadow. All shot with a canon T1i, 100 - 400L Manual mode, 1/1600 or 1/2000thSS, f5.6, iso 200 or 400 (depending on ss). It was a great show

Look at the images here:
http://www.google.com …n&tab=wi&biw=10​77&bih=586

You should see quite a difference - they do look a tad dull - but oversaturated looks strange - is your screen calibrated?

Great action shots but there does appear to be a lack of shadow detail and even bright parts of the planes are lacking any definition.

Love #3, alittle tone mapping and they would really pop.

Yeah, I agree. Number 3 is a great shot and with a little more PP it would be perfect.

DetlevCM wrote in post #10611091
Look at the images here:
http://www.google.com …n&tab=wi&biw=10​77&bih=586

You should see quite a difference - they do look a tad dull - but oversaturated looks strange - is your screen calibrated?

really......google images?

I would rate these at least that good....

I'm not sure what kind of add'l pp to do on this, or how to do it. I turned my edit image on, if someone wants to give it a shot I would appreciate it. Also tell me how they did it?

Thanks

I like no.3 but it sort of has the look of a TSE... not too pronounced but they almost look miniature...