Headcorn Airshow

My first efforts of a airshow this year so a little rusty and i do not think i shot much above 1/250th so out of 500 or so shots around 30 good shots not a good ratio and my first attempts with a 2 stop filter that i used after advice on this forum .

Rubbish show by the way poor vision of runway due to statics and only 3 spits two hurricanes 2 harvards 2 tiger moths 3 stompes parachute display distant and a toy rc jet ,think some must have been cancelled ,but £16 pound for 2 days can not complain to much

I hope for a better show at riat

Some captions would be useful, well known planes no doubt, but don't assume everyone will recognize them.

Bob

some good images there Paul, I have been looking through my shots from last year's RIAT and the Bournemouth Air festival reminding myself of setting and the like (EM-1 + 100-400 then) going up on this Saturday .

The flying list looks a lot more sparse this year so I hope its going to be a good show (weather forecast isn't too bad at the mo)

stokey wrote:

Some captions would be useful, well known planes no doubt, but don't assume everyone will recognize them.

Bob

Well as the show only had four different aircraft flying did not think it needed captions go to my flikr for aircraft the two yellow are havards the two spitfires and the other is stompe a stunt bi plane belgium i think

And the hurricane with the square glass canopy .

Hello Paul,

the 30 per 500 keeper shot ratio makes me feel much better after my efforts at Duxford yesterday....which have probably yielded a similar ratio...but with less impressive results. Can you tell me what shutter speed you were using, looks well below the 1/250th I opted for. The pictures posted are excellent and I note the shallow depth of field on the Harvard and Spitfire twin shots.

Bob

battybob wrote:

Hello Paul,

the 30 per 500 keeper shot ratio makes me feel much better after my efforts at Duxford yesterday....which have probably yielded a similar ratio...but with less impressive results. Can you tell me what shutter speed you were using, looks well below the 1/250th I opted for. The pictures posted are excellent and I note the shallow depth of field on the Harvard and Spitfire twin shots.

Bob

Yes look on my flickr album headcorn most of of them shot at 1/80th a lot of my shots where thrown due to shooting in between statics whilst landing and taking off made panning and focus a issue also not only statics but crew and photographers in the way not the public but privileged photographers my excuse anyway

Others i could keep anything over 1/250th  but not desired effect for blur (prop) ,yes i tried to not shoot higher than f8 as most m43 lenses will get into diffraction territory ,but yes at low s/s the keeper rate is low anything under 1/250th is challenging ,bring on the jets fast s/s and quick reactions .

I also set my omd em1 mk2 for corrections ibis S-1S2 in for panning in landscape orentation although i could not be sure it made a real difference ,i have this set to function button anyway so can swap between ibis settings on the fly

The other factor of full prop blur is the position on the sun relative to the prop i think the direction of light hits the prop  the plane has to be flying into the sun?

this weeks latest amateur photographer has a good article on shooting airshows (moose peterson)

This is the first time i managed to get near full prop blur so i am no expert

trevor on this forum is much more experienced than me at airshows and could give better advice and knowledge a good aviation authority .

https://www.flickr.com/photos/58365044@N05/

Stunning photos (both the ones you shared here and the others in the album), thanks for sharing!

Regards,

Dave.

Brian Wadie wrote:

some good images there Paul, I have been looking through my shots from last year's RIAT and the Bournemouth Air festival reminding myself of setting and the like (EM-1 + 100-400 then) going up on this Saturday .

The flying list looks a lot more sparse this year so I hope its going to be a good show (weather forecast isn't too bad at the mo)

Think your right it does look a little light think the cold war planes we used to see will not be at the shows from here on, time as caught up and other restrictions imposed due shoreham disaster i take it the hunters are still grounded

looks like the F35 we saw last year are not going to be included ,i am sure some of the statics could fly would love to see something like the b1 bomber flying