June 7, 2009 - Air Show at Hill AFB, UT - Lots of pics

silversx80

I went to the USAF Air Force Week, Air Show, on Saturday. It was a pretty spectacular display with awesome weather conditions. I got off ~400 pictures and went through two batteries in my camera.

You may have noticed some of these in my DSS#27 feedback threads. Well here, some are included in color.

Feel free to C&C, I'm always up for it.































































Thanks for looking.

ront

Nice shots silversx80. I really like the Heritage flyby and the pics of the P51. Is that the Wasatch mountain range in the background?
Thanks for sharing these.

Ron

silversx80

ront wrote:

Nice shots silversx80. I really like the Heritage flyby and the pics of the P51. Is that the Wasatch mountain range in the background?
Thanks for sharing these.

Ron

Thanks Ron. I was really happy when I saw how the Mustang shots came out. That has got to be my favorite plane of all time.

I think that's the name of the mountains . Just east of Layton and Ogden.

black mamba

You have some nice shots in this series. The scenes with prop-driven planes should, however, be shot with a slower speed in order to blur the prop more and produce a more natural appearance. Overall, good work.

Tom

silversx80

black mamba wrote:

You have some nice shots in this series. The scenes with prop-driven planes should, however, be shot with a slower speed in order to blur the prop more and produce a more natural appearance. Overall, good work.

Tom

Yeah... I noticed that after the first hundred pics, when I had a chance to review. Unfortunately, I was stuck choosing the higher shutter speed to compensate for my hand movement because I don't have image stabilization. I think the second P-51 was a 1/400 sec shot. That's about the best I could do. Nearly every shot at a slower shutter speed was blurred :cry. That will soon change, however, when I upgrade the camera body .

moose135

Very nice work! I'm not entirely recovered from the air show here on Long Island a couple of weeks ago. Love the Heritage Flight shot, and I really like your Thunderbirds shots!

silversx80 wrote:

I got off ~400 pictures and went through two batteries in my camera.

Slacker I think I took about 4,200 shots over 5 days at our show, although I just about live at the airport that week!

ETA: Tom makes a good point on the prop shots - and it does take practice to get it right. Even without IS, panning along with your subject will help those work out better. Oh, and did I mention practice?

Skippy

silversx80 wrote:

I went to the USAF Air Force Week, Air Show, on Saturday. It was a pretty spectacular display with awesome weather conditions. I got off ~400 pictures and went through two batteries in my camera.

You may have noticed some of these in my DSS#27 feedback threads. Well here, some are included in color.

Feel free to C&C, I'm always up for it.

Thanks for looking.

These are excellent Silversx80 :ivar
Formation flying is always a favorite for me.

Geez they fly awful close at times, I'd be holding my breath watching them.

You've got yourself some truly amazing shots with this lot

Great work Silversx80 .... Skippy
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silversx80

Thanks Skippy.

It is an absolutely AMAZING show that the Thunderbirds pull off.

I was very pleased when cycling through the shots during post. Probably my best round to date.