Oceana Air Show

photodad1photodad1 Registered Users Posts: 566 Major grins
edited September 24, 2010 in Other Cool Shots
I took this photo of an F/A 18 Hornet the Oceana Air Show at Virginia Beach. C & C are welcome.

Oceana Air Show - 09192010 034.jpg

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  • rontront Registered Users Posts: 1,473 Major grins
    edited September 23, 2010
    WOW, those vapors are awesome!!

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  • snowman1snowman1 Registered Users Posts: 272 Major grins
    edited September 23, 2010
    Very nice Capture




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  • reyvee61reyvee61 Registered Users Posts: 1,877 Major grins
    edited September 23, 2010
    C&C?
    Dude this rocks...
    Excellent capture
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  • reyvee61reyvee61 Registered Users Posts: 1,877 Major grins
    edited September 23, 2010
    Ok, if I had to be a nit picker, I see a few spots that look like sensor dust....
    Yo soy Reynaldo
  • photodougphotodoug Registered Users Posts: 870 Major grins
    edited September 23, 2010
    photodad1 wrote: »
    I took this photo of an F/A 18 Hornet the Oceana Air Show at Virginia Beach. C & C are welcome.

    Oceana Air Show - 09192010 034.jpg

    Love the plane, LOVE the vapor, but it's not sharp and the composition is wrong: need to be entering the frame or centered, not exiting.
  • photodad1photodad1 Registered Users Posts: 566 Major grins
    edited September 23, 2010
    Thanks for the feedback. I am still fine tuning the settings on my new Canon 50D. I expected more sharpness with this camera and the Canon 70-200mm 2.8L lens. Any suggestions on focus settings? Any recommendations on getting rid of the sensor dust?

    Thanks,
  • M38A1M38A1 Registered Users Posts: 1,317 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2010
    Excellent shots!

    What focus mode do you use on aircraft? Continuous?, Single?
  • reyvee61reyvee61 Registered Users Posts: 1,877 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2010
    photodoug wrote: »
    Love the plane, LOVE the vapor, but it's not sharp.

    I was allowing for motion blur :D
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  • reyvee61reyvee61 Registered Users Posts: 1,877 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2010
    Photodad, someone stole yoour thunder er vapor that is....
    All great shots btw
    Yo soy Reynaldo
  • photodad1photodad1 Registered Users Posts: 566 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2010
    I see that. I guess they didn't read the etiqutte thread about posting pictures on someone elses thread.
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,934 moderator
    edited September 24, 2010
    Flyjets...I moved your shots into a separate thread. It's not polite to hijack a thread when someone's asking for C&C unless you're providing an example and some tips to go with it.
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  • Flyjets1Flyjets1 Registered Users Posts: 225 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2010
    Gee Wiz
    Gee Wiz guys... there was no attempt to "Hijack" anything.
    Such harsh words/accusations for such a simple oversight.
    Sorry to step into such a sensitive subject.

    My apologies.
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,934 moderator
    edited September 24, 2010
    Flyjets1 wrote: »
    Such harsh words/accusations for such a simple oversight.

    I'm sorry you perceive my remarks as "harsh".
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  • PupWebPupWeb Registered Users Posts: 166 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2010
    Really nice shot!
    This may be as sharp a focus you can get if the jet was approaching the sound barrier and what you are seeing is vapor from sonic shock cones forming. As the vehicle approaches mach 1, gas ad water vapor compress. The water forms the vapor clouds and compressed gases blows your focus. I've seen high speed film of this somewhere and the compressed gases form a ripple effect. See the youtube video below of an F18 knocking on the Mach1's door.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQDJGlewGIU&feature=related
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  • mercphotomercphoto Registered Users Posts: 4,550 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2010
    photodad1 wrote: »
    I took this photo of an F/A 18 Hornet the Oceana Air Show at Virginia Beach. C & C are welcome.

    Oceana Air Show - 09192010 034.jpg

    What was your shutter speed and aperture? While with propellor driven planes you want a relatively slow shutter (to show prop blur), with jet aircraft you generally have no need for slow shutters, usually.
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  • DCrossPhotoDCrossPhoto Registered Users Posts: 35 Big grins
    edited September 24, 2010
    Photodad1, I think it's a great shot. The pilot was probably near 400-500mph for this maneuver(if not close to threshold) and the sharpness seems fine to me. A slight blur while shooting Military warfare aircraft is a good thing, the non-vapor areas are plenty sharp. I have the Navy Blue Angels here on O'ahu this weekend, and am gearing up for their speeds... Again, great shot! Thank you for sharing.
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