Plane Photography

[wary wren]

They’re only flown there because Iran has zero domestic industry worth a damn

Iran would lose any air-air conflict it got embroiled in

[sand mauve]

ong

but f14s are cool

i have one at my local air meusem

[rustic onyx]

Siiiick

[wary wren]

What the fuck does “ong” mean

[rustic onyx]

on god

[wary wren]

That’s dumb

[oblique torrent]

d a m n

[modern orbit]

That’s hot

more like cold 🥶

Lol

[rustic onyx]

weird edit day 🙂

[floral stratus]

I saw a p8 today at 15,000 feet but I didn’t have my camera 😭

[rustic onyx]

Rip

[rustic onyx]

That sky is 🥵

[wary wren]

D200 sensor and some nice cloud cover

chef’s kiss

[rustic onyx]

[rare vector]

planes

[oblique torrent]

one of my best pan shots so far

[rare vector]

yooo what

how

[tacit flame]

You like it?

[rare vector]

Yeah looks great

Was that at an air show?

[tacit flame]

Yes, NATO Days in Ostrava 2022

It's definitely worth checking out if you live nearby
Few more pics from Ostrava:

[rare vector]

Very sick

[rustic onyx]

bro where do you live im moving in lmfao

lucky mf

[vernal lion]

Nothing happens 99% of the year

Leuchars is my local

This year has been absolutely dead

I’ve barely been at Leuchars at all

[rustic onyx]

rip, only places near me are a solid 2-3 hour drive

[vernal lion]

I’m up at 3am tomorrow to head down to the Lake District to catch some low level hopefully

[rustic onyx]

damn good luck

[vernal lion]

Last time wasn’t too bad, hoping they don’t pull out again lol

[rustic onyx]

yo thats dope

kinda like the mach loop

[vernal lion]

Better

Mach Loop is pretty dead these days

Lake District is a lot busier

[rustic onyx]

Guess if I come to Scotland I’ll have to check it out, I was actually thinking of going to Europe next year maybe Germany or back to England but not Scotland sounds nice 😂

[vernal lion]

Lake District is in northern England. Scotland low level is one of those places you have to know in advance because there’s just so many valleys

But when it works out, Scotland is a blast

[floral stratus]

Haven’t put it through my software yet

[alpine vale]

Really confused about this one

Its sharp and yet it isnt sharp

[rustic onyx]

Still fire

I kinda like it not as sharp tbh

[alpine vale]

Thanks, I honestly really don't know😂

[rustic onyx]

SEXYYYY

I wanna see this demo so fucking badly

[floral stratus]

Hey what lens do you use

[rustic onyx]

I have a couple but for airshows usually just my sigma 150-600 contemporary

(Don’t get sport it’s not worth the extra 1k)

Imo

[floral stratus]

I have a 50-200 that’s my biggest one then again I just got into doing this. Would you say I stick with what I got or should I go bigger maybe like a 200-600 like yours

[rustic onyx]

I couldn’t recommend the 150-600 over much else it’s an amazing lens and has served me quite well on both my d3200 (24mp sensor) and now my d850 (45mp sensor). I mean it’s $900 for 600mm of reach and has pretty good stabilization, the only down side is the fact that at 600mm it’s stuck at f/6 but honestly it shouldn’t be too bad of an issue, if weather is right you can get some great shots with the 150-600

I’ll send some overcast examples to show it doesn’t have too much issue in cloudy days even at f/6

Those were both my d850 with my d3200 it worked pretty nicely too

From d3200

And at 150mm you can still get decent wider shots depending on what you’re shooting, it works great in this scenario but mind you I’m at 150mm on a full frame, on a crop sensor you may not have much widnes

[wary wren]

some DFW terminal shots from earlier this year, i really like this spot

[alpine vale]

Its easy for me, I'm belgian, also saw his practise for his demo, etc lmao

[rustic onyx]

I’m coming to Belgium 😂

[alpine vale]

The season is over for now😂 so no point

But we do have sexy liveries for our F16s

Probably one of my favorites! Fb24, Ocu squadron (training) flies almost every day..

[rustic onyx]

Y’all are some good artists 😂😂🥵

Send some over to Cali please

😂

Basic af usaf f16s 😭🤧

[floral stratus]

I appreciate the examples man I have a Nikon D60 where would you recommend me getting any sort of lenses?

[wary wren]

MPB, Adorama, KEH

D60 requires AFS lenses for autofocus

I recommend a 55-300 VR for starters

[alpine vale]

I used my sigma 150-600mm on my nikon d60 once.. it's good for quality but the results can be a bit more dark, so I would definently recommend a good editing sofware ofcourse

[floral stratus]

I have lightroom premium

[floral stratus]

I have a 50-200 now

[wary wren]

That’s sufficient to start

[vernal lion]

Guessing you tracked it well for most of the shot then flicked away

[alpine vale]

Yea I also suppose that that happened.. its a 1/5th panning on 200mm so pretty unstable 😂

I guess I was just testing my limit...

@rustic onyx 😉

[rustic onyx]

THAT LIVERY 🥵🥵🥵

[alpine vale]

I know.. really nothing better then dream viper😂

I am happy that I caught FA-87( dream viper) in its old livery aswell.. Le me try to find a pic

Dream viper before dream viper

[rustic onyx]

Y’all got some goated liveries

[alpine vale]

This is also such a good livery.. to bad that it got repainted to normal Baf livery.. its the Ntm 2021 X-tiger

The contrast in the sky was natural..

I barely changed the light in this shot, just some color tones and stuff.. so dont judge that please😂

[rustic onyx]

That livery 🥵

[alpine vale]

This also was during the Baf display pilots practise while the dream viper was being painted

Thats why it has red smoke winders btw.. they just didnt work well😂

Here its a bit more visible ..

[humble osprey]

Hi , one question , I love all your pics and I have recently started in photography . What lens do you guys use to capture planes ?

[wary wren]

Depends

[rustic onyx]

Sigma 150-600

But

If you just started maybe a 70-300 or 100-400

Also depends on budget

[humble osprey]

ok thanks

I will probably get a 75-300

[warm vigil]

Sold my Sigma 150-600, just wasn't really impressed with the lens

[rustic onyx]

How come?

[warm vigil]

Just the low light conditions really, but the auto focusing was kinda meh in my opinion. Might be user error but yeah.

[oblique torrent]

interesting

[floral stratus]

I not happy with the pixels but I don’t know how to get rid of that

[wary wren]

“The pixels?”

[rustic onyx]

yeah i mean theres not many other options with a 600mm range unless you spend big money, or if you shoot sony they have a nice 200-600 (still like the same aperture) , but if you have the docking port for the sigma you can customize the lens to have a faster focus speed and better stabilizing depending on the scenario, also my camera has a pretty good dynamic range so I am able to pull out a lot of light from shadows even when backlit so im pretty happy with it tbh

[floral stratus]

Kind of pixelated if you zoom in on the c5

[wary wren]

Needs a longer lens is all

[prisma umbra]

Tbh the sigma 150-600 isn't that much more expensive than the 100-400 so if anyone is going into mega telephoto lenses, I feel like the 150-600 is more value

[floral stratus]

Oh

[wary wren]

yeah there's only so far you can crop in

[warm vigil]

Yeah, I sold it too a guy on eBay just a few days ago, seems like he's enjoying it so far! 😄 Great lens, just not for me.

[sand mauve]

Just got this😃😃😃

[wary wren]

the LONG boi

on the other end- got this with my 50 tonight

[rustic onyx]

Love it when delta 757s come in

[wary wren]

cleanest-looking livery i've seen on a 752 that isn't either international or rare, so i enjoy them

[sand mauve]

My lens or plane??

[wary wren]

The lens

[sand mauve]

OMG THERE IS AN MD80 COMING IN TO MY LOCAL

[wary wren]

i've been flashed

[sand mauve]

Gonna catch the MD88

[vernal lion]

Completely caught off guard and in the wrong place - so backlit to absolute buggery and absolute miles away but I tried

[alpine vale]

B-W edit would work on this IMO

[rare vector]

Ooh sick

[prisma umbra]

is this the 150-600 sport?

or contemporary?

[rustic onyx]

C

[wary wren]

Missed the 747 landing

Flew right over me as I drove to the airport

[oblique torrent]

had that happen a while ago, i was pulling right up and a formation of i think t38s were taking turns landing

[sand mauve]

This isn't really a photo from a plane but I think it's worth sharing

[sand mauve]

based atlas air

i wish to see their pax -400s

[wary wren]

NFL cities get them, check the Jettip blog and you’ll see who is flying where

[oblique torrent]

sheesh

[vernal lion]

Swear I just about put my back out taking that

[alpine vale]

Thats seggzy

[strong compass]

I am aware of the sensor dust, that's why I cropped the top one

[rare vector]

Nothing special

shot from my backyard

[oblique torrent]

i missed two separate c130 low passes while they entered the approach yesterday😭😭

[rustic onyx]

where at

[oblique torrent]

both into seal beach i figure, forgot to check radar. i was in fullerton and then the second one was over my house

[rustic onyx]

oh sick

[alpine vale]

I miss em..

This is the BAF update for the c130..

[vernal lion]

Hate 'em

A400s are a useless replacement for what the RAF used the C130 for

Belgium it's an okay replacement because they never used their C130s properly anyway

Same with the USAF, other than the MC-130s and other specialist ones, they don't use their C130s properly - may as well get the A400 for the extra load carrying

[oblique torrent]

kc10 going into LGB, weird

[rustic onyx]

If only I could get up there

[oblique torrent]

looks like it did a few touch & go’s and left. strange

ksli has been busy with uh60s and c130s lately

[rustic onyx]

Maybe I’ll have to take a little trip up that way some day, definitely want to hit point mugu eventually

[rustic onyx]

@oblique torrent just saw ur reel at pacific airshow wonder if we were there at the same time lol

[oblique torrent]

i went sunday, if i recall you had gone earlier not sure

[rustic onyx]

Oh right I went Friday, but didn’t we go to the museum at the same time on Saturday or something

[oblique torrent]

oh yeah we were at lyon lol

[rustic onyx]

Ok that’s what I thought, kinda forgot, did you see that got that mustang thing going on in March

[oblique torrent]

ah i think so, will probably go

history of flight or smth like that?

[rustic onyx]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CnTEl5iLsv5/?igshid=YWJhMjlhZTc=

This one

Seems kinda cool

[oblique torrent]

ah that’s cool

https://www.media.lyonairmuseum.org/eventhubhotfl2023

this is what i was thinking of

[rustic onyx]

didnt even know about this lol thanks

[oblique torrent]

👍

[floral stratus]

why we have c17s and c5ms

[vernal lion]

Not the point, why have C-130J-30s in the first place if they use them like a low capacity C17 anyway

[floral stratus]

I see where you’re coming from I guess the only reason the cargo version is still in service is because of so many of the other versions get used more so they might as well just keep C 130 would be stupid just to retire just one of them when they still have 12 different models

[vernal lion]

True - part interchangeability is important

But that hasn’t stopped the US having tonnes of aircraft that do the same job in the past

[floral stratus]

why have lots of money with no toys😂

[little magnet]

What lens?

[vernal lion]

Texan was on the 150-600 Sigma (Sport), A400 and MC-130 on the Sony 70-200 2.8 GM

[little magnet]

Mach loop?

[vernal lion]

Lake District, Mach Loop is terribly overrated

[little magnet]

Really? Why is that?

[vernal lion]

No RAF frontliners can go through it, and it’s not nearly as busy as the lakes these days

[little magnet]

Ahh where was those pic taken tho?

[vernal lion]

Lake District… LFA17

North West England

[little magnet]

Nice

[sand mauve]

Accidentally caught him in 4k😭

[unkempt wave]

Taken with my grandpas old Nikon SLR

[tacit flame]

A400M escorted by two JAS-39 Grippen

[wary wren]

saw a Citation today

thing squats like a tiger

[sand mauve]

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[oblique torrent]

woah

[placid silo]

Leaving Red Flag

saw like 8 a10s

and that awacs

[vernal lion]

To preempt it:

No, it's not. It's the lake district.

[dusk spindle]

[tacit flame]

Amazing pictures

[sand mauve]

(Unedited)

[wary wren]

Edit it

[sand mauve]

Lens was also filthy😭

[wary wren]

You’ve cut part of the tail off

[sand mauve]

I didn’t even know the plane was coming so it’s the best shot I have💀

As you can see, I’m horrible at editing

I’m still learning though

[wary wren]

For this one, I’d just crop it in some from the front and top

Center the plane in frame, maybe leave some room to the right so there’s an appearance of movement into the frame

[little magnet]

Taken at Heathrow (Myrtle avenue) 18-55mm lens Canon 7D

Any opinion/tips?

[wary wren]

Stop down the lens some, you’re getting chromatic aberrations on the wheels

If these are shot wide open, you can get down to f8 and be alright

[little magnet]

im trying to upload my pics to Jetphotos but it says i need them to be small resolution but when i scale them down i dont meet the minimum file size limit of 250kb any advice?

Btw its the pic of the Swiss plane above

[wary wren]

Export your JPEG at 100 percent quality

[little magnet]

i have been

then i have to downscale them so jet photos accepts them

[wary wren]

Then find a middle ground

You can also export at max quality, but at certain pixel dimensions

Should be an option in most editors’ export settings

[little magnet]

The thing is jet photos only accepts 1080x1920 images no higher

[wary wren]

Well that’s not been an issue for me

[wary wren]

snowy day

[sand mauve]

Not the best quality but oh well lol

[terse horizon]

sorry for the bad quality

[livid compass]

I have found my place

[upper linden]

I wish I had my camera for this one but imo cool composition

Didn't bother to edit or smth cause it's shit

[wary wren]

Damn backlight

[wary wren]

120-300 does the needful

[true flint]

Not sure what planes, but some crop dusters

[true flint]

2 C-130’s sucks I couldn’t get better pics

[fluid ledge]

My sensor was so dirty in that photo lmao

[little magnet]

Lens?

Is a 55-250mm lens good for planes?

[livid compass]

William Optics RedCat 51

250mm

[severe heart]

All depends on what distance you’re shooting from

That’s good for short distance and medium distance

I use a 55-300 which works fast

[vernal lion]

As above, depends if you’re doing fenceside stuff of airliners or military. The smaller your intended subject or the further away you’re going to be the longer focal length you want. Hell, sometimes the runway the aircraft are on matters.

There’s a lot to consider lmao

I tend to use a 150-600 if I’m at the upwind end of the airfield, 70-300 if I’m under the approach but the aircraft are small, 70-200 if they’re larger or I get right under the approach

I have spotted with a 24-70 but that was at Barcelona right under the approach (I wouldn’t get a lens like that for spotting but just to illustrate just how much it really does depend on your shooting conditions)

[oblique torrent]

we did it boys we got ourselves a dedicated channel

[wary wren]

it's been here for months

[little magnet]

Was just abt to go to Heathrow but they are landing on the wrong runway 😔

[little magnet]

Gladiator glider?

[little magnet]

Air cadets

Very cool

[vernal lion]

Viking TX.1

[little magnet]

Heathrow today

[severe heart]

April fools 😦

[severe heart]

Myrtle avenue?

[little magnet]

Sadly yesterday the planes where landing on 09L so we had to go to another place (a field under the flight path)

[severe heart]

Ah ok

[little magnet]

Do recommend

[tranquil trellis]

lets go

[sweet flare]

F35 ?

[sand mauve]

who called me?

[tranquil trellis]

ur mom

also isn't it incredible

you have to be at the right angle to see

the afterburner

[sand mauve]

how do you edit like dat lmao i dont edit my photos cuz i suck at editing

[tranquil trellis]

turn contrast up

make it slightly over sharpened

you know

slightly

have the right lighting conditions

[little magnet]

im assuming ur a relitively new photographer (correct me if wrong) but try and overexpose the plane by a bit (or none) when shooting (also shoot in raw) and then when you edit the pic lower exposure to get good pic

[wary wren]

just expose correctly

[rare vector]

lol what

[wary wren]

"overexpose the plane"

yes, let's add more exposure to an object that's usually brighter than its surroundings

[sand mauve]

glidr

[sand mauve]

W

[sand mauve]

It’s so grainy but oh well

big-e cheese

[sand mauve]

nice

love the U.S Airways livery

[sand mauve]

didnt American Airlines merge with U.S Airways? such as the whole Jetblue and Spirit situation?

id assume they did and theyre giving a lil nudge to U.S Airways with this livery

[livid compass]

US Airways heritage livery

Also saw this one

[sand mauve]

Ive personally seen a American Airlines livery

ive seen Southwest and United but i didnt get a good picture of either

the United plane i didnt get a picture of at all

trying to get liveries during golden hour

but not much luck rn

[sand mauve]

USAF F-16 Prepares to stop on the taxiway...
as a USAF Fire truck waits to respond to a possible gear fire...

DISCLAIMER: THE F-16 WAS OKAY

[sand mauve]

737?

[sand mauve]

Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor Pushing Her Engine To The Limits Before Making a Full Vertical Climb

[sand mauve]

What camera stuff do you use?

i got more of beginner stuff

theres my cam

not the best

[livid compass]

I use a Canon EOS Rebel T7 and William Optics RedCat 51 telescope

[sand mauve]

nice

i got like a 70-300mm zoom lens

not the best but i might try to save up to upgrade

these are the spots i would usually get with it

this is a better example

American Airlines 787

the first photo is a Kalitia Air 747

i dont get any low flyern so i need better stuff for my spotting

[sand mauve]

heyyyayeeeee

just caught a 747-400

Kallitia Air

[sand mauve]

southwest liveries>

[sand mauve]

hello SEAL

im one of those goobers from that TAN server

lolll

[alpine vale]

My discord is weird, I dont get notifications anymore lmao😂 I guess experimenting, I do a lot of contrast in my pictures, but the light was perfect for this. It was still pretty early and the background was a dark Grey cloud which created alot of contrast already! So as I said, experiment with settings, eventually you will get a good result

[sand mauve]

ok, thanks

[alpine vale]

I underexpose my shots, underexposed data isn't lost, overexposed data is gone. No way to correct

[sand mauve]

rq, is that the F-16A Dream Viper Livery? i think i see a hint of green on the bottom of the Fuselage

also that eurofighter picture if my FAVORITE TYPE of pic

Vapor & Afterburner

and the Dream Viper is my FAVORITE

[alpine vale]

Jup, you can also tell its the Baf display because of the -G's😂

[alpine vale]

Got some more vapors and burners!

[sand mauve]

i swear that dream viper pilot is crazy good

[alpine vale]

Our Belgian pilots are top ranked😉😂

Looking forward to the new display, he shares a lot of practise clips and man.. the things he does.. it's insane!

[sand mauve]

didnt he pull like a -G Split S?

[alpine vale]

Could be, haven't seen everything.. he does do a Cuban eight but he doesn't roll out so he stays inverted and does -G to get level again

[sand mauve]

that must be like torture to the pilot

[alpine vale]

I think the -G loop is still the worst😂

Looks scary af aswell

[sand mauve]

i love the flares too!!

hold up

do i see vapor there🤨

thats insane if it is

[sand mauve]

@alpine vale in your opinion what is your top 3 photos??

these are my top 3

[alpine vale]

Yea, vapors also come on the bottom

[sand mauve]

wow

[alpine vale]

Honestly got no idea..

This one is definently one of em

[sand mauve]

just guess idc

[sand mauve]

DAMNNNN

[alpine vale]

Thats my military selection

[sand mauve]

HROOO

THOSE ARE SWEET

how do you edit your photos??

[alpine vale]

Lightroom

[sand mauve]

oh ok

idk how to edit tho

[alpine vale]

2 years experience for me 🙂 still got a lot to learn!

[sand mauve]

yeah

idk

these are what i can do at most

i dont use a app tho

[alpine vale]

So you don't edit?

[sand mauve]

i just use the Apple Photos settings (yes i use mac)

[sand mauve]

i dont know how to, if i did i would

[alpine vale]

Ow ok, macs are good for running lightroom and etc.

Make adobe account and get lightroom

You can follow tutorials in the apps themself

[sand mauve]

ok

do i gotta pay for it??

[alpine vale]

I think that the first few days is free, honestly don't know how much you gotta pay for it. My dad has a free account from his work

[sand mauve]

dammit

i dont wanna use money for an editor

i mean i cant really just make someone else edit my shit, thats not really that smart tbh

i can try to find a free one

but idk

[alpine vale]

Sure or try to find a crack for it😂

[sand mauve]

yeah

[sand mauve]

i'm really trying to get something to edit this photo here

[sand mauve]

nice!!

i got a 747 comin right at me

LX-VCB
BOEING 747-8

Groundspeed:575 mph
Baro. Altitude:35000 ft
WGS84 altitude:35925 ft
Vert. Rate:0 ft/min
Track:125.5°
Pos.:43.445°, -88.909°
Distance from my location: 329.3 mi
From: KANC
To: KLCK

Flight Time: 4:55 Hours
Arriving: 0:43 Hours
Track: 1231.1°
Latitude: 43.2419
Longitude: 88.5212

ill see him while he decends below 13K feet hopefully

[alpine vale]

The horizon isn't level

[little magnet]

sticking a plane window Infront of ur camera turns out to not be the best for image quality

[sand mauve]

i saw my first ever A380 the past saturday!

[twin saddle]

Nice, what airport?

Being in the south of England I see so many a380s

[sand mauve]

Columbus John Glenn International Airport in Columbus, Ohio

didnt land there

flew over at 40K feet

[twin saddle]

Ohh

4 engine contrails are so dreamy

[sand mauve]

they really are

[twin saddle]

I really wanna get a telescope to spot them over my house

Get a large number of 747s flying into cologne at about 30k

[sand mauve]

I live by a cargo hub that has some 747s

[twin saddle]

I've only seen 2 747s at an airport since 2019

[sand mauve]

Qatar?

since when did they have the 747

[twin saddle]

Private

Qatar amiri

[sand mauve]

Private 747 wtf

[twin saddle]

It's owned by the Royal family of qatar

They have like 5 or something and they charter them I think

[sand mauve]

oh

[oblique torrent]

there’s really an a380 into john glenn?

that’s wild

[sand mauve]

did not land there, however it flew over

i WISH it landed there

if it did i would die

[oblique torrent]

that makes a lot more sense

[sand mauve]

yeah

i got some shiddy photos tho

[oblique torrent]

mmmm

[sand mauve]

this is my best photo ive ever taken

[oblique torrent]

love it

[sand mauve]

this is the A380 photo

not downloaded yet

[oblique torrent]

what a flex

[dusk spindle]

Wait a second…

You’re from greenville too?

[livid compass]

Hm?

I went there for a trip

[dusk spindle]

Ah

I saw your photos in a facebook group

[livid compass]

Really?

[dusk spindle]

ah never mind

same 2 planes though

[livid compass]

There was another guy there

[dusk spindle]

Yeah

[wary wren]

The Short Bus cometh

[plucky sequoia]

I'm at a hangar party right now, but only have my phone.

Oops, there's no differential in the phone between the raw and jpegs.

[modern orbit]

Going to an airshow with some fast jets tomorrow, anyone got crucial tips?

[modern orbit]

Im going to see a whole 3 F-35Cs tomorrow, is there anything you recommend me doing to getting a good pic?

[modern orbit]

@alpine vale

[plucky sequoia]

Zoom lens and fast shutter speed

[modern orbit]

sounds about right

[twin saddle]

Anyone got any tips for editing photos taken in cloudy weather? Some of my shots are alright but others aren't so good

[wary wren]

A little extra local contrast will help separate cloudy backgrounds

That image you posted is good as is

[twin saddle]

Alright, thanks

[severe heart]

That’s all you really need

[sand mauve]

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InviteChecker · Apr 23, 2023, 1:15 PM

[sweet flare]

You have any social or website ??

[wary wren]

On a crop sensor it’s pretty close to ideal tbh

105-450 is a useful equivalence

[twin saddle]

I've only got 70-200

But it's 135-300 because im on a crop sensor

I've thought about getting a 2× teleconverter, anyone here have any experience with them?

[wary wren]

They’re useful, but you lose some image quality and potentially autofocus

Newer TCs are quite nice

[twin saddle]

Well I'm not too bothered about the autofocus given its a really high quality lens that can still be decent with stuff like that reduced, but yeah I've seen thats the main issue when reading around

[wary wren]

That and it becomes an f5.6 if you started at f2.8

Which isn’t the worst

[twin saddle]

Yeah

F5.6 for planespotting is fine

Just that using the lens as it is has been limiting in some cases

Like when I'm trying to catch aircraft banking on departure

[wary wren]

I know guys who run 150-600s for that specific shot

[twin saddle]

600 would be the max zoom after adding the tele so that's good to know

[wary wren]

I assume you’re on a crop body

[twin saddle]

Yes

Mentioned it earlier

[rare vector]

Saw an antonov yesterday

[modern orbit]

what?

[livid compass]

Beautiful -700

[wary wren]

Thanks

It’s easily my favorite of the variants, not overly long

[livid compass]

Same

Also that place looks very familiar

[wary wren]

That’s the 6L approach at Cleveland

[livid compass]

Ah nevermind then

[wary wren]

I’m told it looks similar to somewhere in WA

[livid compass]

I thought it was Buffalo

[wary wren]

Never been, though I should go

It’s near me

[livid compass]

You should

One of my favorite airports

After Tampa

[wary wren]

That’s a good vantage

How long a lens?

[livid compass]

That was taken with a 75-300mm

You aren't really getting anything big

Sometimes you can catch an IAero 737-300/-400

[tranquil trellis]

blue angle

[vernal lion]

From the garden

[wary wren]

some longer shutter speeds

this is fun

[alpine vale]

Qatar cargo has 747-8F's

[alpine vale]

Sorry for responding so late😅 I was offline from discord for a while, but yes I do have a instagram. Name is in the picture.

[tacit flame]

Is a 75-300mm lens enough for airshows? The crop factor would be 1.6x making it effectively 480mm, right?

[wary wren]

Don’t buy a 75-300

But that general focal length would work

You want a 100-400 or longer

But a 70-300 can be used

[twin saddle]

Why do I find my lens is sharper at f2.8 than f5

Or even f3.2

Got way sharper shots when they were a few hundred feet away

But about half a mile and the narrower apertures started to work better

[tacit flame]

Yeah that's what i want generally
But the 75-300mm costs $300 brand new while the 100-400mm costs >$800 used and a X-600mm are around $1200-1800 used so

[tacit flame]

@wary wren so I shouldn't buy a 75-300mm but a 70-300mm is fine? What are the general differences?

[wary wren]

75-300 is the cheapest telephoto Canon sells

It bleeds color aberration (green/red fringing on hard contrast lines) and isn’t very sharp. 70-300 USM II is a step up.

[oblique torrent]

can confirm 75-300 is painful

too broke for anything better 😢

[twin saddle]

First upload to jetphotos that might actually be successful

[modern orbit]

https://adobe.ly/427qymG

Y'all take a look at this

Bunch of pics

[wary wren]

CAG bird flew through Cleveland

[wary wren]

Second, third, and fifth are the best

I’d completely kill the vignette effect

[floral stratus]

ok

[wary wren]

What’s the camera/lens?

[floral stratus]

Nikon d60 and it was a 55-200

I want to get a new camera and lenses in the future

[wary wren]

Upgrade the glass first

You can find old 300f4 primes for not much money, that’s a good low-priced entry to faster glass

[floral stratus]

I know it’s gonna sound like a very dumb question but are there any cameras that can record and take photos at the same time

[wary wren]

Like, do video and photos at once?

[floral stratus]

yes

[wary wren]

Honestly have no idea

That’s a #📞・gear-help-archived question

[floral stratus]

ok

[sand mauve]

i would just attach a video camera to the hotshoe

[twin saddle]

I imagine they want less wide video than you'd get with that option

[livid compass]

Air Canada in the frosted leaf! I love that livery

[sweet flare]

A340 ?

[twin saddle]

A380

a340 is single deck

And also not operated by Singapore Airlines

[wary wren]

AI denoise improves CCD images quite well

the D200 becomes ever more relevant

[sweet flare]

Ohhhh Thanks mate

[sand mauve]

what software uses ai to denoise

[wary wren]

Lightroom

In this case

[sand mauve]

o alr

i will pirate

[sand mauve]

can i send you a raw file so i can see how well it works

[wary wren]

I can’t do anything with it til later, but sure

DM away

[sand mauve]

alright i’ll send in a bit im in school

[wary wren]

Cool

[twin saddle]

Does photoshop have any feature/plugin for ai denoise?

Could really do with it in some cases

[wary wren]

Just use Lightroom’s

[wary wren]

MD11 showed early tonight

[livid compass]

Yeah it's great

[livid compass]

Awe lucky

[twin saddle]

Don't have lr on my laptop lol

It's too shitty to be able to have both at the same time

[modern orbit]

would love to see a little more bokeh

the warehouse in the back looks like it’s part of the subject

[sterile fern]

@rocky panther

[rocky panther]

@sterile fern

[clear fog]

i live pretty close to duxford air museum and ive tried to get pictures there many times but they're all crap because i didn't have enough zoom and the quality was too low to zoom in afterwards.

ive seen most the people there shooting with the massive lenses that cost thousands i was wondering is there a way to do it without a 4 thousand pound lense would a 70-300mm maybe be enough or is it a lost cause

[twin saddle]

You don't need a lens that costs £1000 to take half decent pics

There's easily some really good ones in the 500-800 range, I'm not entirely sure on your camera (is it a nikon?) but there's plenty of lens reviewers on the internet who put detailed descriptions of each lens and which is best for price/quality

[clear fog]

yeah its a nikon f mount

is there anything closer to the udner 300 dollar range im on a student budget

[twin saddle]

Under 300 and you'll start to be getting into the territory of "super budget" zoom lenses

Those that you can use, but will be a struggle since they're often not very sharp and need a lot of light to be used for moving subjects

I'm not really an expert but I'd try saving up for a better option if I were you. There may be some good ones I just don't know of though, so just search up best budget telephoto lenses or something

[clear fog]

ok thanks for the help will do

[clear fog]

actually one more quick question how many mm do the lenses you guys use have if that makes any sense

like i have a 17-50mm one now which is obviously on a telephoto but how many would you want for plane photography

[twin saddle]

70-200

I didn't buy it specifically for plane photography but it works fine

Don't go for such a short lens though, go for like 300mm+

[clear fog]

ok i think there were some budget lenses recommended in this server at that range i think

i might look into those thanks for the help

[tacit flame]

love it

[alpine vale]

Thanks!

[little magnet]

Went to airshow

[little magnet]

any thoughts

[rare vector]

Cropped a bit too tight and why is it pinkish lol

Apart from the editing great picture tho

[wary wren]

Yeah the crop is way too tight

I’d have run the shutter slower for that full-disc prop look

Tint is too red, check your white balance

I’d set your white reference to the invasion stripes and go from there

[little magnet]

Better? Sorry widest I can go with crop

[wary wren]

Crop is better

Still way too red

[little magnet]

Keep on forgetting my computer turns funny colours after 9 lol

[little magnet]

Might’ve pushed it too far but idk

[wary wren]

Nah that’s better

Could go further

[clear fog]

never heard anyone get too zoomed in a picture of a flying plane

[sand mauve]

Honestly so bad

[clear fog]

those are incredible

[oblique torrent]

indeed

[alpine vale]

Thanks:)

[oak orchid]

DHL airbus A300 flying over

[torpid stirrup]

Batik Air A320 waiting for takeoff

[sand mauve]

Is that a French Hunter? I think I see a French flag there

[vernal lion]

British

It's red white and blue from the nose, not blue white and red

[sand mauve]

The flag on the tail i thought was French lol

But whatever

[vernal lion]

Lockheed Martin Hercules C.4/C.5 appreciation post before their premature retirement

[raw comet]

Thought I was a good plane spotter to I saw those pics

[raw comet]

What cam?

[wary wren]

Zfc, Sigma 120-300/2.8

[raw comet]

Love both F18 and F22

[raw comet]

Needa edit

[storm vessel]

what camera do you use?

[quasi beacon]

A340-600

[floral stratus]

Nikon d60.

[quasi beacon]

A400

[glossy grail]

How do you folks go about shooting aircraft at airports, what techniques and lenses do you use?

[quasi beacon]

i just used my 30mm but definitely shoot with higher shutter

[glossy grail]

Damn, shooting aircraft with a 30mm is a suprise

higher shutter speed makes sense

[quasi beacon]

that was with my 30mm just cropped it a bit

[glossy grail]

Damn, that’s awesome

[quasi beacon]

it flew right over my head though so for spotting at airport you need zoom for sure

[wary wren]

I find the best light and bring a fast zoom

That way I have a huge buffer of apertures to run through before I have to touch ISO while keeping the shutter where I want it, and I prefer to keep ISO low

120-300/2.8 is ideal, but expensive

[glossy grail]

Yeah, best I can do is 150-300 f/3.5-5.6

I will give it a shot though

[wary wren]

That will work for 80 percent of cases

[twin saddle]

I use a 70-200 f2.8 but that's because I had it previously

I'd suggest more zoom for aircraft shots

Unless you find a spot close enough to the approach that is

I think this was about 135mm

[alpine vale]

I use my 150-600 from sigma, and I almost always go full 600 to challenge me a bit and somethimes the results can be good!

[glossy grail]

I’ve got one just about under the runway, so I’ll have good shots of planes on takeoff or landing, straight overhead

Shouldn’t even need much zoom for that

[twin saddle]

Oh right like head on shots and stuff?

[glossy grail]

These are incredible

[glossy grail]

Third shot especially

[glossy grail]

More like bellow and slightly in front

Say 70° angle on the ground if you draw a line from camera to the nose of the aircraft

[twin saddle]

If you're directly under the approach path you can easily get some nice head ons

I've only done one before

[glossy grail]

I’ll try that as well

[twin saddle]

Well one that i liked

[glossy grail]

the great thing is the runway crosses exactly over a road with a sidewalk

meaning I can get some good shots there

[twin saddle]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1077661703841525930/1077661706890788885/a350malaysia.png

Might not embed

But I got that from around the same trajectory, except it was a little further away than you're saying I think

[glossy grail]

Looks good, I’ll definitely try and replicate that

thanks!

[wary wren]

120-300 is and remains the good shit

[alpine vale]

Thanks!

[gaunt cloud]

I took this picture on a Oldtimer Event in Germany calls "Steerman & friends"

[glossy grail]

Not good, but my first attempt at plane photos. Snapshot taken while walking in town, not from the spot I mentioned earlier

Plane was high and a bit far so it’s heavily zoomed in here

Was on 6k Feet, starting final

[clear fog]

wow can i ask how you get the dark background effect

[median cargo]

some prop spinners

[gaunt cloud]

Combination of Vignette and exposure

[twin saddle]

Pan

[quasi beacon]

plan

[wary wren]

D-CAWX

[alpine vale]

Cool angle only a dustspot on the left above the building.

[tacit flame]

Ah I see thanks
I didn't even notice that while editing lol

[tacit flame]

And awesome photos dude
What lens did you use?

[alpine vale]

Thanks, I'm sorry but why would my lens matter?

[glossy grail]

Love the one with the F-16 and bird

[tacit flame]

I'm researching what lenses people use cause I'm planning on buying one

[alpine vale]

Good lenses you can use for aviationphotography are litterly every focal length.. you can take shots with fisheyes, wide angles, telephoto and supertele but I used my Sigma 150-600 to get those shots.

[alpine vale]

Yea I'm also a fan of that one, gives some depth in the shot and more perspective + action

For this I used an 18mm so🤷‍♂️

[glossy grail]

What camera did you use, is it a crop sensor or full frame?

[tacit flame]

thanks!

[alpine vale]

Both have cropped sensors.

So my 150-600 is probably a 225-900mm

[glossy grail]

Makes sense, nice

[alpine vale]

Over edited in my opinion..

[sand mauve]

💥

[clear fog]

got to see this beast at santa pod raceway

[sand mauve]

I have some photos of the P-39 and the B-17 from mere minutes before the crash. I'll post them later. I met the pilot of the 39 earlier that day, he was a nice man.

[elder quartz]

It was barely edited lol

[little magnet]

Not great tbh but it’s smth

[rotund heath]

Some of those planes have black halos.

[clear fog]

Rip the video is horrible to watch

[sand mauve]

Yeah, that was such a sad day

couldn't find the image unfortunately

[quasi beacon]

beautiful

[tacit flame]

WizzAir A320 & RyanAir 737

[tacit flame]

is this better? with the lighter sky

[quasi beacon]

Ryanair fin disappeared

mask better

[rare vector]

I think that could be the perspective tbh

[quasi beacon]

No

It's a dark blue normally

Like it still is around the yellow part

that other part literally matches the sky perfectly which seems to be a masking mistake

[tacit flame]

ya @quasi beacon is right
masking mess up on my part

[quasi beacon]

Def fix that ^^

[tacit flame]

the masking is fixed now
just need to figure out what kind of sky it would fit

like does this work @quasi beacon

[quasi beacon]

is it just a random edit?

[tacit flame]

kinda
trying to figure out the sky
cause the original has underexposed sky
darker than that even
cause i had exposure comp at -1.3
and i just heard jet engines over my head

something like this kinda
though i feel like i need to brighten up the planes a bit

[quasi beacon]

is it a raw?

[tacit flame]

was originally yes

[quasi beacon]

You using light room?

[tacit flame]

usually but photoshop for this one

[quasi beacon]

Use lightroom and mask sky then play around with settings

there's a mask sky option

on the raw file of course

[tacit flame]

it's in photoshop as well
i'm combining two photos so i gotta use photoshop

did a sky selection then inversed it
and then adjusted curves

[tacit flame]

reworked masking

[clear fog]

Beautiful

[tacit flame]

thanks!

[rare vector]

Eurofighter pilot greeted me

[wary wren]

always fun when they do

[quasi beacon]

it looks like he flipped you off

[rare vector]

Lmao yeah i thought that too but its this->🤙

[full junco]

All caught in my backyard in 2 days

AWAC, US Army helicopter, and refueling plane

[rotund heath]

https://tenor.com/view/tiny-text-cant-see-ken-jeong-gif-5957945

[vernal lion]

Boeing E-3A Sentry
Eurocopter UH-72A Lakota
Boeing KC-46A Pegasus

[full junco]

Here’s a life flight I got I know the picture is bad but I had to do some editing to make it more viable but thanks to the clouds it made it bad

[full junco]

Airbus A300B4-622R(F) FedEx

[twin saddle]

I think i need to fix the colours still

But its not bad for a picture whilst taxiing

I did a bit of extra tweaking, side by side vs the raw, could i do anything different?

[alpine vale]

The original picture stays the best Imo lol

[tacit flame]

😭
dunno why i don't really like the original sky
seems kinda off putting to me

[alpine vale]

Nah the darker sky gives a good amount of contrast between the 2 aircrafts. If I was you, I would try to keep that contrast amount.

I'm also just against photoshopping so😂, the picture is a lie then..

You can't have everything in photography.. you gotta be happy with what you can capture.. don't ruin the scene.. try to keep it as real as possible

[tacit flame]

yeah that's true

though i take photography more as an artform rather
and art isn't always completely true
also i'm still rather new to photography (~a year) so it's simply convenient

[blazing bronze]

The sunset picture is stunning

[blazing bronze]

I am jealous you have such a good location to take photos

[blazing bronze]

I barely see any chromatic aberration

[wary wren]

Are you seriously necro’ing a comment from 6 months ago

Anyway it’s there, check the nose gear

[blazing bronze]

Is this a RCAF C-130 ? Oh and I too have a t7

[blazing bronze]

Wow what lens did you use

[livid compass]

William Optics RedCat 51

[blazing bronze]

Nice

[grizzled spruce]

The first one is a Mig29 right?

[tacit flame]

yessir

[grizzled spruce]

Wonderful plen (and picture!)

[tacit flame]

thanks!

[sand mauve]

F/A-18F photo pass doesnt get much better than this

[tacit flame]

I have a choice between two lenses
It's either Sony FE 70-200 f/4 G OSS or Sigma 100-400 f/5-6.3 DG DN OS Contemporary
They would go on a Sony a6000 with a crop factor of 1.5x
Ya'll think I could manage to get some decent airshow photos with a 70-200?

(70-200 is $850, 100-400 is $725)

[twin saddle]

I mean a G lens really is that top of the line quality

But for airshows idk if 70-200 would be enough

If it were a 70-200 f2.8, I'd say go for it because that is a fantastic lens, but I'm not an expert on the f4 version

However against the sigma lens, it would definitely produce some higher quality stuff at the cost of reduced zoom range

So its up to you, do you value the highest quality shots or the highest range of shots?

[tacit flame]

i currently only have a 16-50mm kit and a prime 50mm f/1.8 (75mm ffeq)
so i'm looking into getting something with zoom capability
I'd love to get into aviation and wildlife photography
but i don't think that the 100-400 would be enough for wildlife?

i only started doing photography a year ago in september and just bought my first camera in early july of this year
so i have no idea which way to go tbh
a 150-600 is a dream
but man the prices

[quasi beacon]

Ask in #📞・gear-help-archived @tacit flame

[alpine vale]

Go for the 150 600, thrust me it's worth the price.. I got the sigma and it's sharp af

Went to norvenich recently 🙂

[tacit flame]

you mean the Sigma 100-400 that would be 150-600 in 1.5x crop
or Sigma 150-600 that would be 225-800 in 1.5x crop

cause i can get the 100-400 for $700
and 150-600 is like $1.5k

[tacit flame]

ya that looks awesome

[alpine vale]

Nah not 100-400, also a beast. But 150-600 is a perfect amount of zoom for airshows. I only try to take pics at 600mm to get the close up shots and etc. But a 70-200 F2.8 would also be really good if you go a evening show.. you offcourse get the f2.8 so it's perfect in low light.. the F4 would also be good but I also own the a6000 and it's pretty shit with higher ISO.

[alpine vale]

150-600 contemporary lens from sigma is 1000 I think ( atleast for me)

[tacit flame]

cheapest one is used for 1200
and new is 1600

[tacit flame]

the 70-200 f/4 is 800
and the 70-200 f/2.8 is 2.5k lol

[alpine vale]

But the Sport lens or the contemporary? Huge difference in price

[tacit flame]

contemporary

[alpine vale]

Ow yea it's a GM master lens so it's expensive , but you do get quality.. I mean the F4 should also be fine.. you will only have a bit more trouble shooting in the dark.

Only 959€ for me new

[tacit flame]

well yes that's for Canon EF

not Sony E/FE

[alpine vale]

Damn.. how can it be that much different in price lol

Well the 70-200 F4 from sony is 1.2k for me

[tacit flame]

850 on mpb

excellent condition

only sport is on mpb sadly

[viscid elbow]

Ooo I found a chat 🤩

[viscid elbow]

Wow

[tacit flame]

why couldn't i've been born in the us damn

[viscid elbow]

Wdym what wrong with where u born?