I was about to post a thread the other day about this but deleted it. I'd figure I'd post and see what others think?
When you are photographing prop planes, do you use Shutter Priority or Aperture Priority?
Before I knew anything about settings(which is still not much) I did nothing but manual. The shot below was taken my a P&S camera.
[photoid=378992]
or a shot from the DB which shows all 6 props clearly(not knocking it, just as an example.
[photoid=554934]
More of my none DB shots are here which show the same issue, stopped blades
As I started learning more about slowing the shutter down low enough to get the proper prop blur I starting to get more shots like these.
[photoid=5642162]
With this shot, he must have made 4-5 VFR passes in the pattern, each pass I would try a slower or faster shutter speed to see what I could get hand held
[photoid=5720931]
Now with digital, it's all about not being worried to take chances because it cost nothing to take shots. When I had a 35mm I would never attempt prop blur because I wasn't sure how it worked.
I can understand a "chance of a life time" and playing it safe to make sure you don't screw it up, but shouldn't the picture of a prop plane show that the plane is flying rather than gliding?
I'd be curious to see if people think it should be a rejection reason like I do. We reject for being over or under exposed, what about "wrong technique"?
If it's a static plane, then shoot AP, but if it's taxing or flying, switch to SP and fire away.
I totally understand that people here aren't professionals, but with a little practice and the help from this forum, it's pretty easy to start figure out how it all works.
Looking for your thoughts?
When you are photographing prop planes, do you use Shutter Priority or Aperture Priority?
Before I knew anything about settings(which is still not much) I did nothing but manual. The shot below was taken my a P&S camera.
[photoid=378992]
or a shot from the DB which shows all 6 props clearly(not knocking it, just as an example.
[photoid=554934]
More of my none DB shots are here which show the same issue, stopped blades
As I started learning more about slowing the shutter down low enough to get the proper prop blur I starting to get more shots like these.
[photoid=5642162]
With this shot, he must have made 4-5 VFR passes in the pattern, each pass I would try a slower or faster shutter speed to see what I could get hand held
[photoid=5720931]
Now with digital, it's all about not being worried to take chances because it cost nothing to take shots. When I had a 35mm I would never attempt prop blur because I wasn't sure how it worked.
I can understand a "chance of a life time" and playing it safe to make sure you don't screw it up, but shouldn't the picture of a prop plane show that the plane is flying rather than gliding?
I'd be curious to see if people think it should be a rejection reason like I do. We reject for being over or under exposed, what about "wrong technique"?
If it's a static plane, then shoot AP, but if it's taxing or flying, switch to SP and fire away.
I totally understand that people here aren't professionals, but with a little practice and the help from this forum, it's pretty easy to start figure out how it all works.
Looking for your thoughts?
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