A few from RIAT 2012 (Fairford)

[Addicted]

My first go at Air Photography, and only took advice from the thread below. I varied my shots a lot trying to get a feel for what I should be using and some came out rather well!

I haven't uploaded that many yet but here's a few I have:

That Awkward Itch by matthew-evans, on Flickr

Airbus A400M by matthew-evans, on Flickr

Captured on the iPad by matthew-evans, on Flickr

Avro Vulcan XH558 by matthew-evans, on Flickr

Boeing-Westland WAH-64 Longbow Apache by matthew-evans, on Flickr

Lots more to come, will be available in the thread and in my set here.

Let me know what you think! Also had my first play with my Tokina 11-16mm, and it is extremely impressive how much you can now fit into a photo

 

[Habitual]

Good pics so far man. Look forward to seeing more. Had no time to process mine yet.

 

[Addicted]

Yeah it takes ages!

I'm now enjoying doing PP, so expect to see cropped photos and some slight touchups rather than potentially a small aircraft in a huge frame of cloud!

Also keep looking at a Sigma 150-500mm damnit! (or the Canon 100-400mm L USM), the 250mm I found irritating especially against jet's where tight banks are being performed they were just too out of reach to get a decent pic!

 

[Brazo]

Nice pics, I'm looking at a 70-200 2.8, although tamron or sigma!

 

[Habitual]

Nice pics, I'm looking at a 70-200 2.8, although tamron or sigma!

Keep in mind, as Matt said, the 250mm was quite limiting at RIAT. So you may find similar with the 200 if that's the sort've event you plan on using your 200mm.

 

[Addicted]

Yep, I'm now looking at a minimum 400mm to be honest.

So that's either one of these three lenses so far:

* Canon 400mm L
* Canon 100-400mm L
* Sigma 150-500mm

All extremely expensive, but there doesn't seem to be any "budget" ones that are good/actually cheap!

 

[chrisazzy]

Nice pictures mate. Which day did you go? I'm glad I went Sunday because it didn't rain

 

[Addicted]

Went the Sunday! Actually got sunburnt lol, and annoyingly had a load of gear for the anticipation of rain so lugging that around all day was not fun!

 

[chrisazzy]

We went prepare for rain & no sun. One mate caught the sun alot haha. Think my favourite plane was the Vulcan, sounded amazing.

 

[Brazo]

Actually my lens is pretty sharp at 200 but softer at 300. Maybe the 70-200 is a want, not a need! Tbh 400 isn't much further than 300, about a quarter bigger. On a 24 Meg sensor I am happy to crop.

 

[.Simon]

Get the 100-400, it's the lens of choice for the aviation photographers.

I tried one for he week and it really is a cracking lens!

 

[timuss]

Get the 100-400, it's the lens of choice for the aviation photographers.

I tried one for he week and it really is a cracking lens!

Yeah it what a use for my aviation work it is a cracking bit of kit.