What i spend my Summer shooting

[timuss]

I am a very keen airshow goer and spend most of the Summer going to as many airshows as i can. I love the challenge of shooting aircraft and really enjoy nailing a perfect shot. Here are a few that i took last year:

Havent seen any airshow snappers on here. Hope they are of interest thanks for looking:

P-40B by Tim Spicer Photography, on Flickr

P-51 Ferocious Frankie by Tim Spicer Photography, on Flickr

B-17 by Tim Spicer Photography, on Flickr

Extra Aerobatics by Tim Spicer Photography, on Flickr

And Away by Tim Spicer Photography, on Flickr

Eagle by Tim Spicer Photography, on Flickr

Stars of the Summer by Tim Spicer Photography, on Flickr

 

[Rubicon_]

Great photos mate !

Would love to do this at air shows, take alot of skill?

 

[Alex5]

wow, incredible shots mate. you must have an expensive camera .. cant do this on my iphone4

 

[timuss]

Great photos mate !

Would love to do this at air shows, take alot of skill?

Lots of practice and making sure you have your camera set up correctly. Thanks

 

[timuss]

I use a mixture of a Canon 7D with a Canon 100-400 L and a Canon 40D.

 

[capturedbyjames]

My office looks over the Farnborough Airfield, so I'll be giving these a go when the airshow comes around....

 

[Kane.]

Brilliant shots

 

[Addicted]

That F22 (?) first picture is bloody amazing. I also try & go to Fairford airshow every year and have just got my first DSLR so am hoping to get a telephoto before it's on this year

 

[Jay_A]

Stunning shots buddy. My favourite is "And Away".

 

[couzens]

B-17 is amazing, one of my favorite aircraft, great shots there!

I'm hoping to go toa few airshows this year, farnborough is only 5 mins down the road from me. would be rude not to go really.

 

[MikeoftheQuays]

Lovely shots.

Would be nice to have a bit more prop blur but I know that's considerably easier said than done.

 

[Goodj]

Love that Strike Eagle!

 

[HarriBanjo]

Fantastic shots there mate, everyone's wet over that F15!

 

[timuss]

Thanks for the kind words.

 

[Adamm.]

Stunning shots mate, do you get neck ache taking these all day long lol.

 

[timuss]

Stunning shots mate, do you get neck ache taking these all day long lol.

Yeah the my 100-400 canon lens weighs a ton, i have to take it off for a break as its really heavy on my neck.

 

[BoatNonce]

Your shots are fantastic, well done :approve: (keep them coming!)

I took a few shots back at Yeovilton Air Day, so much potential for good pics but unfortunately I didn't have a camera with manual focus, and auto ISO :dapprove:

Spoiler

One day, I will return with a proper camera and get those shots.

 

[.Simon]

I'm a bit of a "spotter" in my spare time - my best pictures can be found here:

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?photographersearch=Simon Nicholls&distinct_entry=true

I need to get back into it this year - really miss it.

 

[Reev]

'And Away' is awesome, the rest are all much of a muchness to me.

 

[timuss]

I'm a bit of a "spotter" in my spare time - my best pictures can be found here:

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?photographersearch=Simon Nicholls&distinct_entry=true

I need to get back into it this year - really miss it.

Nice i've given up trying to get pics on airliners.net they are so hard to please.

 

[Tigger]

Awesome shots mate, I tried pushing my Sigma 70-300mm lens last September at the Portrush airshow over here
-the good old Irish weather didn't help much with the light but I have a few shots up here in a thread somewhere that I could call useable

 

[JackJack]

Not really into planes but those look cool.

 

[Hixle]

Great shots fella, I've only ever shot at Farnborough a few years back. Really enjoyed it, 200mm wasn't enough though.

 

[Iain C]

Very good shots

 

[Pint]

Great shots. Do you use any filters?

Got any tips when shooting grey planes against the sky as thats usually where my shot fail. Just get no definition on the plane.

 

[Leeshez]

Wow that is amazing .

 

[timuss]

Great shots. Do you use any filters?

Got any tips when shooting grey planes against the sky as thats usually where my shot fail. Just get no definition on the plane.

I dont use any filters, other that the skylight filter to protect the glass. I use Evaluative metering and then just use exposure compensation to keep up with the changing light levels. I just keep an eye on the histogram and change accordingly.

Thanks for the comments everyone.

 

[couzens]

can anyone recomend some good filters for a canon?

 

[.Simon]

I don't use a filter, and never have.

If you look after your equipment then a filter is not needed IMO, just an exta thing that could deter the quality of a photo.

 

[Habitual]

Amazing shots man. "And away" is my favourite - incredible. There was a very similar pic in 'Digital SLR' magazine last month that made it onto the featured entries page. Yours is better.

 

[timuss]

I don't use a filter, and never have.

If you look after your equipment then a filter is not needed IMO, just an exta thing that could deter the quality of a photo.

True but i dont seem to notice any noticeable drop in quality. Plus i've had a filter save a lens on me before when my bag fell off a chair smashed the filter but left the lens perfectly intact.