Is it a bird? (More airshow stuff)

440Hz

I haven't posted shots in ages so thought I may as well. Mostly just showing some more takes on the planes themselves. I was going to post to the Salthill thread but its getting long now and don't wanna have loads and loads of images in the one thread so here goes... It ain't up to Mike's Eurofighter but here are a few I took on the (wet) day. More on Flickr

Ignore the border, I just auto-add that for Flickr.

Fenster

The second one is fantastic, great work Katie.

Thrill

The second one is really good. Those planes look like they are on top of one another they're so close. The last one is good as well.

Ruu_Old

Nicely done, another +1 for the second shot. Great set of pictures.

mikeanywhere

Fenster wrote:

The second one is fantastic, great work Katie.

I agree totally, great cropping too hey Kate!!

rymus

would it not benefit from some decreased highlights? Either that or a half a stop under exposure. 3,4 and 5 look too saturated. Well, 5 you'd get away with but 3 and 4...

440Hz

mikeanywhere wrote:

I agree totally, great cropping too hey Kate!!

Hehe! well you know me! I was gonna leave the 'pure shot' lol!! Bad influence Mike

440Hz

rymus wrote:

would it not benefit from some decreased highlights? Either that or a half a stop under exposure. 3,4 and 5 look too saturated. Well, 5 you'd get away with but 3 and 4...

Most likely would. The light was so changeable that day, grey to bright blue in a few minutes. I pretty much just cleaned off some dust and did a bit of cropping on these, other than that they are as they were shot. Messing with shadows/highlights ain't my forte! When my PS expert returns from holiday I'll take a tutorial and do a bit of a job.

City-Exile

I think they're brilliant!
Whatever about the exposure and the saturation, you did really well to capture the action.
Excellent stuff!

positron

Great shots! Second one and the RAF coming down with a swirly smoke trail in your flickr set - stunning photos!!

Morlar

I think they came out very well - I like the first 2 and last 2 most. Pretty cool how the propellors in #5 seem to be aligned like that.

440Hz

Thanks all! I was happy with them considering these were the only shots I could lower my umbrella for! That and the fact that I was standing on a rock, with my lens pointing to the sky, trying to follow those babies... I fell off twice! It was a small rock and I had to turn around really quickly hehe! Bruised But worth it lol

rymus

440Hz wrote:

I fell off twice!

Anyone got any photos? Cash waiting

440Hz

Actually I used the word 'fall' for dramatic effect to add some entertainment value. It was more like a stumble, but I bruise easily hehe! Enough hehe

GristlyEnd

Love the second one, great set of shots.

City-Exile

440Hz wrote:

... I bruise easily ...

Don't go all Natasha Bedingfield on us now.
Anyway, despite the forces acting against your Equilibrioception, you still managed to get some shots, which, in my opinion, are brilliant!

440Hz

City-Exile wrote:

Don't go all Natasha Bedingfield on us now.

HA!! A girlie girl, me thinks not. Dont worry, no fear of that hehe!!

Cheers for the kind comments, really appreciate it.

Roen

Good stuff indeed.
Been quiet for too long!

Valentia

Really excellent Katie. I agree that a little burning would improve them good and all as they are.

440Hz

Valentia wrote:

Really excellent Katie. I agree that a little burning would improve them good and all as they are.

Any tips?

Valentia

Fairly simple and many ways to skin a cat.

Were they taken as Raw? If so it simplifies the process. Just bring down the exposure so that the detail on the planes is just right, import into PS and dodge, with a big brush to bring back the main pic leaving the planes with texture and depth. You could, alternatively do the opposite, darken by burning around the planes if you wanted and this would draw the focus even more on the subject.

You could also burn at say 10% on the planes on the jpeg, if that's all you have, and, provided the highlights arent burnt out, bring back the detail.

Great shots though!

PS: I'm thinking specifically of the second one BTW when talking about the adjustments.

mikeanywhere

Valentia wrote:

Were they taken as Raw?

Nope they were JPEG's

311

Number five is my favourite of a great set.

lovely sense of balance ,deadly:)

440Hz

Thanks for the tips Danny, appreciate it. I can do most things to meet my needs in PS but shadows and highlights I always seem to mess up. Ill follow your tips at the weekend and see how I get on. THANK YOU