Air Show San Diego

[Scribblah]

Hello everyone. I was recently out at Miramar Marine Air Station in San Diego for the huge Air Show and have a few to share. These are resized however the original size is awesome because when you zoom in you can see a clear helmet and mask. It's pretty cool how close you get into the cockpit when zoomed.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c187/Scribblah/cobra_forum.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c187/Scribblah/invert_forum.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c187/Scribblah/inverted2_forum.jpg
*It looks slightly blurred but that's the effect of the pilot "pulling some g's". He came straight (photo above) and then cut up like he was a shuttle launching. It was insane live.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c187/Scribblah/maverick_forum.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c187/Scribblah/three.jpg
Before the exposure brighten below....Looks like I'm in the cockpit of another jet taking the photo. I dunno I like it. lol

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c187/Scribblah/three2.jpg
*I brightened this last photo in photoshop and by far my favorite

[DonSchap]

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c187/Scribblah/three.jpg
Before the exposure brighten below....Looks like I'm in the cockpit of another jet taking the photo. I dunno I like it. lol


Well, I played with that last one ... and came up with this level of exposure. It just looks a little more ... clear?

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Good shot, though ... nice vantage point. What lens?

[Scribblah]

Don,

Thank you, you're right it definitely looks clearer. The lens? That would be the good ol Tamron AF70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD. With the speed of those jets I was very pleased with the lens and the A300. It was fun to see what I came home with.

[sparkie1263]

Nice series of images. Another vote for the cheap Tamron 70 -300, LOL
Frank

PS Who said you can't get sharp images at full zoom? I am going to have to check my images and post a few.

[DonSchap]

Unfortunately, it takes the assistance of Photoshop to compensate for the lack of light. That's the drawback ... but, it still is a really nice capture. Good job ... just imagine what you might have done with a 70-200mm f/2.8? Assuming you have the 70-300 at its widest (base) aperture, f/2.8 would have been four times brighter at the same shutter speed.

Just something to think about.

Hell, I should talk ... I'm often shooting stuff at a base aperture of f/5.6 at 400mm! LOL

My (A700) settings for the air show are usually:
f/5.6
1/2000 second
ISO-400
Spot focus
Spot metering
AF-A DMF
DRO+5EV

And I wound up with this ... this year (after slight Photoshop detailing):

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[seanhoxx]

The Tamron 70-300 as the workhorse of the Alpha users! Scribblah i like the stacked shot where the old school prop fighter is "on top" of the others. Nice work Don on exposure cleaning.