Tricks for shooting planes in the air?
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If you are shooting planes taking off from the runway, then make sure that the wheels are down. Unconciously, people get very uncomfortable seeing planes at an angle without their wheels down.
how about metering? when the plane is in the air and we point up.. it's surely going to be strongly back-lighted by the sky. how to prevent shooting just the silhouette of the plane?
yanyewkay said:
over exposed it by a bit lor unless you can do spot metering on the flying planes. nothing else can do unless you are GOD to change the sun direction......... better choice is to shoot in raw.
my 2 cents worth reply.:embrass:
Hahaha.. just joking.dRebelXT said:omg, dun make matters too complicated in this thread.
Only tricks for photographing flying/parked aircrafts are welcome.
I think most have posted on how to shoot (photograph) flying aircraft. As for parked aircraft, if you are able to go close, using an ultrawide or a fisheye may yield a very nice perspective.
Again, exposure may be a problem, so sometimes it may be good to wait till evening when the sun is at a low angle. This will help to illuminate the aircraft from the side. Otherwise, hope that it's overcast and the contrast is not that great.
Set your camera to manual and meter of a grey card or something that would be close, like a runway (maybe a little dark, so -1) - this works fine if you have clear blue sky al the time, if it is a little cloudy and the light is changing then this will be more difficult. Either way shoot RAW.
Yeah, I will take my friend's 17-40mm, hope it helps.lsisaxon said:Hahaha.. just joking.
I think most have posted on how to shoot (photograph) flying aircraft. As for parked aircraft, if you are able to go close, using an ultrawide or a fisheye may yield a very nice perspective.
Again, exposure may be a problem, so sometimes it may be good to wait till evening when the sun is at a low angle. This will help to illuminate the aircraft from the side. Otherwise, hope that it's overcast and the contrast is not that great.
It will certainly help.dRebelXT said:Yeah, I will take my friend's 17-40mm, hope it helps.
You may also use a flash to fill-in if the underside of the plane is in shadow. I don't think it will be sufficient to illuminate the whole plane but I think it will be useful as a fill in, so you can play with the flash compensation to achieve the desired effect.for a moment there I thought you were taking about filling-in for the planes in flight :sweat:lsisaxon said:It will certainly help.
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