Jun 22, 2010 | Aviation
[swf]http://www.moosepeterson.com/swf_imgs/_bmp6685.swf, 585, 473 [/swf]
Cranking at 450mph, the P-51 cuts through the sky with amazing speed and grace. It’s hard to imagine what they were like over the skies of Europe in WWII.
[swf]http://www.moosepeterson.com/swf_imgs/_bmp8030.swf, 585, 473 [/swf]
Bringing to life that speed and grace I think is a real challenge. What if you focus on the second plane in so doing blurring the lead plane. Does that communicate their speed?
[swf]http://www.moosepeterson.com/swf_imgs/_bmp2122.swf, 585, 473 [/swf]
Of course I’m shooting in Shutter Speed priority at 1/180 to get prop blur. That adds to the illusion of speed, as does shooting it diving and moving away from the camera.
[swf]http://www.moosepeterson.com/swf_imgs/_bmp8153.swf, 585, 473 [/swf]
But I think it’s the combination of all these things with a blurred background that really does the job. You might wondering about the placement of the P-51 in this last frame. Personally I really like it, makes it feel like it’s screaming up from some airfield to do battle with incoming enemy planes. The romance of flight, I’m still workin on it and in the meantime, I spell speed P-51D
Photo captured by D3s, 200-400VR2 on Lexar UDMA digital film
Jun 22, 2010 | Aviation
My big push is to put the romance into my aviation photography. The biggest key to bringing in that romance is light. Just like in all of my photography, light is what sucks the person into the photo first.
[swf]http://www.moosepeterson.com/swf_imgs/DPA2AT61507_2.swf, 585, 473 [/swf]
And to answer a question many are sending in right now, yes, I was in another plane and this is an air to air shoot. mtc on that.
Jun 22, 2010 | Aviation
We decided to get up at 4am so we could be on the flight line at 5am for sunrise. It always sounds like such a smart idea the night before. It was pretty quite on the ramp so we moseyed down to the far east end where a bunch of MiGs were parked. There is a firm there that reconditions them for resale. So I kissed the tarmac, placed the camera on the ground, put the bracketing to 5 images and produced some HDRs (yeap, did handheld HDRs).
My static plane photography needs lots of work. I’m building up my inventory of plane images so this little exercise helps both. Making something that’s designed to go Mach look good when parked on the ground I find quite a challenge. Being such I do a lot of it with most of it ending up in the Trash Can. I keep working on it though with these I kept.
[swf]http://www.moosepeterson.com/swf_imgs/_bmp0728.swf, 585, 473 [/swf]
This is a MiG 21
[swf]http://www.moosepeterson.com/swf_imgs/_bmp0743.swf, 585, 473 [/swf]
This is a MiG 15 Midget
[swf]http://www.moosepeterson.com/swf_imgs/_bmp0794.swf, 585, 473 [/swf]
This is a MiG 21 Mongol
Photos captured by D3s, 70-200VR2 on Lexar UDMA digital film
Jun 21, 2010 | Aviation
[swf]http://www.moosepeterson.com/swf_imgs/_bmp2714.swf, 585, 473 [/swf]
I love the Corsair! Man, I wish I had the keys, I’m dying to take ‘er for a spin!
Jun 21, 2010 | Aviation
[swf]http://www.moosepeterson.com/swf_imgs/_bmp6322.swf, 585, 473 [/swf]
When a race starts, the planes are lined up in a group but it doesn’t last. The planes soon spread out across the field. During PRS, there is no race or time keeping but rather just learning the course and testing new gear. But they still start the same as a tight group.
[swf]http://www.moosepeterson.com/swf_imgs/_bmp0955.swf, 585, 473 [/swf]
These are the T-6 Texan, a WWII trainer that is pretty popular, especially with me. #33 is no stranger to the blog, a plane I’ve photographed and photographed from in the air. It also races at Reno and in June with the skies we have, it’s color scheme really stands out. Now this is the typical bread and butter shot you get at the pylons. It’s one I love to take, trying just to capture the speed of the craft.
[swf]http://www.moosepeterson.com/swf_imgs/_bmp1285.swf, 585, 473 [/swf]
But as I mentioned last week, I was pushing myself to do more this PRS. Carter here is pushing #33 hard around the pylons, taking the turns pretty darn tight. That’s gives one the opportunity to look right into the pilot seat and the intensity they fly with. Just working on this one new aspect of shooting at the pylons pushed me and I learned a few lessons in doing so. Stick around, there is a lot more to come on this topic.
Photos captured by D3x, 200-400VR2 on Lexar UDMA digital film
Jun 21, 2010 | Aviation
[swf]http://www.moosepeterson.com/swf_imgs/_bmp6322.swf, 585, 473 [/swf]
When a race starts, the planes are lined up in a group but it doesn’t last. The planes soon spread out across the field. During PRS, there is no race or time keeping but rather just learning the course and testing new gear. But they still start the same as a tight group.
[swf]http://www.moosepeterson.com/swf_imgs/_bmp0955.swf, 585, 473 [/swf]
These are the T-6 Texan, a WWII trainer that is pretty popular, especially with me. #33 is no stranger to the blog, a plane I’ve photographed and photographed from in the air. It also races at Reno and in June with the skies we have, it’s color scheme really stands out. Now this is the typical bread and butter shot you get at the pylons. It’s one I love to take, trying just to capture the speed of the craft.
[swf]http://www.moosepeterson.com/swf_imgs/_bmp1285.swf, 585, 473 [/swf]
But as I mentioned last week, I was pushing myself to do more this PRS. Carter here is pushing #33 hard around the pylons, taking the turns pretty darn tight. That’s gives one the opportunity to look right into the pilot seat and the intensity they fly with. Just working on this one new aspect of shooting at the pylons pushed me and I learned a few lessons in doing so. Stick around, there is a lot more to come on this topic.
Photos captured by D3x, 200-400VR2 on Lexar UDMA digital film
