The amazing Beaver captured by Z 9 / Z70-200f2.8
Starting with my first ride with Willie years ago, I’ve had the great fun of photographing him on launch and recovery (he’s my ride to the Kodiak Browns). The invites are coming in for the summers splash-ins, a great tradition we got involved with years ago. A splash-in is a flyin for float planes. You will find these mostly on inland lakes across the country, something you can do a search for on the internet to find those near you. Then all ya gotta do is, show up! It doesn’t take much lens nor shutter speed but lots of panning practice.
Planes tend to go “slower” as they get up on step and then once on step, they seem to leap of the water. To get that feeling of speed like you see above I shot at 1/40 to blur the water and background. This takes a little practice but the results are fun. Just be forewarned that once you go to a splashin, you get hooked!