I love a challenge. I love even more knocking them down and making them, if successful part of my shooting arsenal. Last year shooting at Pylon 8 which is at the end of the Valley of Speed, I was challenged with shooting planes scream past at 400+mph vertically. Even with the D3, you’re lucky to get a 6-7 frame burst before the planes have come and gone. You do the math how much time you’ve got the bird in the viewfinder.<\/p>\n
This is one hot image for me, one of my best so far in my two years. The F4U Corsiar is on the tail of that P51 Mustang, it’s a vertical image, tack sharp and the blur on the prop works for me. My only nit with it is the prop blur is not a full 360, but I’ll live with that. I can’t wait to print this one up!<\/p>\n
Then there is that P40, oh, she’s a sweet plane! I’m not sure what it is about it, but I basically ignore every other plane in the sky when I see it. Because the Unlimited Class screams by, you have to sight them a mile out and plan which plane(s) coming up you’re going to concentrate on.<\/p>\n
Then there is the Vampire. I like it because it is a little funky looking and in my mind, a bit of the underdog out here. It’s last couple of lap it passed planes, hugged the ground and came in on this steep angle. Cool!<\/p>\n
To finish my salute to shooting speeding planes vertically is this one of the Blue Angels. I love the top image a whole lot more! Now if you’re wondering just how difficult it is to shoot vertical panning shots of planes, head out and give it a try. Better yet, head out and perfect the technique for your own photography! mtc<\/p>\n
Photos captured by D3, 200-400VR on Lexar UDMA digital film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Vertical it is!<\/a><\/blockquote>