Warbird at KIWI

[Lawreston]

October 06, 2012. I don't know the landing speed of the plane, but hand-holding the 70-400mm lens while 300' away from the action it was a one-shot deal because it was the bird's last landing for the day. And yes, the prop was still spinning.

HR

 

[roncachamp]

October 06, 2012. I don't know the landing speed of the plane, but hand-holding the 70-400mm lens while 300' away from the action it was a one-shot deal because it was the bird's last landing for the day. And yes, the prop was still spinning.

Curtiss P-40K Warhawk

 

[Anthony]

That is too cool. Love the P-40. The Japanese hated it in China though. :wink2:

 

[flyingmoose]

I imagine you need a super fast shutter speed for that?

 

[Mafoo]

I imagine you need a super fast shutter speed for that?

The plane is blurry, but the trees are crisp. This means he was not panning, and his shutter speed was not super fast.

No clue what it was. 1/500 maybe?

 

[Mafoo]

I was close, off by 1 stop. Pulled this out of the image:

Brightness Value: 7.12
Color Space: sRGB
Components Configuration: 1, 2, 3, 0
Compressed Bits Per Pixel: 8
Contrast: Normal
Custom Rendered: Normal process
Date Time Digitized: Oct 6, 2012 2:55:06 PM
Date Time Original: Oct 6, 2012 2:55:06 PM
Exif Version: 2.3
Exposure Bias Value: 0
Exposure Mode: Auto exposure
Exposure Program: Shutter priority
Exposure Time: 1/1000
Flash: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
FlashPix Version: 1.0
FNumber: 5.6
Focal Length: 400
Focal Length In 35mm Film: 400
Image Unique ID: 261c2a4e3d647a7e73095c4181f503e2
ISO Speed Ratings: 400
Light Source: unknown
Max Aperture Value: 4.97
Metering Mode: Pattern
Pixel X Dimension: 800
Pixel Y Dimension: 533
Saturation: Normal
Scene Capture Type: Standard
Sharpness: Normal
White Balance: Auto white balance
Flash Compensation: 0
Image Stabilization: 3
Lens ID: 53
Lens Model: Sony 70-400mm F4-5.6 G SSM (SAL70400G)

 

[wabower]

Museum across the ramp has flown theirs quite a bit recently. When viewed from the golf practice range on final, the approach speed is relatively tame.

 

[Irish_Armada]

Fall colors + P-40 = gorgeous shot!

 

[Lawreston]

Mafoo learned more about the image attributes than I had researched. The camera is the Sony A900 full-frame DSLR. I had panned re previous shots of other planes but the P-40 was not far behind Dakota Kid(P-51) and I "grabbed" this shot. It's actually a tight crop of the original full frame, hence lost some sharpness, plane specific, as it was close to being out of the frame.

Having referenced the P-51 -- wonderful story. The lady who's president of Maine Aeronautics Association, and heavily involved in the weekend's production, was approached by one of the TFL guys(all of whom she knows). "You'll have to find some way to get back to here but we'll be stopping at Sanford. If you find a way back, you can fly down in the P-51." She didn't mention how she got back from Sanford SFM, only that she got some stick time in the bird; and at one point the pilot told her to look to the right. When she did, there was Warren Pietsch in the Japanese Zero, close.
I suspect that within her 20+ years of flying land and float planes, that flight was probably #1 in the memory bank.

HR (below is her Cub) Clarification: Though the image data indicates "Steve Willams' Cub, Lisa will tell you, "The Cub is mine; the Super Cub on floats is ours."

 

[flyingmoose]

The plane is blurry, but the trees are crisp. This means he was not panning, and his shutter speed was not super fast.


No clue what it was. 1/500 maybe?

Faster than most average cameras to be able to capture the prop I would assume. Either way nice picture.

 

[CBeaulieu]

That's awesome. Wish I could have made it.

 

[denverpilot]

Panning to catch prop blur properly with a slower shutter speed is an acquired skill. I'm about 50/50 after three years of really trying.

 

[Lawreston]

That's awesome. Wish I could have made it.

We'll meet and dine at some point. Shutter speeds having been discussed within this thread, here's one whose shutter speed was just a bit too slow to stop the prop. I don't know what the roll-out speed was, but -- I think the shot's a keeper. (Warren Pietsch in the Zero)

HR

 

[denverpilot]

That is cool. Not enough moisture around here usually to get that.

 

[CBeaulieu]

Warren loves flying that Zeke. He seems to fly it more than anything else.

 

[Mafoo]

Faster than most average cameras to be able to capture the prop I would assume. Either way nice picture.

I wasn't criticizing the photographer. Just trying to guess the shutter speed .

Most point and shoot cameras can do better then 1/1000. This cheep $150 job can shoot 1/1600

http://shop.panasonic.com/shop/model/DMC-FH8S?t=specs

His camera can do 1/8000.

The limiting factor here, was the lens. The best that lens can do at 400mm, is F5.6, and that's what he had it at. Based on the conditions of the day, he chose to lock it on 1/1000, and let the camera figure out apature and iso.

If he had gone higher, say 1/2000, the lens is already maxed, so instead of ISO 400, the camera for the same shutter speed would have picked ISO 800, and it would have started introducing noise.

So he did all the right things. The only thing he could have done better, was buy a faster lens that's at least 400m.

Considering that will run you 13 grand for the 500mm F4.0, I would have done the same, and stuck with the lens he has (which by the way, is a $2,000 lens)

 

[Mafoo]

We'll meet and dine at some point. Shutter speeds having been discussed within this thread, here's one whose shutter speed was just a bit too slow to stop the prop. I don't know what the roll-out speed was, but -- I think the shot's a keeper. (Warren Pietsch in the Zero)

HR

Cool shot. I like it!