CAF "Snowbirds" pre-season training @ CYQQ (Comox, Canada)

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CAF "Snowbirds" pre-season training @ CYQQ (Comox, Canada)

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Spent most of the last 2 days photographing the team while it is doing its pre-season work-ups. Hope you like these. I'm getting better i think and would apreciate any tips to make them better. They will be here for another 2 weeks so i will get lots of practice.

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Nice compositions but your photo's seem all to miss sharpness, looks like to me your auto focus has problems.
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hi
it misses not only sharpness, it looks to me as if there are some shots over-exposed.
the landscape is for me a nice one.
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Compositions of no.'s 1 and 2 could be better, I agree on the focus thing, but there's nothing wrong with your backgrounds :D !

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The sun here is a real pain sometimes so i tried to under-expose but i guess it wasnt enough. Maybe i just screwed it up in photoshop. I'm not sure whats going on with regards to sharpness. I tried shooting at a high shutter speed but i think that my lens is just not up to the job. I'm using a UV filter, could this be causing problems ?

Schffrs wrote:Compositions of no.'s 1 and 2 could be better,
Might be a stupid question but, what do you mean ?
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I think he means that it is very tight in the composition (no1), at the nose and canopy and it looks as if we miss something there on the left. It's like you made a shot that hovers inbetween a close-up and a more of an overview of the aircraft. Sharpness is indeed not so great here.

What lens do you use? I would defenitly takeoff the UV filter and redo the shots if you still have the time and oppertunity. Some lenses tend to perform better without the filter (in sharpness and focusshunting)

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Same here, the plane in the middle misses the tail , so a starboard turn with your camera would solve that. Secondly the nose of the right plane would be moving more into frame and give a beter view. Now you miss parts of all 3 in the frame and that looks a bit messy. Also zooming out would do better for this view but it will cost detail.

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Thanks for the tips guys, keep 'em coming. I have 2 more weeks to work on these guys.

I'm using a Canon 450D with a Canon EF 75-300mm 1:4-5.6 III USM
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Gents, I took the liberty of moving the follow-up here. Feel free to discuss all lens matters over there!

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Just to change things up, i went up with the team this morning. Not a great quality shot as i did not have my DSLR with me but still........what a day :D


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Lucky &^%$^#$ :D

Check your private mail.

I'll see you in Canada, August time :cheers:
( very sorry but I ran out of "green beer " !!)

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Guinness wrote:Lucky &^%$^#$ :D

Check your private mail.

I'll see you in Canada, August time :cheers:
( very sorry but I ran out of "green beer " !!)

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Send it again my freind and maybe send it as a PM on here too as it looks like i didnt get it. I did get one a while back that said you were going to on the east Coast and i replied, maybe you didnt get my email. Let me know.
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Re: CAF "Snowbirds" pre-season training @ CYQQ (Comox, Canada)

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Well, that is wack! :D It's still a cool shot! You didn't wanna bring your DSLR up there with you?? Too big or what? Keep thsse coming!!
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Andras wrote:Well, that is wack! :D It's still a cool shot! You didn't wanna bring your DSLR up there with you?? Too big or what? Keep thsse coming!!
Thanks, i just wasnt sure if i could hold on to my 450D when upside down at +5G or -2G so i didnt want to risk breaking it or letting go and having floating around the cockpit. In the end i didnt take very many pictures as i concentrated on enjoying the view. It was an amazing day. I'll bring the 450D when i go up next year.

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I got your email and will send you something today. Are you planning on being in Volkel for Open Dagen ?
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CDN Aviator wrote:Just to change things up, i went up with the team this morning. Not a great quality shot as i did not have my DSLR with me but still........what a day :D
And who cares about composition, sharpness and focus now..... :worship:

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