Steven,
Awesome shots! I bow to your panning skills, great background blur.
Any possibility you could show a before and after pic of the F104 and P51 and give a quick tutorial on your post processing? You really have it nailed.
Thanks Bill,
I don't have any before and after pics for those images, That's how they came out of the camera. My idea of digital photography is a simple one. Get it right in the camera. Meaning get the exposure right in the camera so you have little post process work.
On the F-104 shot, I shot it 1/100th @ F/11 ISO 100 in Shutter priority with +2/3 Exposure Compensation.
And the P-51 shot, I shot it 1/200th @ F/14 ISO 100 in shutter priority and no Exposure Compensation. Both shots were handheld, no monopod. Body and lense combo, Canon 20D and 400mm F/5.6L USM.
The only post process work I did to them was a small level adjustment, resized to 900X600, unsharp mask, a touch of color saturation and added copyright mark.
Here's another panning shot, it's a little soft but still postable


Hope that helps,
Steven L