experimental shot

[DanG (m1)]

Been a while since i posted here... Anyways, i dont think i ever asked for a critique on these images. But, i was just going back through some stuff and was thinking of things i could do different next time. Dont get me wrong, i like this photo a lot, compositionally and even the huge blown out spot.  However, i was just thinking that if i had an assistant (right...) and a few reflectors, i probably could have balanced the exposure a bit better between the airplane and the sky/sun. These photos were taken about an 40minutes after the sun burned through the clouds. Canon A1 with provia 100 (so i probably could have done a little better with neg film - but i generally like slides better). Photo is about two years old now...



I also did those photo, which initially i didnt like as much - but in retrospect i think it might be the better photo. I dont like how centered it feels though, i feel like i needed to maybe tilt the camera some to put the wing at a diagonal, and place the first gun lower and to the left.




hey, after shooting a mustang from nearly every angle and having an uninspiring sky much of the time, i had to try some different stuff..

[Tonyz]

I like #2.  Just a touch more DOF would be nice, see a bit more of the tips to give eprspective

[Carswell Dude]

I kinda have to go with #1.  You can see that it is an airplane from the background,   while #2. . .if you're just some Joe looking at it you have no idea what it is. 

[RichardVM]

My opinion is that the placement of the barrel is better in number two, with too much leading edge on the left of the image, but I would prefer to see an angle more closely resembling number one where you can make out the canopy a bit, even if your DOF is closer to the second image. The highlights being so blown out in #1 distracts me, but the large negative space in #2 without detail of any sort leaves me wanting some detail, even if it is the barest hint of the fuselage profile. How would you feel about a slightly warmer color balance?

I really like where you're going with these!

Richard

[DanG (m1)]

Thanks for the critiques everyone. I agree that a touch more DOF would have been the way to go. I think these were the only two frames i took, but i'll pull out my binder when im home next week and see if i took anymore from that angle. #1 used to be by far my favorite, but after looking at these in the past few days here and before i posted, im not as sure anymore. I'll definitely be doing thees shots again, though, maybe with a 50mm macro to really get up on the gun (i think i was already focusing by moving back and forth...) and a tripod (because it was hard to focus simply for the fact that moving back and forth a little bit would throw off the focus...). Its been a long time since i was at an airshow now, so im itching to go to one again, when i do i'll be trying these two angles out in more detail with a wider range of angles and DOF's. Im still curious though to know if using reflectors would have allowed for a faster Tv, so that the blownout portion would have been minimized a little bit but then not leave the airplane underexposed. When im home on my desktop and CRT i'll take a look at the color temp, i agree on my laptop it does  look a little cold, though.

Well, while im at it, i'll throw up a few more. These are from 2008, after two years of shooting mustangs prior, i started to look for some more abstract and different angles, simply because the 1/4 shots with a blue sky start to get a little repetitive...



(this one appears to have a blue cast, i'll fix that when im home too)



such a nice a**....