Biggin Hill Airshow - 2008

Hi There

I attended the Biggin Hill Airshow over the weekend here in the UK and thought I would post some shots taken with my 1MKIII & EF 500 F4

Hope you like them

John

F86 Sabre ISO 200 1/1000 @ F4.5



Tornado F3 ISO 400 1/1000 @ F4.5



AH 64D Apache ISO 200 1/320 @ F10



Eurofighter Typhoon F2 ISO 400 1/1600 @ F5

Hi John

Good lens!… and good photog!

Are these full frame? what monopod or tripod did you use?
Could you post a 100% crop of the pilot of te 1st image?

Thanks for sharing and kudos!

John,

I'm so impressed. not only is the lens wonderful but you technic in making artistic shots thrilling is appreciated! You have a fan!

Asher

Nicolas Claris said:

Hi John

Good lens!… and good photog!

Are these full frame? what monopod or tripod did you use?
Could you post a 100% crop of the pilot of te 1st image?

Thanks for sharing and kudos!

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Hi Nicolas

Thanks for taking a look The F86 Sabre shot is pretty much full frame just a slight crop to get in an A4 size format.

Most of my shots of both birds and planes are taken handheld with the 500mm. I did try some shots on my Gitzo Tripod with Kirk BH1 Ballhead & Wimberley sidekick, which worked for the shots of planes taking off but was too restrictive for the planes in display as they weaved about the sky.

It was useful on the propeller driven planes as i am trying to shoot at 1/320th to get some prop blur, and my panning technique needs more practice. for the jets I am generally shooting above 1/1000th of a second so its not so much of a problem.

I post a shot to illustrate the shots on the Gitzo with the Wimberley together with 100% crop.

John



Spitfire & Mustang ISO 200 1/320 @ F8



100% crop

THanks John!

nice work though I can't read the time on the Sabre pilot's watch ;-)

Nicolas Claris said:

THanks John!

nice work though I can't read the time on the Sabre pilot's watch ;-)

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It was 14.08 Nicolas!!

If I was shooting Sinar it would have been obvious But the 1DMKIII even with a 500mm on is not quite in that league..

John

Well, I'll have to ask the Sinar people to lend me a 500mm equivalent, but I doubt I would be able to achieve such results!
But after all the Hy6 performs 1/1000s which AFAIK is the fastest digital MF on the market… so I may try… with some luck… maybe… ÷)
Thanks for the time!