Herc Day

[RustY©]

A few pictures from Monday with the Lynham Transport Wing doing a bit of
training in the area.

[Pensacola Beachcomber]

Fantastic. What f stop did you use to catch the propellers like that? I
sure love to see the circles and not stopped props, Tom in Pensacola


"RustY©" > wrote in message
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>A few pictures from Monday with the Lynham Transport Wing doing a bit of
> training in the area.
>

[RustY©]

"Pensacola Beachcomber" > wrote in
message ...
> Fantastic. What f stop did you use to catch the propellers like that? I
> sure love to see the circles and not stopped props, Tom in Pensacola
>

If you download the file and right click onto it and select properties you
will see the Exif data - this first file says f11.
But its not the f stop but the speed that is important to show the props. I
have a 'Herc' custom setting on the camera that sets the speed to 1/160th of
a second. That appears to be about right for me - any slower and the whole
aircraft goes fuzzy as you fight the weight of the lens.

[Pensacola Beachcomber]

Rusty,
I was typing and not thinking. I meant to ask about the shutter speed.
Duuuhhhh..... my bad.
The reason I asked is I tried to take some pictures of a P-51D doing a
pass and I lowered the shutter speed and got fabulous propeller spin
pictures. Problem is that the aircraft was fuzzy as you mentioned. I don't
remember what shutter speed I tried. Someone mentioned there are specific
speeds that are best for two bladed, three bladed and four bladed
propellers. Always something new to learn, Tom


"RustY©" > wrote in message
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>
> "Pensacola Beachcomber" > wrote
> in
> message ...
>> Fantastic. What f stop did you use to catch the propellers like that? I
>> sure love to see the circles and not stopped props, Tom in Pensacola
>>
>
> If you download the file and right click onto it and select properties you
> will see the Exif data - this first file says f11.
> But its not the f stop but the speed that is important to show the props.
> I
> have a 'Herc' custom setting on the camera that sets the speed to 1/160th
> of
> a second. That appears to be about right for me - any slower and the whole
> aircraft goes fuzzy as you fight the weight of the lens.
>
>

[Jack G[_2_]]

Smashing Pictures - you really have spoiled us for ground to air shots -
Would love to have a sound track from one of your days on the hill! Please
keep posting, your work is appreciated.

Jack G.


"RustY©" > wrote in message
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>A few pictures from Monday with the Lynham Transport Wing doing a bit of
> training in the area.