"Giganews" wrote

Thanks for your feedback. You make some good points.

The physical realities of the location and equipment posed certain
difficulties.

I was using 18 mm focal length for most of the pictures, which is as short
was my 18-55 lens will go. Even if I had owned a shorter focal length
lens, I suspect the picture quality would have been impaired by spherical
distortion.

Wow, that is already short. Nothing more you could do there.

As I mentioned in the preamble to the first batch, the aircraft are packed
very close together, and it was next to impossible to get far enough away
from the aircraft to get a full profile view. It was also very difficult
to avoid parts of other aircraft intruding into the frame.

Yes, I realized that, too. I would rather see parts of other airframes, and
see the full profile. That's just me, perhaps.

I did consider trying some shots taken with the camera just above the
floor, but that would have necessitated shortening the tripod legs each
time, and time was very short. The tour only allowed 40 minutes in the
hangars so there was not enough time to fiddle with the tripod legs. As
for using steps to get the camera higher, it's something that might have
been possible, but I'm not sure how much that would have enhanced the
images. Certainly it would have made using a tripod difficult. Given the
available light, many shots were in the half to one second exposure time
range. I think shots from a low angle would be much more dramatic...but
that's just my opinion.

Anyway, thanks for the feedback and I will, of course, bear in mind what
you have said the next time I have the opportunity to take some museum
shots.

That long of exposures would make a high view hard, without a super tall
tripod. Perhaps it would be better to go with a super fast film, and accept
the graininess. I dunnow.

I think above views are superior, in most cases, because that allows you to
see the wing plan better, and the cockpit. Who wants to see the greasy
underside of planes, anyway? g

Perhaps that was the best that could be done in that place. Too bad the
taxpayers won't spring for some more hangars to spread out the planes some
more.
--
Jim in NC