Herc Day

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

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.

"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.

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.

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.