Morvious From Netherlands, joined Feb 2005, 702 posts, RR: 1 Posted (8 years 3 months 23 hours ago) and read 2484 times:
Hello all,
I am new to this aviation photography decease, but I can't get up to the a.net standards. So I could use a little help.
I began this hobby a few years back, when I went by train to Schiphol, just to see the planes. I don't live that close to it, SO I didn't go to many.
Then, I got a drivers License. You could find me at Schiphol more and more often. But it didn't felt good.
When I got home it felt empty inside , just because I spent a day without nailing it on film.
Next time I brought my parents Digital Sony with me. It was nice for family photos etc, but not for my hobby! I needed something else.
Last year I bought a Canon eos 300D, with a 22-55mm lens, and a EF 75-300mm lens, just to bring good quality pictures home, to share those with friends and family.
But I failed. Most of my uploads were rejected by bad quality, and most of the times that was correct I guess, I can see that now.
I come home exited after a day Spotting, but I feel sad when I see the first few pictures on the computer. What am I Doing wrong is the big question.
It really looked good when I took it, but at home you can see it is to dark, and the background becomes grey. It disappoints me.
I used the sport program on this one, some guy told me this was a very good program to use for the canon, because the planes where traveling fast.
I just think this is my problem, I don't know what the settings are for this. Maybe the sport program is to fast, and properly the reason why my pictures come out this dark/gray. Problem is also that I don't have the time to drive to Schiphol to try some settings, and drive back home to see how they are, and then back again.
Are you also using the sport program sometimes, or do you photograph with the manual settings? lets hope you can give me some tips and tricks!
Siggi757 From Iceland, joined Oct 2001, 123 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (8 years 3 months 19 hours ago) and read 2438 times:
Hi Stefan.
Don't use the sports mode. It automatically uses ISO 400 which means more noise(grain) in the photo. Use only M, Av or Tv and of course use P when you don't want to think too much.
Practice at your local GA airfield. The same basics apply to the small planes as the big jets.
My 300D and now my 20D tend to underexpose the photo so try to overexpose the photo by 1 stop and check the histogram. If you don't know how to do that read all about it in plain, jargon-free English at the 'luminouslandscape'.
It's all about the aperture, shutterspeed and the ISO setting.
Mygind66 From Spain, joined May 2004, 1058 posts, RR: 13 Reply 2, posted (8 years 3 months 17 hours ago) and read 2426 times:
Stefan..
You should, before using these modern machines, learn some basis ( if you haven't ) about photography and please don't take it as an offence.
Is difficult to understand terms like Tv, Av..or 'deep of field' if you have not clear some concepts. Increasing this problem is all the world of digital with postprocessing pictures, calibration of monitors...
Psych From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 2968 posts, RR: 60 Reply 3, posted (8 years 3 months 17 hours ago) and read 2415 times:
Stefan,
Check out this recent thread - Canon 300D (by United905 Feb 19 2005 in Aviation Photography). I think that this is the way forward for you. You too can definitely take photos of a standard perfectly acceptable for this site.
Morvious From Netherlands, joined Feb 2005, 702 posts, RR: 1 Reply 4, posted (8 years 3 months 5 hours ago) and read 2374 times:
Quoting Siggi757 (reply 1): Don't use the sports mode. It automatically uses ISO 400 which means more noise(grain) in the photo. Use only M, Av or Tv and of course use P when you don't want to think too much.
Thank you, this helps a lot. I never knew the sports mode only uses ISO 400. I have been playing with these other modes on objects in my room etc, making some photos with other settings, and watch them back, just to see what happened!
Quoting Siggi757 (reply 1): Practice at your local GA airfield. The same basics apply to the small planes as the big jets.
I can always try. Teuge is just a few Miles out from my home. I never though about it myself!
Quoting Mygind66 (reply 2): You should, before using these modern machines, learn some basis ( if you haven't ) about photography
Thank you. As I said above, I've played a lot with the settings lately. Shooting photos of Objects in my room and stuff, just to see what will happen with the picture. Normally I use Av and Tv to play around.
Quoting Mygind66 (reply 2): please don't take it as an offence.
Offence?? Where It is OK!
Psych, thank you. I have a question about your reply in that thread, but I will continue in that post!
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