Everything is taken with a Sony a6000 and saved RAW. I removed blemishes from the photos and cropped in the new Apple Photos then exported them to GIMP where I adjusted colors, sharpened, and resized.
Hobby 9-28-15 - 1 of 32 by Brendon Parmelee, on Flickr
ISO 800; 203mm; f/6.3; 1/1600
So with this one I know I made a few mistakes with settings. ISO is too high, making it soft and shutter was too fast, leaving it underexposed(?) I did what I could with editing, but the only reason I held onto this one is that it's a 733 in the new livery.
Hobby 9-28-15 - 9 of 32 by Brendon Parmelee, on Flickr
ISO 320; 210mm; f/7.1; 1/500
I've been chasing this shot for a while and a rainy day was the only time I really saw the haze let up around downtown. Still a little underexposed? I've been playing with different crops of this.
Then they flipped the field!
Hobby 9-28-15 - 24 of 32 by Brendon Parmelee, on Flickr
ISO 250; 200mm; f/13; 1/500
I messed up the props in editing. Is there a better technique for sharpening the aircraft than selecting everything then deselecting around the blades?
Hobby 9-28-15 - 28 of 32 by Brendon Parmelee, on Flickr
ISO 400; 135mm; f/9; 1/800
I was pretty happy with how the light came out on this one.
Here's one from a different day. I know it would never make it into the database because I clipped a wing, but I thought it came out nice and clear. Thoughts? I shot it in JPEG before I really knew how to use the camera so there wasn't much I could do to edit. The sky looks grainy.
DSC01498 by Brendon Parmelee, on Flickr
