Thread: CAF 2015 Air Show @ New Century (Old Olathe Naval Air Station)

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I admire your ability to catch them in flight............I find that difficult to do.
I agree that the Corsair is a very attractive bird, one of the first aircraft models I built as a youngster. But I can't narrow it to only one aircraft as "prettiest"............I really like the form of a P 38 Lightning at least as much............
Got to see "Legal Eagle II" on static display at Ellsworth AFB earlier this year.............those B 29s are majestic!

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

I admire your ability to catch them in flight............I find that difficult to do.

What I did for these was put the camera drive in high speed continuous which shoots five or six frames/second, then track the planes and try to adjust the range as they come by letting the auto focus do the hard work, shooting in bursts of three to ten or more frames at a time. Lots of frames to look at and cull through for the one or two that "work", then cropping the good ones for best effect. Shooting digital is amazing, especially for things that are moving, as it's so easy to shoot 500 frames to end up with 5 or 10 to keep.