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[MartinNeedham]

Thought I'd stick a post up in here to see what you all think...

Yes, they are planes, sorry.

All taken with a Canon EOS 50D and either an EF 50mm F1.8 II or EF 75-300mm F4 F5.6 USM III













Cheers,
Martin

Edit - There's some more if you scroll down a bit.

[murtzuk86]

I'm not much of a plane person but these photos are great. I particularly like the composition of the 3rd photo of the plane high in the air with the trials spanning from the bottom right corner to the plane at the top left.

I'm a newbie to digital photography so any advice you can give me on how to shoot such well balanced and perfectly exposed shots would be really useful.

[MartinNeedham]

Thanks for the comment Murtzuk,

I find that the best way is to keep things as simple as possible. For Nightshots, my simple rule of thumb is to set the Aperture to F8 and let the camera work out the exposure times. ISO should be kept as low as possible, 100 to 200 is ideal. A tripod is essential for nightwork, and setting the self-timer to 2sec or using a remote release also helps to eliminate camera shake. I shhot in RAW and set the white balance to either Auto or Daylight for the most accurate colours.

Hope this helps.

A few more for your perusal...









Cheers,
Martin