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[jetrim]

Taken at Homestead AFB a few weeks back, any suggestions for improvement?

[writer45]

Not really. Except I would love to see more I love aircraft shots. Is that a P-47?

John

[writer45]

My bad that a Jap zero isn't it?

JOhn

[Grandpaw]

jetrim, you have my curiosity up as to how you took this shot in the clouds at the same level of the plane? Were you standing on top of your car? LOL Jeff

[Shebang]

Lol..............I wondered how you did it, too. I don't know how you could improve it. I don't see anything I don't like. You can see the dude's face!

[hminx]

Don't know enough to suggest any improvements, love it just the way it is, any more ?

[jetrim]

It's all about playing the angles with these shots. I was standing in the middle off the crowd on the ground near "show center" to get all 900+ shots I took that day. Often you can catch these planes either coming out of a loop or when they rock their wings back and forth down the straightaway. The trick is in timing the shutter release, and it doesn't always work out as planned (got maybe 5 out of over 100 attempts). Here's a couple more:

[Frog]

You must live in flatter country than I to get these as if you are flying alongside with no land background. Really like the second shot in your second set.

[w.slayman]

Some very nice shots, I would suggest a slightly slower shutter to get more blur on the props and give the feeling of speed. It is slightly more difficult but I think worth the effort.

I live about 15 minutes from NAS Pensacola, home of the Blue Angles and if we want to we get to see them twice a week during their practices. I will post some photos of them soon.

Yeah we do Frog, the highest point in Florida, if you do not count condos :LOL: is 345 feet ASL.

[jetrim]

Bill, I know I could have done a bit better on the prop blur and may take a stab at it in post processing. Lighting was in an ever changing state of flux and just keeping up with the exposure was a chore with the sun dipping in and out of the clouds that were moving through at about 25kts.

Frog, the biggest mountain range in this part of FL is 50 miles north of me and shoots skyward an astounding 45' above sea level, it's about 2500"wide and runs for an incredible 4 miles in length, so "flat" is pretty much an understatement!

[Anbesol]

I much prefer the second one in your second post, the angle and composition is great - I like the way the plane overlaps the larger plane.

[440GTX]

Well.... this is my 1st photo critique
All I can say is WOW very nice
I like them all but the one I like the most is the P51 in front of the F-16

[armando_m]

this photos demonstrate that all the rough training shooting girls in little bikinis really pays off :thumbsup:

kidding aside ... great photos!

[GB1]

looks like excellent work to me. Maybe this is why you're Jet

[jetrim]

Thanks for the kind words everyone!

[draymorton]

Great work! Nothing to critique as far as I'm concerned.