Singapore Airshow 2010 Flying Display

[hwchoy]

went to SA2010 to try plane shooting, rented a 7D with 300/2.8L IS. The AI Servo is a dream, and the lens is phenomenally sharp, I am being poisoned

all shots are taken in AI Servo, Tv mode (1/400-1/1600s), hand held.










couple more hot-ass…

[Wackytpt]

I love the shots!!!!!!

Choy time to buy new lens =p

[hwchoy]

frankly if you have the right lens, shooting planes is a breeze compared to fishes

[wynx]

It is hard not to get poisoned by see your 'evil' poisonous shots..all so crisp and clear...

[hwchoy]

a couple more F-111 pix.

[hwchoy]

a giant surprise visit from, B-52H Stratofortress from the 2nd Bomb Wing.

[silane]

hwchoy,

Which AF mode did you use?

[hwchoy]

Dilwyn, AI Servo. it is rather good on the 7D.

[silane]

oh, what I meant was which AF Area Selection mode did you use? 19-point AF auto selection? A 7D introduction video on youtube shows that it is able to track a moving object with 19 points, I think it is very cool.

Have you try the 300/2.8 for bird in flight?

[hwchoy]

yes the 19-point zone AF. it and the 300/2.8 also managed to lock onto birds flying away from me. caught one crow and one sparrow, its amazing how it managed to lock and achieve AF.

[hwchoy]

a couple more pix before I get stuck in BSB for the next few days.


last show of the F-111, igniting the fuel…





hot korean ***…

[hwchoy]

Have you try the 300/2.8 for bird in flight?

here's a flying crow that was about 20m away, it was just a snap and shoot affair *click pix to see full res*

[genes]

The camera and lens are just equipements.... what i want to say is... AMAZING SKILLS UNCLE CHOY!!! More pics please!

[hwchoy]

believe me, if you can do fish, you can do this

[silane]

here's a flying crow that was about 20m away, it was just a snap and shoot affair *click pix to see full res*

oh, sound "simple" to shoot such a pic. Is the pic cropped? You are tempting me to get the len.

[genes]

There is a shot of a man disguised as Star Scream in ST today. Did you get a shot of him flying as well?

I think your flying shots are much better then those in the papers.

[Wackytpt]

Silane,

Go got the lens =p

[hwchoy]

oh, sound "simple" to shoot such a pic. Is the pic cropped? You are tempting me to get the len.

yes many are cropped, however the 7D has so many pixels to spare and I am using master copies of 3000×2000. so you can go as far as 25% crop (i.e. keeping only ¼ of the frame) and still suffer no resizing loss.

[silane]

Silane,

Go got the lens =p

Thinking but, I must learn how to take pics of those cannot move, then to those can walk, then, those can shrimp, then those can fly.

yes many are cropped, however the 7D has so many pixels to spare and I am using master copies of 3000×2000. so you can go as far as 25% crop (i.e. keeping only ¼ of the frame) and still suffer no resizing loss.

Did you use raw? Does the jpeg format and raw make a different to the eyes? I cant see the different, I guess my eyes are not trained.

[genes]

Is there suppose to be a difference in raw and jpeg? I thought raw just opens up alot of tools for you to edit the photos.