Robin19966

what settings would you use for shooting air show featuring blue angels. thak you. should be a sunny day. thanks

htsmith Loc: Glen Burnie, MD

Set your camera on S and use high SS to stop action.
See photos.

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

Settings depend on the light.
There are no specific setting for specific situations, settings that may be good one day may not work the next.
htsmith gave you good advice on using a fast shutter speed, aperture and ISO will depend on the light conditions.

tsilva Loc: Arizona

Put the sun at your back if you can. Do NOT use high shutter speed for propellor planes or helicopters. Very few things look more stupid than a prop plane or copter in the air with frozen blades.

timepass Loc: Yardley,PA

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: Your shots are terrific.I saw the Blue Angels at Alantic city,the photo's I took weren't very good.The weather was very hazy,I only had a 200mm lens.Just not close enough.I'd love to know what size lens you were using,maybe I can get better shot's.

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

What was the Angel in #3 releasing to get that cloud.

R.G. Loc: Scotland

It's the condensation of atmospheric moisture due to a sudden drop in pressure above the wings.

PS - If you develop your panning skills you won't be dependent on very high shutter speeds to freeze the jets.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

Which camera and which lens?

Robin19966

nikon d7200 with 300mm lens

htsmith Loc: Glen Burnie, MD

My photos were taken with a Nikon D300 with Tamron 150 to 600mm. Some PS post processing.
#1- f13/ss500/iso200
#2- f13/ss500/iso200
#3- f11/ss1000/iso200

timepass Loc: Yardley,PA

Thanks for your reply HT,I'll make a note of your settings next time I take photo's of an air show.I have to get a longer lens.

Robin19966

Thank you HT. very helpful, your photos show the proof is in the pudding. thanks again.

waegwan Loc: Mae Won Li

Really nice shots; how far were you pushing the focal length?

Capture48 Loc: Arizona

when I hear people ask "What settings do I use" It means they do not understand the most basics of photography, the exposure triangle. You would do a lot better to go back and read until you understand the exposure triangle. We can only give you what settings we used, but they will not necessarily work for you unless you have the exact same light and cloud cover, and orientation to the sun. Also the settings you might use for a prop vs a jet will probably be very different depending on if you want to blur the props or the background to show movement.

You said it should be a sunny day, so start with the sunny 16 rule and adjust from there. If you don't know what the sunny 16 rule is, or how to adjust, then you need to start reading up on exposure, and or use one of the priority modes such as Aperture and allow the camera to make decisions for you. You will get a lot of people telling you just what settings to use, but most will be incorrect for your situation unless they are telling you to use a priority mode. The only people who can give you the exact settings to use are the ones standing next to you at the event.

As someone said earlier there are some panning techniques that have to be used to blur the background. This will force a change to your settings. There is no one setting that will work for every shot at an air show.

DavidPine Loc: Fredericksburg, TX

I used my D810 and 70-200 f/2.8 to capture these at a recent air show. 200mm, F/5.6, ISO 800, 1/4000. The combined speed of the passing jets was reported to be 1,000 mph.

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