Lens for flyover? (Page 2): Gorgeous!!!

leenso52

Gorgeous!!!

leenso52

Gene51 wrote:

You don't say what camera you're using, but generally, a 70-200 should be fine if you are using a full frame camera. It is not possible to make a better recommendation without knowing how high they will be.

The first was @185mm, 1/2000, F4. The second was @300mm F4. The last was @600mmF4. You don't need a particularly fast lens if your panning skills are good.

Gorgeous!

OnDSnap Loc: NE New Jersey

From inside the cockpit....
https://www.facebook.com/davidcharns/videos/264128551437409/?v=264128551437409

ELNikkor

70-300 will give more versatility, the faster f-stop of the 70-200 is not necessary.

Rab-Eye Loc: Indiana

Thank you all for your responses.

xt2 Loc: British Columbia, Canada

Gene51 wrote:

You don't say what camera you're using, but generally, a 70-200 should be fine if you are using a full frame camera. It is not possible to make a better recommendation without knowing how high they will be.

The first was @185mm, 1/2000, F4. The second was @300mm F4. The last was @600mmF4. You don't need a particularly fast lens if your panning skills are good.

The last one is the $$$ shot IMHO.

Cheers!

Indi Loc: L. I., NY, Palm Beach Cty when it's cold.

Rab-Eye wrote:

The Blue Angels will be flying over a local hospital tomorrow, and I would like to try to shoot it. I've never shot planes, but I'm guessing a 70-200 would be a good choice, or a 70-300. Is that correct, or do I need a shorter lens?

Thanks!

They flew over Long Island a couple of days ago. I used my Sigma 18mm-300mm. Didn’t go the full 300mm.
There were also the Thunderbirds who started so I couldn’t get both at the same time. There was also a group of white jets, that wasn’t mentioned in any of the blurbs from the news media. They looked like Canadian jets I had seen At an air show a few years ago.
They cam about 15 minutes earlier than advertised. If some guys in front of me hadn’t started to point, I would have missed them completely.

Indi Loc: L. I., NY, Palm Beach Cty when it's cold.

alx wrote:

Your 70-200 should be fine. Based on yesterday's joint Blue Angels/Thunderbirds flyover in the NY area, all they do is fly over in diamond formation trailing smoke. There was no maneuvering or performance. It is not an airshow, if that's what you are thinking. If you happen to get a blue sky, a polarizer is the only thing you might want to enhance your shots.

You were lucky. Friends in Queens also said there was smoke and together in formation. Not on Long Island.

Richard Engelmann Loc: Boulder, Colorado

The Thunderbirds made a regional flyover in Colorado last week, it was fun! However, they fly at much lower altitudes than I had expected and were rather far off. I expect that the Blue Angels, like the Thunderbirds, will be connecting dots, with hospitals as the dots. You really should find an open field near a hospital. The flight path may be published.

davidrb Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel

Rab-Eye wrote:

The Blue Angels will be flying over a local hospital tomorrow, and I would like to try to shoot it. I've never shot planes, but I'm guessing a 70-200 would be a good choice, or a 70-300. Is that correct, or do I need a shorter lens?

Thanks!

Might the hospital be Methodist on 16th Street?

davidrb Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel

ft wrote:

The Thunderbirds and Blue Angels flew over and aro... (show quote)

You should be happy! Your shot of the two teams each flying a diamond spread with a slot is not one you will likely see again. This formation is easy to fly using one tier but to stack the two formations is difficult. The a/c in the slot is lower than the other 5. They actually had 4 tiers of planes flying close formation and that is very difficult to achieve. The F-18 in the slot is really the meat in between two pieces of bread in a sandwich. I can't think of another sport that requires the trust in one's teammates as this. Your photograph is a keeper, one that very few people will ever make.

Tom86

All of these photos are great regardless of which lesnes were used, especially for us who couldn't observe. Thanks for sharing.

Davidka

I shot these photo using Canon 5d Mark VI, Manual 1600/f8 ISO auto (400 at time of picture) Aircraft in northern sky to deep blue. Have your camera set because they pass you very quickly. Enjoy and be careful.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

Rab-Eye wrote:

The Blue Angels will be flying over a local hospital tomorrow, and I would like to try to shoot it. I've never shot planes, but I'm guessing a 70-200 would be a good choice, or a 70-300. Is that correct, or do I need a shorter lens?

Thanks!

Depends on the Blue Angels height of flight. I am assuming they may come lower over the cities and then go back up without blowing as much smoke and travel along to the next city.
So, depends on where your going to photograph them. In or around town, I would say the 70-200, but since they both have the same wide side, I would suggest the 70-300, then you should be able to get what you want, and it depends, is that 70-300 on a cropped sensor? But I would say to stay with the 70-300, it is more of an insurance policy than using the 70-200.

Bill UT

I’m in Park City UT area.

Have 2 Caneras and 3 lenses.

Sony 6400 with 18-135

Nikon 750 D with Sigma 150-600 and the Nikkor 24-120.

I’ve tired for 4 + years to get a good shot and have not succeeded.

F35 Flyover today is at 2:45.

Suggestions. I’m not a very good photographer, but have gotten lucky a few times. I work mostly with the camera presets.