Nightshoot newbie @ Biggin Hill

[timuss]

Firstly a big thank you to the guys at the Kent Spitfire for a great event, so enjoyable had a great time. Nice to meet PhilW breifly fantastic to see the Spits fired up in the dark with the flames shooting out.

As for the pics im a bit disappointed with them to be honest, may be my lack of experience with nightshoots, but i've come away wit a few keepers.

Thanks for looking C & C welcome.

Tim


Spitfire by Tim Spicer Photography, on Flickr


The Spirit Of Kent by Tim Spicer Photography, on Flickr


Legends by Tim Spicer Photography, on Flickr



Spitfire by Tim Spicer Photography, on Flickr

[timuss]

Kent Spitfires by Tim Spicer Photography, on Flickr


A helping hand by Tim Spicer Photography, on Flickr


prop blur by Tim Spicer Photography, on Flickr


Flaming Merlin by Tim Spicer Photography, on Flickr


Spitfire by Tim Spicer Photography, on Flickr

[tankbuster]

Why the disappointment, they look pretty good to me.

[Blackjack]

They look good to me too!! Wish mine had come out that well from the shoot!!

Was a good event though, hope they do another one!!

Well done Timuss, it was only my second night shoot and yours are far better than mine - keep up the good work!!

[aviationphoto]

Hi Tim,

I like the compositions, especially the first one. Also the last one has captured the prop disc and blue flames well

For what its worth (IMHO!) some of the night pics look a bit grainy - was it quite a high ISO you were shooting at? If I saw these in photoshop I would move the left hand slider on the levels to the right a little to try and hide this and give some more punch (plus adding some saturation and noise reduction). I shot mine at 200 ISO with 10 secs at f6.7 and made sure the histogram was to the right as much as possible to minimize any noise in the shadows when processing which seems to have worked!!

Cheers
Andy

[timuss]

Thanks guys all shot at 100 ISO. Still a lot to learn with this great fun though.

Cheers

Tim,

[gillman32]

MK912 Beats TA805 on the flame front! Great photos!

[PhilW]

..........great fun though.

Cheers

Tim,

And that's the most important aspect. Nothing wrong with that set Tim.