Close-ups of a virgin.....

[nat]

.......and some others from the airshow that was part of the opening of the new airport terminal in Adelaide!!

70mm 1/640th f/9


I guess you have to lean out of the window if you don't have any rear-view mirrors!
300mm 1/2000th f/5.6


This diver has just jumped from 4000feet
300mm 1/640th f/7.1


This flag was huge!!
300mm 1/640th f/7.1


This guy was on his way back down in a vertical dive
300mm 1/640th f/9


Roulettes - these guys are awesome to watch
300mm 1/400th f/9


These guys wingtips are often only 3m apart!
300mm 1/400th f/9


All images taken with the D70s + Nikkor AFG 70-300mm. I really must learn how to get sharper photos. These are some of the better ones, but others were no good. eg I was not happy with either of the FA/18 shots from its flyover. Its a bugger because you only get one chance!

Suggestions for improvement / general comments really appreciated - its the only way I'll learn!!

Thanks for looking

Nat

[shutterbug]

hmmmmmm......you got me excited for 1 sec


Love the last 3 images

[mdboo]

# 4 is nice.
The others seem "distant" to me...

oh, clever manipulation of the title

[Alpha_7]

I got excited too, and wasn't disappointed... although it wasn't what I was expecting..

Love the huge flag, it's awesome...

[Greg B]

Nice work, good shots.

I wasn't that attracted by the title, kinda like new shoes, they are much more comfortable after you have worn them a couple of times.

I have to get to the next Avalon airshow and stop being a slacker.

My suggestion re sharpness etc etc is to get a 70-200 VR or an 80-400 VR, that should do it. Or a good quality prime. The 70-300's (Nikon, Sigma and Tamron) are good lenses, but at the budget end of things.

Having said that, I loved my Tamron until I got the 80-400 VR.

[Willy wombat]

I quite like the flag picture. It looks massive and is displaying quite well (ie not bunched up too much).

[chris1968]

great series of shots!

hope yer man in #2 does not try winding his window down to ask for directions at 38000 feet........

[nat]

Thanks for commenting guys.

The others seem "distant" to me...

I thought that too, but unfortunately thats as far as I could reach. If the sharpness had been better I may have been able to crop and resize more severely, but alas....

My suggestion re sharpness etc etc is to get a 70-200 VR or an 80-400 VR, that should do it. Or a good quality prime. The 70-300's (Nikon, Sigma and Tamron) are good lenses, but at the budget end of things.

Yeah - I know, but....$$$$$. I will have to persist with the 70-300 for now (just had to spend over 2k on car repairs ). I was hoping some of our members had worked out the optimum f-stop etc for this lens and were prepared to share this knowledge

Cheers

[KerryPierce]

Nice shots, Nat. I think my fav is the jumper with the flag.

[MattC]

....I was hoping some of our members had worked out the optimum f-stop etc for this lens and were prepared to share this knowledge

Maybe not definitive, but I get decent results in the F8 - F11 range and at focal lengths less than 200 mm - anything above tends to be soft.

I like the flag shot.