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Following my shoot of last year's meet of the Russian Roolettes Aerobatic Team at Wangaratta Aerodrome
I was again fortunate enough to have been given the opportunity to shoot air-to-air in one of these amazing Russian Fighter Trainers.
Doug (65yrs) is a very wry Scot and a highly experienced aerobatics pilot.
Before take-off I asked how close we would be flying to the other airplane as I needed to know which lens to use.
"About 50ft", he said. There were moments when it looked like I could have stood with a foot on the wingtip of each.
The other was being flown by Allen, an A380 Airbus pilot for qantas.
Safety rules require that no loose objects must be taken aboard these airplanes
as if they were to drop there is the possibility of them fouling control cables that pass through the cockpit.
That meant no in-flight lens changes, so the 12-60mm proved to be the right choice for the job.
Realising that vibration and fast moving targets would characterize the shoot
I decided to preset the E-3 to Shutter Priority and let other settings automatically set themselves.
I also set the exposure compensation to -0.7EV to prevent highlight burnouts.
The screenshot shows typical settings of all the aerial shots.
I was again fortunate enough to have been given the opportunity to shoot air-to-air in one of these amazing Russian Fighter Trainers.
Doug (65yrs) is a very wry Scot and a highly experienced aerobatics pilot.
Before take-off I asked how close we would be flying to the other airplane as I needed to know which lens to use.
"About 50ft", he said. There were moments when it looked like I could have stood with a foot on the wingtip of each.
The other was being flown by Allen, an A380 Airbus pilot for qantas.
Safety rules require that no loose objects must be taken aboard these airplanes
as if they were to drop there is the possibility of them fouling control cables that pass through the cockpit.
That meant no in-flight lens changes, so the 12-60mm proved to be the right choice for the job.
Realising that vibration and fast moving targets would characterize the shoot
I decided to preset the E-3 to Shutter Priority and let other settings automatically set themselves.
I also set the exposure compensation to -0.7EV to prevent highlight burnouts.
The screenshot shows typical settings of all the aerial shots.
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