Singapore Airshow 2008 @Changi Exhibition Centre - Fujifilm S6500fd

[shgfun]

nice series. like 2 especially, can't get a clean shot like this during the public days.

 

[Clockunder]

I like ur composition #1 on the Chinook. But did u PP to blur out the background??

Thanks. Yes, I PP to blur out the background of Pic #1 and #2 so that the aircraft stands out. Otherwise, with the great DOF on prosumer cameras, the subject will blend too much with the background and look buried in a mess.

Although F/2.8 is possible, I shot both of them at F/5.6 on aperture priority to ensure sufficient DOF as I want to get almost all parts of the aircraft appears in focus. Then I blur out the background and surrounding in PP to give it a dreamy look.

 

[Clockunder]

nice series. like 2 especially, can't get a clean shot like this during the public days.

Thanks.

From this forum, I just got to know that it was a nightmare to visit the show today.

No wonder LKY, his wife, (former CJ) Yong Pung How and a few other LKY's kakis also visited on Thursday's trade day. :embrass:

 

[wranger]

Nice Pics :thumbsup:

 

[Clockunder]

Nice Pics :thumbsup:

Thanks. :embrass:

 

[vincecarlo]

Thanks.

I think the focusing speed of this camera is too slow to catch the planes if they're going fast. By the time the camera confirmed locked focus after I had pressed the shutter release button half way as I was panning, the planes had already moved a significant distance when I fully pressed the shutter release button down. As a result, the focus was often a little out already.

For such events, really need a DSLR with a lens able to go more than 300mm actual focal length.

Yes, DSLr would be better for the job, you have done a wonderful job working around the limitations. No easy feat;p

 

[teck21]

Thanks. Yes, I PP to blur out the background of Pic #1 and #2 so that the aircraft stands out. Otherwise, with the great DOF on prosumer cameras, the subject will blend too much with the background and look buried in a mess.

Although F/2.8 is possible, I shot both of them at F/5.6 on aperture priority to ensure sufficient DOF as I want to get almost all parts of the aircraft appears in focus. Then I blur out the background and surrounding in PP to give it a dreamy look.

nice and excellent photo ... may i know what does PP stand for?? newbies here thanks

 

[Clockunder]

nice and excellent photo ... may i know what does PP stand for?? newbies here thanks

Thanks.

PP = Post Processing = using software like Photoshop.

 

[jiaklormee]

very nicely shot....

same camera, shitty results for me....

plenty of pp work to do....

 

[LiewTL]

Hi, didn't know you took a shot at me.........nice shot

 

[Clockunder]

very nicely shot....

same camera, shitty results for me....

plenty of pp work to do....

The weather was still ok on Thursday (the day I went) and very good on Friday.

Apparently, Saturday was ok but Sunday was real bad.

It's normal that the pictures turn out quite flat/hazy when they're shot when the sun is almost right overhead above. So some post-processing is needed to adjust the colour balance and increase the contrast, saturation and sharpness. To avoid under-exposing the underneath of the aircraft under such shooting angle and light direction, I used +0.67EV on aperture or shutter priority with matrix/pattern metering (Without +EV, the bright sky could easily result in under-exposure of the aircraft as any auto exposure would try to expose the bright sky as mid tone). The negative consequence is over-exposing the sky and losing much details of the sky and aircraft smoke trails. Some people have instead used -EV to keep as much details of the sky and smoke trails as possible but ended up with the aircrafts too dark in some shots.

For post-processing, I used the exposure tool to adjust the gamma (towards more -ve so that contrast is enhance without losing any of the hightlights) and then I adjusted the colour balance (tends to be too blue using auto White balance when the sky is a little cloudy as the subject is illuminated more by blue light reflected in the sky and less by the more reddish direct sunlight).

Luckily, the light condition on Thursday was not as bad as Sunday which I guess was probably a nightmare for photography.

 

[Clockunder]

Hi, didn't know you took a shot at me.........nice shot

Hi there!!!

The candid shots were all taken when the Alenia Aermacchi M-346 was flying and too far for me to shoot. The 2 big black mama lenses were very eye-catching.

Nice website you have there : http://liewtlphoto.com/main/default.asp

 

[jiaklormee]

The weather was still ok on Thursday (the day I went) and very good on Friday.

Apparently, Saturday was ok but Sunday was real bad.

It's normal that the pictures turn out quite flat/hazy when they're shot when the sun is almost right overhead above. So some post-processing is needed to adjust the colour balance and increase the contrast, saturation and sharpness. To avoid under-exposing the underneath of the aircraft under such shooting angle and light direction, I used +0.67EV on aperture or shutter priority with matrix/pattern metering (Without +EV, the bright sky could easily result in under-exposure of the aircraft as any auto exposure would try to expose the bright sky as mid tone). The negative consequence is over-exposing the sky and losing much details of the sky and aircraft smoke trails. Some people have instead used -EV to keep as much details of the sky and smoke trails as possible but ended up with the aircrafts too dark in some shots.

For post-processing, I used the exposure tool to adjust the gamma (towards more -ve so that contrast is enhance without losing any of the hightlights) and then I adjusted the colour balance (tends to be too blue using auto White balance when the sky is a little cloudy as the subject is illuminated more by blue light reflected in the sky and less by the more reddish direct sunlight).

Luckily, the light condition on Thursday was not as bad as Sunday which I guess was probably a nightmare for photography.

Hmm....Tried your suggestions above. But i can't seem to get the same colours as yours. Mine seemed to be duller. I also cannot remove the "haze" using the suggestions above...

Hmm....:dunno:

 

[Clockunder]

Hmm....Tried your suggestions above. But i can't seem to get the same colours as yours. Mine seemed to be duller. I also cannot remove the "haze" using the suggestions above...

Hmm....:dunno:

I don't know which day you went but on the day I went (Thursday), it was quite sunny during the flying display although we didn't have a clear blue sky. So I guess it was easier to photoshop the pictures than those taken on some other days (especially those on Saturday and Sunday).

Here is an example of an uncropped and unprocessed (except resized down to 800x600) out of the camera. I used Aperture Priority with +0.67 EV to avoid under-exposure of the aircraft as I was using a matrix type of metering.

Here is the cropped and processed picture :