V & C Impressions

Almost Grey Nomads caravaning around Australia

Month: June 2018

  • Pic of the Day – Currumbin Beach

    An early morning sunrise shoot from last year.
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    Canon EOS 6D
    Iso 100, f/8, 15sec, 35mm
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  • Pic of the Day

    Sunset from Point Cartwright Lighthouse.
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    Canon EOS 6D Mark II
    Iso 400, 1/60, f/11, 40mm
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  • Whats New in Lightroom 7.4

    Matt Kloskowski

    On June 20th, 2018 Adobe released Lightroom 7.4 which has a few new feature updates to Lightroom Classic, CC as well as Lightroom Mobile on your phones and tablets. In this video we’ll take a look at what’s new.

  • Aurora HDR – Update

    Skylum Software has released the latest update to its award-winning photo editing software, Aurora HDR, bringing improved performance, new features, and updated tools to both MacOS and Windows versions.
    There is a discount for those upgrading from a previous version.
    Read more: https://skylum.com/blog/aurora-hdr-is-better-than-ever
     

  • Pic of the day – Beachmere

    from Instagram: https://ift.tt/2tnYRHn
    Canon EOS 6D Mark II
    iso100, 30 sec. f/9.5 16 mm

  • Making Great Images Isn't Easy

    Thomas Eaton –

     I discuss the notion of keepers in landscape photography and discuss some of my images that I think are portfolio worthy and some that aren’t. The key message here is that making great images isn’t easy, so don’t worry if things don’t always go your way.

  • Pic of the day – Beachmere

    Beachmere Sunrise June 2018
    Beachmere Sunrise June 2018

    Canon EOS 6D Mark I

    iso 100, 1/8sec, f/11 21mm

     

  • Byron Bay

    Byron Bay sunset-June 2018
    Byron Bay sunset-June 2018

    Canon 6D Mk II iso 200, f/13, 2 sec 100mm

  • Picture of the Day

    The Red Baron. Canon 6D Mk II 1/750 at f 5.6 ISO 640 at 600mm

  • Peak Design Anchor Recall

    In June 2018 we announced an update of our Anchor connectors. Customers with earlier versions of our Anchors may be eligible for a free Anchor Update Kit. Read on for details.

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    Read more at https://support.peakdesign.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000833866

  • Red Thunder Air Show – 2018

    Red Thunder Air Show – 2018

    I was looking forward to attending the Red Thunder Air Show, it has been a long time since I had been to an air show. The last air show was Wings over Wairarapa in New Zealand in 2009, at that time I had the Canon 350D with probably a Canon 18 – 55 standard kit lens. Since those days I have been taking more of an interest in photography and post-processing and spent quite a bit more money on equipment.

    Technical Stuff

    Shooting moving objects at speed and using a long telephoto lens has its challenges, so this necessitated a change in camera settings. I usually shoot in Aperture Priority mode (AV), but in this case, I wanted to control the shutter speed. The Canon 6D Mark II was set up as follows. Take note that I was for the morning shooting into the sun, as the day progressed the sun moved over to my left so there was a need for changing exposure settings depending on where the plane was. Rather than me trying to do this all day in Manual mode, I thought it best to let the camera sort it out.
    The reason for using exposure compensation, I didn’t mind blowing out the sky a little, but I did want some color in the planes, not just a silhouette of them.
    All photos are handheld.

    • Shooting Mode Tv (Shutter Priority) Shutter range from 1/180 – 1/1500
    • Iso set to Auto (range from 100 – 12800)
    • Exposure compensation + .5  to +2
    • Zone AF
    • AI Servo
    • Drive mode, Low-Speed Continuous.
    • Sigma 150 – 600 Contemporary
    • Canon 70 – 300 IS USM

    The Sigma lens is a beast of a lens, heavy and bulky, but with a reach of 600mm, it could pull in small planes that are far away. The Canon lens is definitely a lot more manageable and had the advantage of a shorter zoom range which came in handy when the planes weren’t too far away.

    Spitfire MK XVI
    Spitfire MK XVI
    Fokker DR1
    Fokker DR1
    T-34 Mentor
    T-34 Mentor
    L-39 Albatross
    L-39 Albatross
    YAK-3 Steadfast - Red Thunder Air Show - 2018
    YAK-3 Steadfast – Red Thunder Air Show – 2018
    Bristol F2.B Fighter
    Bristol F2.B Fighter

     

     

    Summary

    I am pleased with the images. When comparing to my earlier Airshow photos from 2009, there is a definite improvement. This can be put down to having a better camera and lens setup and also having a better understanding of how to control the camera.
    It was a good day out, and since the airshow is close to Brisbane I will most likely have another go at the next Red Thunder Air Show.