Re: 2022 National Championship Air Races Photos
Neal,
Thanks for weighing in. I agree, you have to be there to get the shot. That is the main reason I'm one of the first in the gate (usually) and pretty much the last out. Before and after the gates close are really my favorite times to be out there. In the case of the Bardahl shot at sunrise, I was actually late (slept through the alarm). Most of the people had already shot it and left. Still, I was out there, and rolled the dice on under exposing the shot then "fixing" it in LR after the fact. Clearly the idea worked.
As far as interesting light, it was really really tough this year. The mornings would sometimes be clear, or would start smokey, clear and then smoke up again. Because of this we didn't try and do any sunrise shoots. We got lucky on this. I think it was Tony Cruz (Deepsky) who set this one up. For all of the frustration in 2022, there were some really cool photo ops. Not many, and you had to be ready, but they did pop up. As you stated, you had to be there to take advantage.
from the pylons, there wasn't a lot you could do with the smoke.
If anything, I think the smoke made me learn how to minimize its influence with post processing. Often, a black and white shot was really the best idea.
For those people in the know, who is this gentleman helping Pete with Shanty Irish? He seemed to know his stuff, but I haven't the slightest idea who he is.
Will
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Thanks for weighing in. I agree, you have to be there to get the shot. That is the main reason I'm one of the first in the gate (usually) and pretty much the last out. Before and after the gates close are really my favorite times to be out there. In the case of the Bardahl shot at sunrise, I was actually late (slept through the alarm). Most of the people had already shot it and left. Still, I was out there, and rolled the dice on under exposing the shot then "fixing" it in LR after the fact. Clearly the idea worked.
As far as interesting light, it was really really tough this year. The mornings would sometimes be clear, or would start smokey, clear and then smoke up again. Because of this we didn't try and do any sunrise shoots. We got lucky on this. I think it was Tony Cruz (Deepsky) who set this one up. For all of the frustration in 2022, there were some really cool photo ops. Not many, and you had to be ready, but they did pop up. As you stated, you had to be there to take advantage.
from the pylons, there wasn't a lot you could do with the smoke.
If anything, I think the smoke made me learn how to minimize its influence with post processing. Often, a black and white shot was really the best idea.
For those people in the know, who is this gentleman helping Pete with Shanty Irish? He seemed to know his stuff, but I haven't the slightest idea who he is.
Will
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