RC & Photography
04-26-2010, 09:14 PM
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I completely agree... Art, for art's sake, is very subjective. While that shot works very well for me, your shot of the "Bulldog" with the Model in the park does not. Is it a bad photograph? Certainly not. It just doesn't have any impact on me like the simple heli shot does.
04-27-2010, 01:00 AM
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Hey guys, Please upload your photos directly to RCU.
Don't attach images from Photobucket or some other outside source as the pictures cause the thread to really slow down. Plus, it makes them more difficult to see
Thanks!
Hey guys, Please upload your photos directly to RCU.
Don't attach images from Photobucket or some other outside source as the pictures cause the thread to really slow down. Plus, it makes them more difficult to see
Thanks!
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04-27-2010, 01:15 AM
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TJ,
I like some of your pics on your website (really good website, by the way). Since getting into photography, I found that I personally like candid shots with people and their airplanes. On your website, the album called "Joe Nall - The People" is my favorite.
On another note... What equipment to you use for your arial photographs?
Josh
I like some of your pics on your website (really good website, by the way). Since getting into photography, I found that I personally like candid shots with people and their airplanes. On your website, the album called "Joe Nall - The People" is my favorite.
On another note... What equipment to you use for your arial photographs?
Josh
04-27-2010, 06:38 AM
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Thank you for the compliments. I'm hoping to do better with the candid shots this year. The few images of yours that I could see really inspired me.
For my Aerial shots I'm using an 80" WS electric foamie called the "Super Solution" designed by Mike Evans ("Power" on RCGroups.com), and I have my older Canon Rebel XTi (350D) with the 18-55 EF lens on it. I did have a "Hawkeye" designed by Joel Scholtz with a Canon A640 on it, but lost it in high winds. The "Super Solution" has a little more control (elevator) than the "Hawkeye", can carry more weight (I'll eventually have video downlink to help compose shots - I'm shooting blind now [&o]), and is a dream to fly. The only advantage the "Hawkeye" had over the "Super Solution" is that I could adjust the camera angle from more oblique to more horizontal while in flight. The Mobile, AL, skyline shots were done with the "Hawkeye" back in December.
The second image is my camera plane. The camera would sit where the "fuel" tank is rubber banded on. It was just there in place of the camera for the initial test flights (with lead shot to match the weight of the camera).
For my Aerial shots I'm using an 80" WS electric foamie called the "Super Solution" designed by Mike Evans ("Power" on RCGroups.com), and I have my older Canon Rebel XTi (350D) with the 18-55 EF lens on it. I did have a "Hawkeye" designed by Joel Scholtz with a Canon A640 on it, but lost it in high winds. The "Super Solution" has a little more control (elevator) than the "Hawkeye", can carry more weight (I'll eventually have video downlink to help compose shots - I'm shooting blind now [&o]), and is a dream to fly. The only advantage the "Hawkeye" had over the "Super Solution" is that I could adjust the camera angle from more oblique to more horizontal while in flight. The Mobile, AL, skyline shots were done with the "Hawkeye" back in December.
The second image is my camera plane. The camera would sit where the "fuel" tank is rubber banded on. It was just there in place of the camera for the initial test flights (with lead shot to match the weight of the camera).
06-11-2010, 09:02 PM
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Great photos guys. I too enjoy both RC flying and photography my only draw back is I don't spend enough time with either one to become really good but hey its only a hobby. I have been practicing panning with a slower shutter speed to try an get the motion effect. Here are a few shots from my first couple attempts.
06-11-2010, 09:29 PM
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Just for grins and giggles, some of this past weekend's shots from the Red Bull Air Race in Windsor/Detroit. Oh...and I must reiterate something i said earlier in this thread...The folks at lensrentals.com kick very large truckloads of ***. They are simply awesome.
Enjoy.
Full album from the weekend may be found here.
Enjoy.
Full album from the weekend may be found here.
06-12-2010, 04:43 AM
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...The folks at lensrentals.com kick very large truckloads of ***. They are simply awesome.
...The folks at lensrentals.com kick very large truckloads of ***. They are simply awesome.
06-26-2010, 10:30 AM
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niiiiice. thats one camera that i would trade my canon gear for. those 70-200 2.8 lenses are nice, but i find the range of a crop body with a 55-250 unbeatable when shooting RC 
06-28-2010, 01:27 PM
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I like the term "crop body", it's the first time I heard it but will make sure it won't be the last. The f2.8 wouldn't be for strictly for RC, need more light for other stuff. I tell you if Nikon doesn't do a modern 70-400mm soon I may go over to a 7D (but would be extremely hard to do after all these years with Nikon).
06-28-2010, 05:57 PM
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Just found this thread so thought I would offer up some of my shots for you guys to have a look at. All taken with a Canon 40D and either a Sigma 120-300 2.8 or a Canon 35-350L
I have the pleasure to fly with some real good pilots so I do get the camera out quite often
I have the pleasure to fly with some real good pilots so I do get the camera out quite often
06-28-2010, 08:45 PM
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sfsjkid,
If I may offer a critique, on several of your photos now, i've seen some pretty significant grain, making me think you're shooting a fairly fast ISO. 800 maybe?
Given that you're picking up a third of the prop arc or so, and since most of your shots are outdoors, looks to me like you've got some time to play with.
If I may, I'd suggest coming down to 400 or even 200 ISO, and opening up the aperture a stop or two, keeping the shutter speed the same. You should, at that point, get the same prop arc, less grain, and even sharper edges. You'll lose some depth of field, of course, but i think most of your shots can handle that.
Just friendly suggestions...i might be completely full of ****, of course. *lol*
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having said that, i should note....there's a couple of yours i love. That shot above with the Yak inverted in its smoke is AWESOME....and the sunset shot is a really nice piece of "different thinking" imo.
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having said that, i should note....there's a couple of yours i love. That shot above with the Yak inverted in its smoke is AWESOME....and the sunset shot is a really nice piece of "different thinking" imo.
06-28-2010, 09:37 PM
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Do you see grain in all of the shots? Partially that is due to the fact that I got them off of our club gallery (ie compressed a couple of times). Thanks!
06-29-2010, 08:08 AM
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That probably explains much of it, yeah.
I see it in most, but it's definitely worse in some than others. The inverted yak pic above, for example, has significant graininess imo, compared to the shot of the ultimate, which has very little.
It could certainly be jpeg artifacts from resizing and compression however, no doubt.
