Shutterspeed, looking for photo's

Dennisf16 · Post by **Dennisf16** » 15 Jul 2008, 16:38

Hello everybody,

I am going with my parents on holiday next week to Italy, near the city of Bolzano on a camping. I have never seen a huey before so I want to take a look and photograph some AB205's during my holiday at Bolzano.

I am not a very experienced photographer. Can you people post your photo's of huey's with shutterspeeds. I want to try the TV switch on my 300D but I do not know which shutterspeed I must select to photograph a huey. I do not want a still blade, but dynamic.

I am looking for pictures from hueys and the shutterspeed that is used for that photo so Me and everybody can see what is a good shutterspeed for a huey type helicopter. Thank you,

groeten,

Dennis van Nooijen

marcel32us · Post by **marcel32us** » 15 Jul 2008, 17:18

A quick google search gave this pic (not one of myself!!) with a shutterspeed of 200:

Not a very special pic, but quite a nice rotoblur IMHO.

BTW: topic should be in photography

Thijs · Post by **Thijs** » 15 Jul 2008, 17:26

BTW: topic should be in photography

Done, to answer your question, mostly trial and error works good. Just try and take a look at your shots when the rotorblur is sufficient in your opinion. Mostly i use 1/60 to 1/250. But it depends on various factors, like distance to the subject, rarity of the subject.

Have fun over there

Redskin301 · Post by **Redskin301** » 15 Jul 2008, 19:12

In most situations i use 1/125 or 1/160 for helo's. The Huey is two-bladed
sow i would go for 1/125 for a nice rotorblur. But like they allready said it
also depends on the distance.

And another point is the angle of view on the helo, if you see the main rotor
just as a single line, you can use much faster shetterspeeds like
1/500. This because it has no effect when you use longer shutterspeeds

An example:

Here you see the main rotor as a single line because this pic is straight
from the front of the helo. You see the rotorblades falling behind
eachother sow rotorblur with long shutterspeeds doesn't have an effect

ISO 100, 260mm, f6.3, 1/500

Here you see the main rotor as a circle because this pic is taken from
another angle. The rotorblades are not behind eachother and thus long
shutterspeeds have effect.

ISO 100, 310mm, f16, 1/125

Be aware that helicopter photography is quite difficult with those shutter
speeds, it is a very underestimated sport by many photographers. It
is much more difficult to take a very good shot of a helo than a plane
to my opinion.

I hope you have enough info to take a shot of those Huey's, good luck
and i'm currious about the results

planespotters.nl · Post by **planespotters.nl** » 15 Jul 2008, 23:13

Iso 100; Shutterspeed 1/500; F8.0; 300mm

Not Really Blur but a sharp image this photo is also taken with A Canon EOS 300D with 70-300 F4-5.6 USM IS

Heron · Post by **Heron** » 16 Jul 2008, 00:45

Goodmeurnin',

this one was taken at the Dutch Air Force Open Days at Leeuwarden 2008.
G-HUEY, 1/80, F.16 on 100iso and -1/3 exposure correction

In this case I was lucky because the movement of the helicopter was slow and towards me, but still it could have been sharper

But that's what you get with slow shutterspeeds

Glidepath · Post by **Glidepath** » 16 Jul 2008, 09:47

Goede instelling om de rotorbladen niet te bevriezen. Bedenk: goed fotograferen is een kunst.
Mijn filosofie is dat een draaiende staartrotor bij voorkeur een cirkel moet blijven vormen.
maak de sluitertijd zo lang mogelijk. boven de 320 zou ik liever niet gaan zitten. ga voor 80-125-180-evt 250 als uitgangspunt. verder heel zachtjes ontspanknop indrukken, ademhaling controleren, stabiel staan.

tip:
maak als het kan van elke langsvliegende kist enkele plaatjes met verschillende sluitertijden. (Thuis of onderweg oefenen met compositie vasthouden én het instelwiel voor de sluitertijd rap verstellen é n afdrukken. )
Lukt dat niet of kan dat soms niet, gebruik dan verschillende tijden bij iedere volgende kist. Dan zit er altijd wel iets bij dat of scherp is of draaiende bladen laat zien.
Succes!

DJMikey · Post by **DJMikey** » 16 Jul 2008, 10:10

ISO 100, shutterspeed 1/130, f/10

ISO 100, shutterspeed 1/160, f/9

Grt, Mike.

Dennisf16 · Post by **Dennisf16** » 16 Jul 2008, 12:31

Thanks all for the reactions. I am looking especially to Huey photo's because they are diffrent because of the 2 blades.

Keep on posting the huey photos! thanks

Dennisf16

Paul · Post by **Paul** » 16 Jul 2008, 22:48

1/125 sec.

1/60sec.

1/160sec.

Regards, Paul.

Tom Tiger · Post by **Tom Tiger** » 21 Jul 2008, 08:29

Deleted.... moderators please remove this obviously obsolete post

Paul · Post by **Paul** » 21 Jul 2008, 14:40

Tom Tiger wrote:1/125 fstop 16 iso 320

Mr. Tom,
did you read the message posted by Dennis?

I am looking especially to Huey photo's because they are diffrent because of the 2 blades.

Keep on posting the huey photos! thanks

Paul.

Tom Tiger · Post by **Tom Tiger** » 21 Jul 2008, 17:22

sorry, my bad, wrong shot....

This is the correct one

1/100th, fstop 29, iso 400

<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3134/268 ... ef52_b.jpg" width="1024" height="732" alt="Kleine Brogel 2008">

And it's even a Huey

And another.... 1/160 fstop 11 iso400

<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3050/268 ... d62f_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="Kleine Brogel 2008">

Redskin301 · Post by **Redskin301** » 21 Jul 2008, 18:39

One question from my side Tom, why are you using ISO400 with a shutter of 1/160, istead of ISO100 with 1/160

If i look to your f value it must be possible, correct me if i'm wrong

Tom Tiger · Post by **Tom Tiger** » 21 Jul 2008, 18:48

Redskin301 wrote:One question from my side Tom, why are you using ISO400 with a shutter of 1/160, istead of ISO100 with 1/160 If i look to your f value it must be possible, correct me if i'm wrong

I know.... but it was cloudy and cold at Kleine Brogel last friday, I was shooting f16's before the Huey came round and I simply forgot... so I had set it to 400 iso. It worked better in the second shot, the first is not very sharp the second is better (I leaned on the fence for that one).