Just for fun, what are the 'cliche' shots
Another thing there'll never be a consensus for.
And, lets face it, so what?
This will probably upset a few people but ... here goes
Steam trains
This will probably upset a few people but ... here goes
Steam trains
What, all of them? The whole gamut from 'steam in the landscape' to close ups of valve gear???
Fancy saving me the learning curve and giving me a good exposure time for propped planes Mike?
1/200 or longer for most aeroplanes with propellers.
For the very slow-rotating WW1 aircraft, and things like the Tiger Moth or Stampe, slower still.
For WW2 aircraft with higher prop speeds, you can afford to go a bit shorter than 1/200, but probably no shorter than 1/250 unless they're taking off, with the prop in fine pitch.
Thanks for that...might save me a wasted opportunity,
Sometimes I'm serious and sometimes not, but I consider sarcasm an artform. Which is it today?
Fancy saving me the learning curve and giving me a good exposure time for propped planes Mike?
I did the same thing my first time
I have found 1/250th about right for most prop aircraft (apart from planes like the big Lancaster). Helicopters need a lot slower, especially the Chinook.
Even 1/160th is too fast for the Chinook
Jets: as fast as you can get away with.
Sometimes I'm serious and sometimes not, but I consider sarcasm an artform. Which is it today?
As you can see, 1/250 is quite a bit too fast. 1/125 or even longer would have been a lot better:
Fixed-pitch props on landing aircraft also go considerably slower - this is 1/125:
Higher-revving props, especially with lots of blades, let you get away with shorter exposures - this one (working hard to keep up with the Hunter) is about as fast as you'll get away with at 1/320, but the Tiger Moth would have looked awful.
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e.g. you go to the Hepworth museum and take a picture of a sculpture then enter it into a comp, as if you were Duchamp adding your own sprinkle of magic dust to make it Art++.
Any photo of art immediate cliche uless you are a DaDa master. I mean, it's what the effing artist intended, it's supposed to look good... it's already Art!
(scluptures, pictures, architecture.... etc etc.)
sigh.... off to look for my medication .....I'm a guilty hypocrite
I do like photos of Graffiti .... not sure everyone thinks of it as art though
With a Banksy it's probably advisable as it will be stripped and sold in New York quicker than you can say "formaldelhyde cow".
With the other stuff, I suppose it's ephemera and fair enough as a record but I'm stiff sniffy
I do like photos of Graffiti .... not sure everyone thinks of it as art though
With a Banksy it's probably advisable as it will be stripped and sold in New York quicker than you can say "formaldelhyde cow".
With the other stuff, I suppose it's ephemera and fair enough as a record but I'm stiff sniffy
I've got three original Banksy's. Sadly they aren't the big "worth a lot of money" examples.
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Fancy saving me the learning curve and giving me a good exposure time for propped planes Mike?
1/200 or longer for most aeroplanes with propellers.
For the very slow-rotating WW1 aircraft, and things like the Tiger Moth or Stampe, slower still.
For WW2 aircraft with higher prop speeds, you can afford to go a bit shorter than 1/200, but probably no shorter than 1/250 unless they're taking off, with the prop in fine pitch.
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