1971_M5
Well-Known Member
A follow-up of sorts to the earlier "South End" picture... figured I'd post these before they got too old and dry. It was a nice afternoon, so I grabbed the camera and drove to the airport. Luckily, there was some decent action. I used the 200-500. Being some distance away, you need to be in the 350mm to 500mm range to (kind-of) fill-up the frame... but trying to fil the frame, as you're tracking, sometimes the tail fin or elevator might get cut-off. So, there's some throw-aways. Plus, you always need to crop a little bit to get things balanced. I use the Flightradar24 app to get a sense of what's coming down the runway (to be ready) - so that's a big plus compared to the old days. It's fun to watch (and stand in the sunshine with the camera). Still, this is predictable and much easier than "real" birds - my hat is off to the true BIF shooters who have way more patience and skill.
SEA - PDX
SEA - NRT
SEA - HNL
SEA - DOH
SEA - LHR
- NIKON CORPORATION - NIKON D810
- Nikon AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
- 500.0 mm
- ƒ/6.3
- 1/2000 sec
- Center-Weighted Average
- Manual exposure
- ISO 200
SEA - PDX
- NIKON CORPORATION - NIKON D810
- Nikon AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
- 410.0 mm
- ƒ/6.3
- 1/2000 sec
- Center-Weighted Average
- Manual exposure
- ISO 200
SEA - NRT
- NIKON CORPORATION - NIKON D810
- Nikon AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
- 500.0 mm
- ƒ/6.3
- 1/2000 sec
- Center-Weighted Average
- Manual exposure
- ISO 200
SEA - HNL
- NIKON CORPORATION - NIKON D810
- Nikon AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
- 360.0 mm
- ƒ/6.3
- 1/2000 sec
- Center-Weighted Average
- Manual exposure
- ISO 200
SEA - DOH
- NIKON CORPORATION - NIKON D810
- Nikon AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
- 500.0 mm
- ƒ/6.3
- 1/2000 sec
- Center-Weighted Average
- Manual exposure
- ISO 200
SEA - LHR
