How to shoot a plane?

Canon 5DMarkIII took the following pictures of the plane:

EF85mmf/ 1.2LIIUSM/ Manual exposure (F 1.4,1125 seconds) //ISO? 12800/ white balance: color temperature (2500K)

The combination of EOS5DMarkIII and EF85mmf/ 1.2LIIUSM can take a good picture of the plane. You can get a shutter of1125 seconds when shooting at night, which is amazing. Beyond the effect that can be observed by the naked eye, it can be said that a new scene of aircraft photography has been opened.

Ef70-200mm/2.8 lisiiusm/ focal length: 200mm/ manual exposure (F8, 6 seconds) /ISO 200/ white balance: color temperature (3000K)/ multiple exposure mode: addition.

B737, prepare for multiple exposure shooting. The first one is to shoot normally with the aperture reduced, and the second one is to blur the synthetic image with the maximum aperture deviating from the focus. In this way, the light becomes a big point and the photos are more colorful.

The Secret of Aircraft Photography

1, constitute

When shooting the plane and the ground, the basic composition principle is from 1/3 to 1/4, with the plane in the middle and upper part of the picture and the ground in the lower part of the picture. The photo was taken before and after the plane and placed at the top of the center of the picture. When the plane looks small when photographed from the side, a stable composition can be obtained by reserving space in front of the plane.

There is a grid line display in EOS5DMarkIII optical viewfinder, which is convenient for checking and correcting the inclination of the ground. In addition, an optical viewfinder with a visual field of about 100% can check whether there are unnecessary scenes around the picture, which is conducive to rigorous composition.

2. light

Attention should be paid to the illumination characteristics of 1 day in aircraft photography. Morning and evening, morning and afternoon, noon and evening. Dramatic works can be shot in the morning and evening, which is suitable for documentary photography in the morning and afternoon. At noon, there is no light on the side of the plane, so you can put sunlight into the picture and make a silhouette. Night is like shooting a night scene under artificial light.

Adjust the shooting mode according to the change of light. When shooting night scenes, try to add as many airport lights and aircraft anti-collision lights as possible. Only EOS5DMarkIII can capture the moment when the red anti-collision light on the lower part of the car body lights up, which improves the response performance.

3. Camera settings

In principle, manual exposure should be used to photograph airplanes. In sunny days, the standard is F6.7,11000 seconds (ISO 100) for white passenger aircraft, and F8,11000 seconds (ISO200) for gray fuselage such as fighter aircraft, and the standard is 0.5EV according to the color and light angle of the fuselage. The artificial intelligence servo autofocus with 6 1 point autofocus is used when focusing.

The high-speed and high-precision autofocus and high-performance EF lens transplanted from EOS- 1DX will basically not lose focus. But in order to shoot more accurately at night, I preset the focus of the light at one end of the airport runway. The white balance is set to "daylight" during the day and "3000K" 30 minutes after sunset to set off the atmosphere at night.

Subjects like airplanes are very large, so 6 1 point autofocus is often used, and sometimes area autofocus is also used. At this time, the user-defined control key function is used, so that the multi-function control key on the back of the camera can directly select the autofocus point, which can also directly select the focus area of regional autofocus. When shooting with a telephoto lens, your hands must be steady, and it is very important to operate only with your thumb.