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Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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I'd never have guessed you did everything in JPEG at airshows (your shots are amazing), and agree that it's only when you don't have the ideal conditions you learn about your camera and how to use it
(sorry for the reallllly late reply; laptop's been playing up a bit and work's been realllly busy!)
I think any lack of sharpness would likely be due to the reasonably wide aperture used, I like to maintain at least F.8 or narrower. However considering the ISO was already on 400, and you were shooting as low as 1/200 I don't think you could have done any better than you did, as to use a narrower aperture would have meant a slower shutter and that would likely result in a blurry shot anyway. At the end of the day you captured a great shot in difficult conditions and that is something to be proud of.
Don't get me wrong - I'm proud of the shots (I wouldn't upload anything I wasn't proud of it for any reason!). I'm just also very self-critical, but know that the only way to get better is to practice, and put work out there!
And I'm still learning, so the feedback (both on the planes and the photos themselves) is extremely appreciated!
I definately agree with what you said. The photo was quite noisy on ISO 400, so going higher wouldn't have been an option. I also tend to shoot mainly on aperture-priority mode (this shot may have been using shutter-priority though), so there may have been some scope to move a stop or two, but preserve (or even enhance) the detail in the photo. Shooting in JPEG was definately another hinderance. Am looking to upgrade my computer at some point and get some software that recognises RAW photos (using a 250gb laptop with no spare memory and paintshop pro 8 at the moment!), which should allow me greater post-shot control too
Anyways - I apologise: This has turned into a bit of a ramble, but your feedback really is appreciated!
I never thought you were complaining, I just thought I would give you my evaluation of the image. Sometimes it can be difficult to see your own work the same way as you would if it were somebody elses. When you look at your own work you tend to see what it could have been rather than what it is. Sadly this is a photographers curse and that feeling never really leaves you. But when self evaluating, it is worth taking into account the things that you did well, not only what you did not.
As for shooting in RAW, personally I always shoot in JPEG for airshows. I probably shoot around 1500 shots per airshow and shooting RAW would be far too costly in terms of filling hard drives. It is sometimes a pain doing so when the weather is nasty and that little bit extra preserved detail would be ideal. However I get away with it I feel and it certainly helps push your skills. Afterall shooting in great weather can sometimes be easy, you really learn to shoot when conditions are difficult. I learned all I know about camera settings whilst grappling with grey skies, wind and rain.