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Nice pics ;) i remember being on holiday in the Lake District and every morning and evening they (RAF) would do sautes of low flying over the lake away from tourists about 100ft from the surface in the Harriers the noise and the speed was fantastic. :D

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;), i never knew it was this event!

 

i was in the lake district a few years back and saw one of the big transporter planes (4 turbo prop jobbies) being 'escorted' by a few jets flying very very low though the valleys, and then had a sequence of other aircraft flying very low / fast.

 

amazing pictures going on there too :D

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Cheers guys. :crying_anim:

 

Part of it is in the panning technique and stance.

I always stand feet shoulder width apart, looking away from the subject, then twist at the waist back towards them.

That way you just turn the torso with nice steady feet.

 

Then its finding the right exposure for the light conditions with a fast shutter speed.

Some were shot at ISO 800 with a similar shutter speed. This gave a reasonable aperture around f5.6 - f7.1,

enough for good sharpness on the plain with reasonable depth of field and blur behind.

Was a bit limited this time as I only had my 70-200mm f2.8, whilst I have used a 100-400mm f4 before.

Still pleased with the results considering the 'short' telephoto!

 

I learnt my Panning technique with motorsport and just had to up the game and shutter speed with planes.

 

The hawks can do mach 0.94 though they tend to come through here at a more sedate 300-400knots!

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