aircraft action shots

7/28/2019 Aircraft Action Shots

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Make sure that both you and your camerato follow the fast-moving action


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STEP BY STEP Enhance an aerial action shot

Open the masterclass_start.dng in AdobeCamera Raw. The image is a little underexposed.

stop to +1. Take boost theand colours. increase Contrast to +70 and setto +10.

the noiseZoom into the image and you'll see that there'ssome luminance noise in the sky.To reduce this.

the Detail tab to access the Noise Reduction. and set the Luminance slider to 50. This slider

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Sponge tool.. Next we'll subtly increase the saturation of the

purple smoke trails (but not the red or green. asthey're saturated enough). Select the Sponge tool . seMode to Saturate and Flow 15 . and brush over thepurple smoke to boost its colour.

Boost the contrastm Now we're going to bring out the detail in the.. lanes. To do this duplicate the 'Background'layer and label the new layer 'Planes '. Press Ctri+L tobring up Levels and set the Midtones slider to 1.17 andthe Highlights slider to 224.Add a mask to hide theeffect by going to Layer > Layer Mask > Hide All.


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the MaskWhen all the planes are selected . target the maskby clicking its thumbnail , then go to Edit> Fill

. Choose White from the Use menu andto fill the outlines of the planes with white and

the contrast boost. Press Ctri+D to Deselectselection. then tidy up the edges of the planes by

ing on the mask with black and white brushes .

the smokeNext we'll tidy up the red smoke at thebottom-right of the image. Select the Clone

tool. and Alt-click on the edge of the smokeabout half-way up, where the smoke looks more. to sample those pixels. Click and drag to clone

the messy area. taking care to alignedges of the smoke.

Adjust the levelsw-1 To boost the contrast in the image add a Levels511 adjustment layer.and move it between the'Background ' and 'Plane' layers in the Layers panel.Set the Shadows slider to 30. the Midtones slider to0.88 and the Highlights sliderto 238.

Add a VignetterTi1 To finish of f we' ll add a vignette to darken the. . . ight corners of the image and frame the planes.Select the 'Background' layer and go to Filter> CorrectCamera Distortion. Set the Vignette Amount slider to-20 and the Midpoint slider,which controls the size ofthe effect, to +40. Click OK to apply the effect.

3 tips for top gun action shots!

Super Tip!As a rule ofthumb,when

you 're shootinghandheld you wanuse a shut ter speeequivalent to at leathe effective focallength of your lensavoid camera shakFor example, with a200mm lens you'dneed a minimumspeed of 1/200 sebut if the lens ismounted on acrop-sensor camethen you need tomultip ly this by 1.6to give you an EFL320mm, and thus speed of 1/320 secHowever,while thisis usually enough tcounteract camerashake, fast-movingsubjects such asplanes may still looblurred, so you' ll hato increase yourshutter speed furthstill , to around1/1000sec.

How to capture great images of planes, both in the sky and on the ground

1. Action on the groundTake-offs and landings offer plenty ofshooting opportunities. Plane's wheelscan look good when they hi t the runway,accompanied by a cloud of smoke.

2. Display shotsAt key moments in an aerial display, besure to zoom out so there's enough spaceat the corners and edges of the frame forthe planes to fi t into.

3. Fast-moving targetsJet aircraft can be hard to photograph, asthey fly by pretty quickly! Try to anticipatethe space a plane is going to move into, soyou can keep ahead of the action .

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