"Morgans" wrote in message
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"Indrek" wrote ..

Here is the second, and last, batch.

I would like to make a comment about your photography, but take it in the
light of constructive criticizm, please.

I have no idea if others feel the same way about your pictures, so this is
my opinion alone.

I realize that this particular museum is real tough to get good
line-of-sight, but I wonder if you could have gotten better placement to
take the pictures. Unless you are taking a close up to show a detail of a
particular feature, I would like to a view that shows more of a side view,
or at least an angle that shows the front and back plane at the same time.
Just backing up would help, in many cases, or using a lens with a slightly
wide angle, like a 28mm.

Also, I do not know if you are allowed to take a two foot step ladder of
something of the sort into the museum, but getting a little higher would
help the viewpoint, also.

Again, thanks for posting your pictures, as there are a lot of shots of
cool planes. Perhaps you can improve your pictures by keeping some of my
suggestions in mind.

Thanks for the series.
--
Jim in NC


Thanks for your feedback. You make some good points.

The physical realities of the location and equipment posed certain
difficulties.

I was using 18 mm focal length for most of the pictures, which is as short
was my 18-55 lens will go. Even if I had owned a shorter focal length lens,
I suspect the picture quality would have been impaired by spherical
distortion.

As I mentioned in the preamble to the first batch, the aircraft are packed
very close together, and it was next to impossible to get far enough away
from the aircraft to get a full profile view. It was also very difficult to
avoid parts of other aircraft intruding into the frame.

I did consider trying some shots taken with the camera just above the floor,
but that would have necessitated shortening the tripod legs each time, and
time was very short. The tour only allowed 40 minutes in the hangars so
there was not enough time to fiddle with the tripod legs. As for using steps
to get the camera higher, it's something that might have been possible, but
I'm not sure how much that would have enhanced the images. Certainly it
would have made using a tripod difficult. Given the available light, many
shots were in the half to one second exposure time range. I think shots from
a low angle would be much more dramatic...but that's just my opinion.

Anyway, thanks for the feedback and I will, of course, bear in mind what you
have said the next time I have the opportunity to take some museum shots.

Cheers,

Indrek Aavisto

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Criticism is easy; achievement is difficult W.S. Churchill