only there for 10 mins as i said too cold. and there was nothing of interest well sort of.
On short finals, sun almost right behind

We left as this was on finals, my dad pointed it out and said whats that coming in, i said probably nothing special, he said well it looks big enough, so i looked again, as the sun was in my eyes, and saw the fammiliar shadow of this beast. I tore back to the viewing area to get these shots.
Original looks better

close up

This was the shot i wanted

reversers and spoilers going

loading time

Maybe you can edit these a little bit more...it would make them look a bit sharper. It's hard to fix a 44kb compressed photo, but a gave it a try anyway. I'm sure that with the original file, you can get alot further and even meet the Anet standards.   



I forgot to ask what airport it was? If a tripple seven lands there, it must something big?

Nice shots...your last one is def. A.NET quality

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You're not alone in that. I usually top or tail them - or both. The answer is practice, practice & more practice. The more shots you take the better you will get. That's the way I look at it & it works for me.

PS. You only get to see my better efforts. You don't want to see the 1,000s of rejects.

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As you say, it's a matter of getting used to the camera. I'd got used to my old F401 with a straight-through optical viewfinder although I still missed a few. With both my cheapo cameras I have the additonal problem of setting the zoom before pre-focusing as it can't be changed afterwards. I had a lot of problems with my S5000 when I first got it due to the digital viewfinder. This freezes the image when you press the button & although the subject is dead centre on the screen the aircraft is way out of shot when the shutter operates. It's a matter of panning through smoothly so the aircraft is still in shot. This takes a lot of practice & you have to anticipate where the aircraft will be when the shutter goes. This is very difficult at air displays unless you're familiar with the routine. I still get lots of beautiful shots of a skyscape with no aircraft in sight.  

You won't have this problem with a DSLR.

One thing I found useful for practising smooth panning is the multiple-shot function. I can take 5 shots in quick succession with my S5000. I'm sure yours is much more advanced than that.

PS. I spend hours on the approach at Shoreham taking shots of the aircraft coming over the fence to keep my hand in. I try to do this at least once every week providing the wind is in the right direction.

4 shots in the buffer, but when you are about to take the fifth, the first one is already written on de CF card.

i never had any problems with this. if you take 4 shots of an aircraft, it already disappeared.

Great detail on those two landing shots.  I loooove the 777!