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Study Group 26
Steve Serpa











 
Bob Benson
Steve Serpa
Youmans Hsiong
Brian Duchin
Ron Hagedorn
Jose Maria Cartas
Laurette Beliveau
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July Title - F-18 Hornet

Photographer's Notes - Well I was able to go out shooting while on school vacation and went to our local Air show. I just learned about the Ai Servo setting on my camera and I was able to track this image handheld of a F18 Hornet. I almost always shoot on a tripod so it was real exciting shooting handheld.
Adjustments in Photoshop include: levels, curves and noise reduction but no sharpening what so ever it made instant halo's. It really looks much better full size because you can see all the details of the vapor trails on the wings.


COMMENTS:
 

Bob Benson Great image. A good sense of motion. I think you can get even more impact by cropping a little more.
Steve Serpa  
Youmans Hsiong A beautiful aircraft show shot.  I like the frame with tilted nose and a little more space at tail side and bellow.   The image very clear and sharp,  the amazing effect of vapor trails at wings shows your Al Serve control tricks very successful.   I have tried Al Servo mode for bird shooting with my canon 5d mark ll, but I was not happy with the result of mine.
Brian Duchin  
Ron Hagedorn Beautiful!
Form, motion, background, you've pretty well got it all. Well done!
Jose Maria Cartas

A very dynamic photo, which—as you said—must look much better with a higher resolution of the vapor trails. You captured a lot of detail in a fast moving object, which is impressive. If you crop some of the sky on the right side and on the top of the image, you could move the plane from the center of the image to the upper right, giving it more room "to fly" and making it perhaps even more dynamic.

Laurette Beliveau

Member Bio
Steve Serpa- Biography

My name is Steve Serpa and this is my first Study Group with PSA. As far as my photography goes I just graduated this past June with a certificate from the oldest Photography school in the country, the New York Institute of Photography, founded in 1910. It was a long hard road but was surely worth the effort.

Also, for the pass three seasons I’ve been a member of the Photographic Society of Rhode Island. Many of our members have been shooting for a long time and it’s been real privilege learning from them with their vast knowledge and experience; they are very willing to share both advice and technique and for this I thank them.

I’m looking forward to working with all the members of this group because I feel it will be a great learning experience for me and I hope I too can contribute to your knowledge as well.


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