The romance of airplanes - a photo on Flickriver

The romance of airplanes

            My first attempt at using front curtain flash.  Pretty fun.  

Disclaimer: Never flash a plane into the windows such that the pilots would see the light and become distracted. For this photo I first received permission from the airport police, controller, and operations. I really do not want to encourage people to do dangerous things with strobes. Please be very careful if you are considering trying to take such photographs.

Strobist info: One Nikon SB600 on the camera and two Yongnuo YN560’s off the camera. Everything was assembled with a DIY metal bracket, holes and screws to keep the setup together. The two YN560's are each about 6" to the left and right of the camera. Two pieces of clear plastic/rubber tubing were used to trigger everything. One end of each tube was rubber banded to the SB600 output. The other ends were banded to the light sensors of the YN560's such that the SB600 going off triggered both YN560's.  A little clunky, but with some work, no strong winds, and luck it can all function.

Taken on: August 4, 2016

Groups appears in: • Jet Airplanes • Long Exposures more » • Plane Spotting • Strobist.com • Awesome Aircraft Photography • The Long Exposure • Phenomenal Photography! • Any old Photo!! • Artistic Aviation • Planes at night « less

Camera: Nikon D3000, f/3.5, 3 sec, 18mm (=27mm), ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D3000
Lens:	18.0-135.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/3.5
Exposure Time:	3
Focal Length:	18mm (35mm equivalent: 27mm)
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	+1/3 EV
Flash:	On, Return not detected
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Spot
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Tungsten (Incandescent)
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh)
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