Micro-Nikkor 200/4 Ais at an Air Show

[Arninetyes]

I briefly attended a local air show today. All I had was my D700 and a Micro-Nikkor 200/4 Ais. Sadly, it was hazy, gray, and overcast with very low contrast until the very end. It's always difficult to get any kind of decent photos under these conditions.

Here's the best I could get, through no fault of the Nikkor or manual focus.





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[Jesito]

I like very much the airshows.
Your pictures are excellent, I would just point out a little issue: As far as I can see in the EXIF data, you have shot @ 1/2000 with a 200mm focal length equivalent. For handheld shots, there is a rule that says is enough to shot at 1/focal length, so probably with a speed lower than 1/2000 and between 1/2000 and 1/200 on the second and fourth shots you could have gotten some movement on the plane propellers that currently are seen static, like if the plane had the engines turned off...
Otherwise, excellent shots.

Regards.
Jes.
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[Yebisu]

Like the last shot but agree with Jesito about the shutter speeds.

[TijmenDal]

Really like the last one! Good job!

[Arninetyes]

[David]

I'm going to disagree with the shutter speed comment. The third and fourth images are stunning and I'm particularly attracted to the look in the fourth like it's hanging, motionless, in the air. But there's no accounting for taste.
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[Karhallarn]

The last picture its just awesome and for a hazy day, your pictures seem very clear to me!
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