Recent content by faithle55

Not as yet Bill, will try and get out and about this week if we get some good light and try some fixed ISO shots. All the shots are handheld

Taken at 600mm, f6.3, 1/640th sec, Auto ISO 1100 +1ev Raw file just converted into JPEG in lightroom 20141115-DSC_4705 by nigel.conniford, on Flickr Big Crop 20141115-DSC_4705 by nigel.conniford, on Flickr Nige

Dull and damp shots, taken at 600mm, f6.3, 1/1000th sec, +1 ev Auto ISO ramped up to 5600. Raw file just converted into JPEG in lightroom 20141115-DSC_4695 by nigel.conniford, on Flickr Big crop 20141115-DSC_4695 by nigel.conniford, on Flickr

AF tracking was good, I bit the bullet and ordered it from OneStop Digital in Hong-Kong Again at 600mm at 1/250th sec 20141114-DSC_4687 by nigel.conniford, on Flickr Cleaned up in lightroom 20141114-DSC_4687 by nigel.conniford, on Flickr Nige

20141114-DSC_4652 by nigel.conniford, on Flickr Small crop and Shadows lifted in lightroom

I brought the "Sport" version

Mine arrived from Hong Kong this morning, First play out, C-17 into Brize. Nikon D4, Sigma 150-600mm, taken at 600mm, No crop. f6.3, 1/1000th sec auto iso450, taken in RAW just converted into JPEG in lightroom, nothing else done 20141114-DSC_4677 by nigel.conniford, on Flickr Its rather...

You could always try RAF Brize Norton, we usually have 5 or 6 C-130 movements a day along with some Heli's Taken at 1/60th sec in really dull conditions Nige

Thankyou for your help folks, shall check settings in the morning, tooooo many beers tonight :(

Thankyou all for you import, David, I can not see them on the RAW files but they are there when they are exported to Flickr :( Neil, you correct in saying "its like a gradiented halo around the top of the aircraft?" Its annoying as it shows up badly (to me) on my MacBook Pro

Having a bit of difficulty after using lightroom. When I have processed my photo's I seem to have loads of rings around my main subject. See image below :( Its worse if you tilt the screen (laptop) slightly up Is there away of "smoothing" this away ? Many thanks Nige

Just sold my D7000, I mainly shot planes and I have had some stunning results even in low light, I did have the 70-200m F2.8 vr11 on the front and this combo never let me down. I only sold it as i've just upgraded to Full Frame. Cracking camera for the price, just hope we can still nail it with...

Please go gentle on me, only my second post on here, I have a D7000 and have just upgraded my lens to a Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 ED VR11, I also have been using up to now a Sigma 150-500. The question is do I now sell the Sigma and buy a Nikon Teleconverter ? It seems silly lugging to two...