Any advice would be appreciated!

[GSB Images]

I am going to get some excellent access tomorrow morning at a local airport for some promotional photography. Not because I have a track record of shooting planes, more to do with my other stuff. I expect to be on some rooftop areas and on the airfield to get some takeoffs and landings. Any of you pros have any lens or shutter speeds that I should favor? I have 200, 300 and 400 mm zooms and some other wide angle stuff. I will have limited time so hope to have a nice plan ahead of time. Would you bother with a tripod at the end of the runway or would the shutter be fast enough to not use?

Also I got some shots from Bayswater last week and am having a heck of a time posting from Flickr. I got the link to work but no pics. Thanks in advance.

Mike

DSC_0383 by Great South Bay Images, on Flickr


DSC_0364 by Great South Bay Images, on Flickr


DSC_0343 by Great South Bay Images, on Flickr


DSC_0329 by Great South Bay Images, on Flickr


DSC_0321-Edit by Great South Bay Images, on Flickr

[yhm_hamilton]

if your talking about the links above I think tis because you have http:// in there twice!

[GSB Images]

Ok I fixed that but they still don't load like everyone else. Thank for that though!

[Landing Lights]

Open each picture in Flickr, and click the box with the arrow pointing out of it at the bottom. Than click "Grab the HTML/BBCode" and click the BBCode radio button. Select a size( I like Medium 800) and copy the code that is displayed. Paste it here and viola! Here's an example:


DSC_0316 by Great South Bay Images, on Flickr

As for settings, I like to start in Aperture Priority mode at f8.0 with a shutter speed of at least 1/250 for jets. For props, I usually flip to Shutter Priority mode with a shutter speed of 1/125 or so and adjust my aperture for a good exposure to get some nice prop blur.

[GSB Images]

Thanks Ben!! I will try your settings. Should be shooting primarily 737 takeoffs.