Hello everyone,
In order to be fully prepared for the Luchtmachtdagen 2010, I arranged a sweet lens to accompany me. From my experience last year, I realized I needed some extra millimeters to ‘get close and personal’ with the planes. After having read a lot about airshow photography, my decision was to try to find a Canon 100-400mm L 4.5 IS.
On the day of the pick-up, it appeared that the lens wasn’t performing as it was meant to (someone broke the IS!) , so I was given the 300mm L 2.8 IS USM lens! yay! This was quite different from what I expected, so I decided to take it for a test drive in order to get acquainted with its operation.
Big or what? ^^ (and yes, this picture was taken at the Luchtmachtdagen)
Here are a few shots taken with that lens…
Quizz Question: how far was I standing to take this picture?
Focusje 
You gotta love reflections!
Summer Foilage
Barbed Wire..
Getting Close with a bird...
Flying Over...(and no, the bird isn't "photoshopped" in the blue sky..)
Even birds don't like cheaters! 
Birds messing with each other
A lost cabine next to the highway...
I must say that this lens is totally amazing (sharpness, speed, aperture, color, etc.)…although I can already feel some limits (especially when it comes to aerobatic-photography (in terms of composition of the picture). Well, I will have 2 days to fully experience this lens and the luchtmachtdagen! I am feeling that that will be a quite painful moment when I will have to return the lens to its owner…
If you want to know more about my experience with this lens, feel free to contact me.
In the next few days, I will be uploading pictures (and blogging about my experience) of the luchtmachtdagen 2010!
man great results! absolutely love the car reflections…nice color, contrast
no wonder those people in national geographic make cool pictures!
By: aditya on June 21, 2010
at 11:32 pm