Rich, I cropped it a bit although not on the left side where the plane was heading as I knew I needed space there. Yeah, the noise shows up here, and I think some of it is compression-related as I don't see it as much on the original. It looks really bad today - yesterday it wasn't as noticeable. Does that make sense? The sky was initially blue but I thought the darker color was more dramatic.
I was absolutely new to the whole DSLR thing and keen to shoot anything that moved, as I had only owned the lens for a few days. My husband was in the hospital and I stood in the parking lot and took this. It seemed appropriate for this theme so I played with it after the fact.
Thanks for commenting!
Brenda
Richdow AKA Catman
31-Mar-2008 19:18
Did you crop this too? PP has brought out the noise in the image but what makes it, is the bright sun lit side of the plane.
You mast have a very steady hand to shoot this at a FL of 300mm and a shutter speed just slightly faster than the FL.