Friday, April 4, 2025

4269. Plane-spotting photography

EDUCATIONAL VIDEO
by Dr Sing Kong Yuen. 5 April 2025.

How to get good images of flying aircraft?
Digital camera users. Two modes are as follows:

1. SHUTTER PRIORITY with ISO AUTO 

2. APERTURE PRIORITYwith FIXED ISO from 100 – 400. See Mr Brian Peck's photo in the video.

Example is the photography of China Airlines Cargo and China Airlines passenger plane.

1. China Airlines Cargo. Boeing 747.  PHOTO: David Sing
I had settings at 1/1000 sec, f/4.5, ISO AUTO before taking the photo
Actual settings are: Canon R5, handheld,
Shutter priority, 105mm, 1/1600 sec, f/9, ISO 100.

2.  China Airlines passenger plane by Brian Peck. He used Aperture Priority and fixed his ISO from 100 – 400 before shooting.

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FOR AIRCRAFT TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF at Changi AirportViewing Mall, 

I used Shutter Priority, ISO AUTO and tripod. 

CONCLUSION

Brian Peck’s image was taken
using Canon R6, Lens 100 - 400mm which captures distant flying planes better than my Canon R5 Lens 24 - 105mm

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Thursday, April 3, 2025

4268. Everted cheek pouch

 A cheek pouch, also known as a cheek sac, is a pouch-like structure in the cheeks of dwarf hamsters and other hamster species. These pouches are used for storing food, allowing the hamster to collect and transport food back to its burrow or nest.

When a dwarf hamster's cheek pouch is "hanging" or everted, it means that the pouch is protruding from the hamster's mouth, often looking like a small, bulging sac on the side of its face. This usually happens when the hamster is storing food in its pouches, and they become full and visible