Sometimes, lining up a shot of a rare and fast moving subject takes a lot of patience. In this case it took about a year. These planes get aloft only a handful of times a year which makes this challenging enough. For these events, I usually stake out a patch of ground on the west side of Paine Field since the flying starts around noon. The pilots do an excellent job of lining up several passes of opposing banks, so we can get as many profile photos as possible. Yet, no matter how good the gear, it's all about the quality and angle of the light and no amount of post-processing can turn a bad photo into a good one.
Inject a bit of patience and the opportunity comes once again. To underscore the importance of light, the top photo was taken with a DSLR which, in my opinion, is still the best option for motorsports photography of all types. The bottom photo was taken with a mirrorless camera, which has a few challenges with motorsports photography. After 2 passes, and lots of bad photos at 10fps, I reverted to getting just one good shot like I was forced to do back in the days of film. Patience, and a bit of skill.
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