First Shots

Very nice Alex.:) Keep posting.

One More Spitfire For Anna

Thanks, Zwitter.

Hey, Anna, here’s one more Spitfire for you. Unfortunately, it’s not homegrown. It’s a storebought one, a plastic fake! It looks pretty good from a distance. So does the replica Hurricane outside. At least it gives folks a comparison in size and shape with the other more modern aircraft parked outside.

To make up for the fake, here are a couple of shots of a War2 bomber that you guys (and gals) probably don’t see too often in the flesh. This one’s the real thing, not a fake.

Alex

Great stuff!

Re: Edit/Crop – More OSH ’09

AVI,

Stunning pictures you have post here… i realy love them… only i have a little remark.

im only saying that you can edit your pictures a bit because a couple of your airshots (the C-5 galaxy for instance) would be better if it was a bit symetrical if you get my point)… It can give a bit more impact if you can center the subject instead of having it on the edge of your photo…

If you look at my photo’s of the Vulcan at Volkel you can see what i mean (all these foto’s are edited to get the most out of this beautifull aircraft)…
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=91914&highlight=Vulcan

Keep on posting these great looking pictures and i realy like the spitfire once (sorry anna, you got competition on that one hahaha ;))…

Grtz,

TG1984

OK, TGun – I see what you mean now. Thanks!
Check the F4U and the Tweet. Duh … Now I see how you guys (and gals) get up close!!!

Anna’s Spitfire

Competition is good! ;):D

Wow! That is one great Spitfire photo, Anna! Stunning!!Thanks. Mk XIX, isn’t it?

Anna, what kind of camera and lens did you use to take this picture? And what do you normally use? Camera/lens combo?
What suggestions do you have regarding a good lens for in-flight shots?
There’s no problem getting close up with the heavy iron like the C-17, C-5 and A380, (they are huge!) but the little guys like the P-51s and Spitfires, not to mention the SF-260, are often times too far away to completely fill the viewfinder. What size lens do you use for this?

TG’84 – Thanks for the suggestion about cropping the picture. Yes, I can see it myself in the C-5 shot. One of the initial problems I experienced was trying to lead the airplane with the camera. And, yes, you’re right – it’s more effective centering the airplane in the viewfinder. Gotta admit that I was a bit too amateurish in attempting to “compose” a shot in the viewfinder when it would have been more effective (and easier) to center the subject. Thanks for the suggestions. Much appreciated.

Another problem I’ve experienced on more than a few occasions is the camera losing focus, hitting on empty space in the sky, causing a lost shot. By the time I’d brought the camera down to focus on a distance on the ground and back up again, the plane had flown on by!! Missed the shot!

How do you prevent this from happening?

This is Debbie Gary flying one of the former Irish Air Corps SF-260s imported by Mike Patlin for her airshow routine at Oshkosh on Friday, 31 Jul 09.
How’d she know I was taking her picture? She’s looking right at the camera! Or was it my good looks? :)-

AVI,

Stunning pictures you have post here… i realy love them… only i have a little remark.

im only saying that you can edit your pictures a bit because a couple of your airshots (the C-5 galaxy for instance) would be better if it was a bit symetrical if you get my point)… It can give a bit more impact if you can center the subject instead of having it on the edge of your photo…

If you look at my photo’s of the Vulcan at Volkel you can see what i mean (all these foto’s are edited to get the most out of this beautifull aircraft)…
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=91914&highlight=Vulcan

Keep on posting these great looking pictures and i realy like the spitfire once (sorry anna, you got competition on that one hahaha ;))…

Grtz,

TG1984

Competition is good! ;):D

AVI,

Stunning pictures you have post here… i realy love them… only i have a little remark.

im only saying that you can edit your pictures a bit because a couple of your airshots (the C-5 galaxy for instance) would be better if it was a bit symetrical if you get my point)… It can give a bit more impact if you can center the subject instead of having it on the edge of your photo…

If you look at my photo’s of the Vulcan at Volkel you can see what i mean (all these foto’s are edited to get the most out of this beautifull aircraft)…
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=91914&highlight=Vulcan

Keep on posting these great looking pictures and i realy like the spitfire once (sorry anna, you got competition on that one hahaha ;))…

Grtz,

TG1984

1 for you 🙂 🙂

Thank’s Alex . Stunning pictures:) Yes that was me in the Parachute on a Glider mission!:D

More Spitfire For Anna

More Spitfire for Anna. Of course, nothing to compare to some of your terrific Spitfire photos!

Same airplane in Oshkosh with the Canadian WW2 display. Canadian Warplane Heritage brought down their Lancaster, a Hurricane, an F4U, the Spitfire, a Lysander and a P-40. The beautiful yellow nosed P-51 stayed behind.

Spitfire for Anna

Nice shots.

Thanks, Anna. Checked out your blog – you’ve got some nice shots posted there yourself. A gal who loves airplanes can’t be all bad! And wasn’t there a photo of you strapping on a parachute?
Since you mentioned that the Spitfire is your favorite airplane, here are some shots of a Canadian Spitfire just for you. Taken at CFB Trenton last Canada Day weekend.
Alex

Nice shots.

One Last Batch

One last group … a few of the photos posted in this thread were taken at CFB Trenton on the July 5/6th airshow weekend and the others at Oshkosh at the end of July/early August…

More First Try Images

Thanks for the encouragement! I’m only beginning to take photography seriously, and beginning to learn how to use a new camera, so please feel free to comment.

I’m discovering that there is a huge learning curve and I’m not quite at the stage where I can tell the difference between an image that’s a bit underexposed and one that’s slightly overexposed, so once again, any criticism is appreciated.

Here are a few more. This was not one of the bright, sunny days at Oshkosh, but a dull, overcast, half-assed, drizzly one. (The sun was out the day the picture of the Canadian Lysander was taken.)

The one of the C-5 sitting on the ramp was taken with the point-n-shoot CoolPix which, in a frustrating manner, is often able to take better pictures than the big camera. Part of the learning curve?

Nice selection of shots those.
I see no problem with them.