These winter months are always good for catching up on images, but these have been waiting since 2003!
Taken before I had a DSLR on an Olympus E-10, but there OK at web size.
Thought you may like to see. Some of these will never be seen again!
All taken from a Tristar from 216Sqn
By: fabke - 29th January 2007 at 17:35
Wow , lucky you to be able to shoot such a photos 😉 , quality is more than ok for me 😉
By: DazDaMan - 22nd January 2007 at 18:06
Fantastic stuff – very much like the second one 🙂
By: Spey111 - 22nd January 2007 at 13:55
Great shots Darren. Thanks for sharing them. Very good quality for pre-digital.
By: Paul F - 22nd January 2007 at 11:41
Stunning Shots Darren,
And fast becoming “historic” in terms of their content.
Paul F
By: Septic - 21st January 2007 at 22:08
Great shots Darren,
Well worth the wait.:)
Septic.
By: darrenharbar - 21st January 2007 at 20:12
Wow. That’s a unique, stunning collection of shots there. Amazing.
Out of interest, were/are you in the RAF as a crewmember on the Tristar?
Sorry Adam, I missed your question earlier.
All these shots were tken on the same flight, I was just very lucky to get such a selection. At the time, I held an RAF commission in the VR(t), which allowed me to fly in RAF aircraft. My best friend was a pilot on 216 (although he wasn’t flying the aircraft that day). The two factors made this possible.
By: PMN - 21st January 2007 at 17:08
Fair comment Paul, but image theft is quite an issue, and it’s the only way to get some form of protection. The only other option is not to post the images, but I like sharing my shots so that they don’t just exist when published.
I know image theft is quite an issue, it’s sad but true. Nonetheless, I’d still much rather see wonderful and unique shots like these with a watermark than not at all. 🙂
Paul
By: darrenharbar - 21st January 2007 at 16:53
Superb shots, although spoiled for me at least by the huge and ugly watermarks. I understand your reasons for using them, I just don’t see the point in taking such wonderful images and spoiling them for the people trying to appreciate your work.
You’re one lucky man to have had the opportunity to take them though, and I love the name… Focal Plane Images. 🙂
Paul
Fair comment Paul, but image theft is quite an issue, and it’s the only way to get some form of protection. The only other option is not to post the images, but I like sharing my shots so that they don’t just exist when published.
By: PMN - 21st January 2007 at 15:56
Superb shots, although spoiled for me at least by the huge and ugly watermarks. I understand your reasons for using them, I just don’t see the point in taking such wonderful images and spoiling them for the people trying to appreciate your work.
You’re one lucky man to have had the opportunity to take them though, and I love the name… Focal Plane Images. 🙂
Paul
By: adamdowley - 21st January 2007 at 15:19
Wow. That’s a unique, stunning collection of shots there. Amazing.
Out of interest, were/are you in the RAF as a crewmember on the Tristar?
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