Hi all,
Here are a few shots from the Bruntingthorpe Lightning photographic event today.
A mixed bag for me – I’m not all that happy with the shots but it was very nice to have a wander around the various airframes at Bruntingthorpe and to meet the hugely enthusiastic owner of the Sea Vixen and a lot of the other aircraft there.
By: Aces High - 25th February 2013 at 19:14
Great captures, thanks for sharing, excellent work Simon. 🙂
By: SimonR - 24th February 2013 at 14:50
… What was it like there? I nearly went, but the advert said they weren’t firing up a Lightning so I didn’t bother in the end…
Neil
Hi Neil,
Cheers for the reply! Well it was a bit of a mixed bag, really. I was very pleased to have the opportunity to photograph the Lightning and also to be able to visit Bruntingthorpe for the first time, however I personally found the the event a little disappointing.
I’m not a huge fan of posed scenes with re-enactors as I think they look very contrived and spoil a good picture of a nice aircraft (!) but the main problem was that the re-enactors spent a long time moving about and talking among themselves in front of the Lightning which spoilt about 75% of my shots… At night shutter durations can go to as long as about 30 seconds so it’s not just a case of firing off 10 or 15 shots from every location – you have to work at it a lot more.
I think next time they run it, they should keep people out of the vicinity of the aircraft as much as possible and sort out the lighting a little better because there were quite a few forward-facing lights around the back of the aircraft which just ruin a long-exposure shot…
I’m probably just being a little too picky but it could have been better!!!
By: neilly - 24th February 2013 at 11:18
Hi Simon,
Good pictures, mate. What was it like there? I nearly went, but the advert said they weren’t firing up a Lightning so I didn’t bother in the end. One of these days I’ll go over there and get some pictures. I usually find out there’s something on there when I here the noise:o
TTFN,
Neil
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February 23, 2013 at 11:59 pm