I paid a visit to Hendon for the first time in nearly 10 years on saturday and was pleasantly suprised to find they have replaced the lighting in the Battle of Britain hall. So it looks like someone has been listening to our gripes about poor lighting.
By: Bager1968 - 23rd April 2013 at 17:35
More importantly… was your mind your own?
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ps: tried to find a less-childish emoticon than the options present on this new version of the board, but gave up and used a standard.
By: paulmcmillan - 23rd April 2013 at 14:14
The lights are on at Hendon
Ahh.. But was anybody actually at Home?
By: Wondy - 23rd April 2013 at 12:41
Can i just say WHAT a collection of Aircraft when you see it like that!
By: Moggy C - 23rd April 2013 at 09:19
Stupid to you maybe. But the show wasn’t aimed at you. Understand the museum has the purpose to conserve and to educate.
The intended audience for that show are the children for whom the Gulf War is something they only know about from history lessons. What hope for WW2 unless it can be put over in an engaging way?
Moggy,(#3) agree with you about previous lighting. The results with proper gear are good enough for me
Thank you.
I shot that with the simplest of compacts, using a handy railing on the audience seating as a make-do tripod. Nothing fantastic in photocompetition terms, but captures the essence of the display for me. Rivet-counting pictures? Not my style or within my capabilities.
Moggy
By: Black Knight - 23rd April 2013 at 08:12
Does this mean they’ve finally binned that stupid show?
By: Clint Mitchell - 23rd April 2013 at 08:03
So are these appointments for photo days available for just anyone to just phone up and book?
By: ErrolC - 23rd April 2013 at 06:15
The little LED lights are still there, I think someone forgot to switch off the cleaning lights. Must have been your lucky day.
MOTAT in Auckland has variable lighting (i.e. the overall light level varies from day to day), with the brightest being marked something like ‘Cleaning Lighting’. As aircraft have been moved into or assembled in the expanded exhibition area, I’ve taken advantage of the higher lighting to get better photos with my DSLR (without tripod).
By: Stan Smith - 22nd April 2013 at 23:32
Moggy,(#3) agree with you about previous lighting. The results with proper gear are good enough for me . If I need to be able to “count the rivet heads” then I will get an appointment on a Photo Day
By: Clint Mitchell - 22nd April 2013 at 22:27
I do hope this is a permanent lighting situation. 🙂
By: Peter D Evans - 22nd April 2013 at 21:54
Fantastic set of images SE5AFAN… all the Luftwaffe types are now linked to the LEMB too :eagerness:
If ever I needed another excuse to visit and take my brothers youngest (pending confirmation that this wasn’t just a one-off) then this was it 😉
Cheers
Pete
By: Mauld - 22nd April 2013 at 20:48
The little LED lights are still there, I think someone forgot to switch off the cleaning lights. Must have been your lucky day.
By: wingcomandrflap - 22nd April 2013 at 18:08
Blimey…..35 years to find the the light switch……better late than never
By: TonyT - 22nd April 2013 at 17:43
You fool, there will be someone reading this going o feck, I’ve forgot to turn the bloody lights off after doing XYZ, and he’ll be enroute to turn them off.
By: Moggy C - 22nd April 2013 at 17:32
I’m not a photographer so I don’t worry about stuff like lights.
I just shoot what’s there, and the results pleased me
Moggy
By: Mr Merry - 22nd April 2013 at 17:25
At last! Last time I was there I didn’t even bother to try and take photos.
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