Great grandfather on fathers side was a crewman on HMS Leviathan – a WW1 ‘Drake’ class cruiser

Have always assumed that the historic forum was aimed at the sort of stuff you would find in Flypast (ie warbirds / museums etc) rather than GA, even if it is of ‘historic’ interest. The pics were taken at a GA fly-in so (imho) belong in the GA section.

Also is there a definition of what qualifies as a historic aircraft?

Roger,

I posted some in the GA forum as part of a series of shots from the event that day.

great photos – having done a similar thing last year I know how difficult it can be and how long it takes for the grin to fade. 😉

not done it but the Southampton University (apparently) has a good reputation for aero engineering qualifications etc.

Having been a fairly recent digital convert 3 years ago and only got a dslr this year I have certainly found myself more willing to alter settings etc to get some more interesting images mainly because it costs nothing to experiment on digital and if the result is poor then it is deleted. With slides I had found a couple of settings that worked well so tended to leave well alone (the saying – if it ain’t broke don’t fix it comes to mind). Having said that – it was a slide that had the most success last year in our exhibition.(taken on a old minolta 7000I with a sigma zoom)

Have also seen a major change in a local camera club I belong to, with the vast majority now either using a digital camera + computer or scanning a slide + computer to create images rather than darkroom work. Yes we still have a few members wo use a darkroom but it is far fewer than when I first joined. We now have regular digitial lectures and hold workshops on digital on a regular basis throughout our season. However – when it comes to exhibitions / competitions etc we make no differentiation between digital / traditional work – it is always the image that is judged – not how it was created.

bother – it clashes with my own Society fly-in at Popham – may make the later one though

great pictures – have been to this show twice and it is very impressive – some of the things done would not be allowed here and it is always good to see non western hardware being shown off.