Thanks guys, much appreciated

I can’t see why you needed a camera upgrade, your previous stuff was superb

Very kind of you to say so. It’s that an upgrade in the sense of a replacement, but I had wanted a second body for a while to eliminate the need for changing lenses when walking around the statics. I bought the 7D with a 24-70 lens to supplement the 40D, using the short lens on the old body and using the longer lens on the new body. The two work well together, first time I’d had both at my disposal at OW and was very happy with the results from both.

Yes, they are great. What (long) lens do you use?

Canon 100-400L

Thanks again,

Shaun

Thanks for the additional comments guys, much appreciated.

Right then, a day late as I had little time after Sunday’s show to edit any shots due to having to rise early for departures, but here’s a selection of shots from the second day of flying. A much more full flying program, with only a couple of weather casualties, gave the chance to see a few of the acts cancelled from Saturday. I’d seen the Solo Turk practice on Thursday from P&V East, but it was nice to watch the display up close. A thoroughly enjoyable routine indeed, hard to choose between that and the yet again fantastic Belgian display. C-27 was fantastic, and nice to see a solo tornado, one of those things you don’t think you’ll miss until it’s gone, a bit like the AAC Lynx at Yeovilton last week. Saudi Hawks were nice to see, though I must admit I was a little underwhelmed by the display, probably could do with a few more jets. Overall though, a quality second day of flying.

Here’s some more images then- I used the morning and lunchtime periods to browse the static park and try some more arty shots, so this set is a little more varied. Seeing as Wiseman asked so nicely, there’s a few monochromes in there too.

RIAT2011_Sunday_002 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

RIAT2011_Sunday_004 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

RIAT2011_Sunday_005 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

RIAT2011_Sunday_006 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

RIAT2011_Sunday_008 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

RIAT2011_Sunday_010 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

RIAT2011_Sunday_013 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

RIAT2011_Sunday_014 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

RIAT2011_Sunday_015 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

RIAT2011_Sunday_018 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

RIAT2011_Sunday_019 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

RIAT2011_Sunday_020 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

RIAT2011_Sunday_021 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

RIAT2011_Sunday_022 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

RIAT2011_Sunday_023 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

RIAT2011_Sunday_024 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

RIAT2011_Sunday_026 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

RIAT2011_Sunday_029 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

RIAT2011_Sunday_032 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

RIAT2011_Sunday_034 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

Thanks for looking, tomorrow should see the final instalment from Today’s departures.

Cheers

Shaun

Cheers chaps

Today’s show was absolutely mega. I’ve gone through a few of the many, many shots I took from on base today. There’ll be more to follow, but I need some much needed sleep ahead of Legends tomorrow, so here’s a handful of edits for now.

VL_2011_016 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

VL_2011_019 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

VL_2011_020 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

VL_2011_021 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

VL_2011_023 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

VL_2011_024 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

VL_2011_025 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

VL_2011_027 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

VL_2011_028 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

Thanks for looking,

Shaun

Thanks for the additional comments fellas 😎

Russ, the Skyraider is the Kennet machine, which has recently received a new lick of paint.

Pagen, possibly, though I’d expect the efflux to travel between the two booms, and not outside where the softness was. Like I said though, after another trawl through my shots, I managed to pick a few that weren’t as bad as I first feared. I’ll be back down to VL for a couple of days for the Air Day in little under a fortnight, so will hopefully get another chance to really nail the Vixen!

Thanks again,

Shaun 🙂

Firstly, thanks for the comments regarding the photos, very much appreciated.

To answer some of BK’s points, HFL has summed up the Exeter situation better than I could. HHA’s aircraft rarely display, if at all. They exist only to serve the MOD, not generate income through airshow appearances- this is why we don’t see their Bucc on the circuit either. I’m not too familiar with the French Hunter, which suggests to me it doesn’t get out and about all that much. Same can be said for the Swedish one- don’t think I’ve ever seen images of it displaying outside Scandanavia. It’s also worth noting that Delta Jets T.7 was unserviceable for the event. As for Brendan O’Brien, must admit it’s not my cup of tea, but I’d say it wasn’t aimed at the hardened airshow goer, more the general public that may only visit their local show, but typically make up 90% of the audience. Not seen the Reds yet this year so can’t comment.

There are far fewer Hunters around than there were 10 years ago (the recent demise of Delta Jets emphasising the point) so it shouldn’t come as a surprise to see fewer aircraft involved. Personally, the sight of 8 Hunters’ in formation, something I have not witnessed before, was something very special indeed- it’ll take something especially good to top that as my season highlight. Credit should go to the organisers for making it happen.

Anyways, having gone through another round of editing, I though I’d post a handful more; more can be found on my Flickr

Kemble_2011_058 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

Kemble_2011_065 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

Kemble_2011_067 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

Kemble_2011_070 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

Kemble_2011_071 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

Kemble_2011_073 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

Kemble_2011_075 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

Thanks again,

Shaun 🙂

Thank you all for the great feedback, much appreciated.

Great pictures Seamus, what kit you using? I had a canon 30D + 100-400 and struggled with the light conditions, as well as people getting in the way lol!

I was using the same lens but with a 40D. The light was iffy all day, being particularly bad for the Lightning’s run. Had to do a lot of work during post-processing to clean them up to a desirable level.

Thought I might as well add a few more shots that took my fancy.

CWJOD_May2011_063 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

CWJOD_May2011_061 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

CWJOD_May2011_059 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

CWJOD_May2011_038 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

CWJOD_May2011_049 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

CWJOD_May2011_006 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

CWJOD_May2011_016 by Seamus_85, on Flickr

Thanks again,

Shaun 🙂

Thanks for the additional comments guys, much appreciated 🙂

In fact, I’d love ‘Number 32’ as wallpaper on my netbook. Would that be OK with you?

Not a problem 😉