It really is a white balance problem. The light is very tricky with different coloured light sources. As Robbo advised: do shoot in RAW to be able to make WB corrections in post-processing. Of course a dedicated WB set-up can also be used.
I always carry a very small WB grey-card (WhiBal), which I use to make a test shot with. In post-processing I use this shot to make a WB correction by picking the neutral grey area on this card. I then copy the WB of the corrected image and use this on my other images taken in the the same light.
Before WB correction
After WB correction
First aircraft was Morane-Saulnier MS.760 N751P.
Nice to see this a/c type again! During my initial air traffic controller training, at the Dutch Government Flying School (Rijksluchtvaartschool) at Groningen Airport Eelde in 1965, at had the chance to make quite a number of flights in the school’s Morane Saulnier MS.760B Paris II aircraft (in PH-MSS, MST, MSU, MSV, MSX and MSW).
It would be nice to see this rare type operate once more in European skies.
However the correct registration of this aircraft is N751PJ (c/n 51). It seems to be in good shape.
Never been there, but it looks a fantastic place.
It must have been their Constellation which I saw do a low pass at Southend a few years ago, en-route to the museum ?
The Aviodrome Constellation
I have known and enjoyed the Aviodrome and its predecessors at Schiphol Airport since it first opened in the early sixties at the original site at Schiphol East where nowadays the main building of LVNL / Air Traffic Control The Netherlands is located.
The move to Lelystad was inspired by great examples like Duxford and the wish to enhance the rather static Aviodrome museum with live aviation activities. Since then the Dutch Dakota Association also moved its main activities to Lelystad with their DC-2 and DC-3’s. The Fokker Four association with their S-11’s is present and in many activities the Early Bird Association (which restores and operates many historic aircraft) joined in. Lelystad did also become the home base for the PBY Catalina.
In the past 10 years the Aviodrome has been very active in acquiring interesting and unique aircraft, like the L-749 Constellation and the first production example of the Fokker Friendship. It was (still is?) their aim to operate those aircraft on a regular basis. This has failed so far, probably because of stringent CAA regulations and European insurance requirements.
Despite this Aviodrome seemed to concentrate to collect even more more (static) aircraft, like a KLM 747, Fokker 100 and activities had been undertaken to add a Fokker F-28 and a Douglas DC-8 to their collection. When sufficient funds are available this should be applauded of course; otherwise I think the focus should have been on the existing collection and especially on the operation of the magnificent Constellation and F-27. In the past few years the focus seem to have shifted towards the more casual, amusement park oriented, tourist instead of the true aviation enthusiasts. The Aviodrome web site used to host a forum where the enthusiasts could exchange information, but this forum had been shut down and replaced by Facebook, Hyves and Twitter accounts.
Of course the present financial crisis makes things rather difficult for the Aviodrome. I sincerely hope that they will succeed in reviving their business and that we will have the opportunity to enjoy many more of the activities that were organized by the Aviodrome in the not too distant past, like the celebration of 70 years of the DC-3 / Dakota and 75 years Melbourne race.
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