Are caricatures of aircraft popular among members here? I know there aren’t many artists who do caricatures so am wondering how the market interest is for them.
But it does sound like there are many collectors of “serious” aviation art here, judging from other threads here I’ve read 🙂
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This pic of me fulfilling one of my life’s dreams of sitting in a real Bf109 cockpit was taken in 1990 on my first trip to the UK. I had quit my job to travel through UK for 1½ months and attended about 10 Warbirds airshows 😀 😀 😀
This shot of me sitting in Messerschmitt Bf109G-2 “Black 6” was taken at RAF Benson, when the Gustav was still in its primer paint, before application of its desert camo, and before it started its flying career again. I haven’t changed much, appearance-wise, from the time this pic was taken 😎 but unfortunately same cannot be said for this historic fighter, which is now land-bound again in the museum 🙁
Not the best scan and colours from my time-damaged negative, but its one of my favourite photos of myself, and in keeping with this thread’s theme 😀
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I really like the head-on shot of the Red Arrows – very dramatic and well-taken!
For the propeller aircraft pix, your friend might want to reduce the shutter speed to allow more “blurring” of the propellers to show more sense of movement.
To show you what I mean, I took these pictures below in 1990 during my visit to some of the airshows commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. I set the shutter speed at 1/125 of a second and my film speed was set to ASA 100:
The scans aren’t the best but you can see the more blurry effect of the props at the lower shutter speeds.
Have fun shooting and experimenting with the new digital cam! 😀 😀
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Awesome set of shots. Thank you for sharing, and no, its not boring at all, not even approaching stale 🙂
I never realised the warbird movement was so strong back then. So many rare aircraft, wow! 😀
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A salute to a gallant ace, may he rest in peace.
Here’s an aviation art painting showing then Lt. John Bolt and Maj. Henry Miller of VMF-214 begin a dive in their F4U Corsairs onto a formation of Japanese Zekes.
The action took place over Saint George’s Channel on December 23, 1943. In the ensuing air battle Lt. Bolt shot down two Zekes and Maj. Miller accounted for one. This Fighter sweep was flown in conjunction with a bomber strike on the Japanese forces at Rabaul and netted the Black Sheep Squadron a total of 11 Zekes and 2 Tonys. The two Zekes claimed by Lt. Bolt that day raised his total to five confirmed victories.
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