erm….Excellent stuff lol. Yeah that rounds off a cracking display now! Clean steps 😉

Here’s my attempt at it! First pics on a.net of the completed works! typical Manchester Sky too 😉

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1192405/M/

I had the 70-300 IS USM and its a great lens, lightweight and nearly but if you don’t need 300mm then consider the 70-200 F4. However I found 300mm a little short using the 70-300 IS USM at Fariford this year so I invested in the 100-400 IS L. If you need to see some shots using the 70-300 check my shots on a.net in the sig.

I did this trip from MAN in Nov last year but I only made it as far as my business class seat on Row 4 😀 So I don’t know what the service etc is like in the back.

Was the first week operating the flight when I went so the staff hadn’t got a clue, for some it was their first trip.

Thanks for the info, do you happen to know if you can still park your car there?
I parked there 3 or 4 years ago, but the last time I went it was closed and blocked off!

I was at the Esso last week just after it opened, us local guys park our cars in the local pub and walk a few yards down the road. There are car parking places in the garage for customers. We saw the police move on cars and talk to the tog’s in the cars saying to move off the private property. We always stand just off the forecourt on public land and they have no probs. Just hope the new opening of the garage doesn’t lend itself to loads of spotters coming down and parking there and spoiling it for the regulars as once the police get going they’ll be no stopping them!

Nice panning on the 2nd Indian!
Love the HF antenna on the first Indian! Old Skool!

I tend to agree with some of the original points. However I think this forum is a good place
for everyone to show their pics no matter what the quality. I’m sure people recognise that their photos
maybe not be the best quality but why make this forum a no-go area.
I enjoy this forum, its friendly and welcoming and its a quick way of seeing new shots that you don’t tend to see in many places.
Having CC maybe good but I fear it might turn this forum into something not aimed to be. If your not expecting to get CC on your photos you might have take offence.
Personally I don’t reply to threads when I think the photos are poor as I don’t want to join in with the “good shots”, “brilliant” when really they are blurred, dark, its just seems false to me.

Looking at the photos posted here, the majority are very good. Not even can afford to own a DSLR or even the editing software required to make “the standard” (whatever that is).

I’m happy to offer help on taking and editing photos to anyone who requires it. Just PM / email me.

Everyone has their own agenda for taking aviation photos, some are spotters with a camera, some are photographers who like planes..there maybe a difference there in the way people look at the photos.

I started out as a spotter but now I just goto the airport to photograph the aircraft and no longer “spot the numbers”

3 key points to remember to make your photos better 😉

1) Shoot with the sun at your back
2) Shoot with the sun at your back
3) Stay at home / Pub when its cold and grey 😉

Hope this is constructive!

Good shots mate, nice and crisp for the wx cdx.
I was up at MAN southside yesterday, what another gloomy day! Even the rozzers stopped of and took our names which was nice!