Great shots MH. The Sky Europe shot is the pick of the bunch for me – I love those angles.

As regards horizons and lamposts, this issue comes up quite frequently on the grey and blue sites – which reference point to use in a photo etc.

Seeing some lamposts dead straight and others slightly wonky is not uncommon, especially those at the edges of the frame. I tend to use fence posts if they are available (especially when editing NEMA shots) because you get a continuous row of short vertical lines to work with, but making the edge of a building in a shot straight is also good.

Which point you use will depend on each individual photo and personal preference I guess. Generally, on some of the shots that you’ve posted that have lamposts etc in them, a little anticlockwise rotation wouldnt hurt.

Keep up the good work Adam! 🙂

Excellent shots, Sam. the wing flex on that Delta is pretty cool!:)

awesome shots guys! here is a collection of shots, taken over the past few days, all from my garden in Colchester.

thanks

nice shots Kenny! like the cirrus shots and VP-CKA!

(my 1000th post! ….took me long enough…:D )

Seen them before, but I still laugh, thanks.:) Great stuff. 😀

“The three best things in life are a good landing, a good orgasm, and, a good bowel movement. The night carrier landing is one of the few opportunities in life where you get to experience all three at the same time.”

“There are more planes in the ocean than submarines in the sky”

LOL!

I’ve been thinking about what you’ve said, its a hard one.

This forum is a place for photographers to share their images, whether they are good or bad.

Yes, CC is great if it allows someone to improve but I think CC is only neccessary on the dire photos, and I dont think we’ve seen many of those. Should we really worry if a horizon or two is unlevel or the aircraft is too small in the frame or its backlit – many are limited as to what they can do becuase they may not have cameras totally suited to aviation photography. Also, quite a few people dont have access to the software packages that allow them to edit the photos properly. Photoshop etc costs three arms and 9 legs to buy – many will be stuck with just MS Paint. So many are unable to improve their images.

I think we have got to cater for people who can’t get their photos onto the blue or grey sites of this world and have got to have an outlet somewhere for showing off their work – many forums similar to this are like that. Its the a’s and jp’s that need to worry about whether the horizon is unlevel. Here, we are simply sharing a hobby. We aren’t screening the photos for upload to the said sites.

I know when I see a crap aviation photo – we all do – and our opinions on which photos are good or bad will differ – everyone’s ‘par’ is going to be at a different height.

What I’m trying to say is that not every photo is going to be perfect on here. The photos that are totally useless (and I think there are very, very few of those IMO) do receive CC, but for those photos which are slightly unlevel or backlit, or a little undersharpened for example, I don’t think we should worry. The photographers will learn over time and get inspiration from the best.

EDIT – i’m not saying CC is bad. I think its great when its well meant and when it provides guidance for the future. I get it sometimes, I like it, I use it.

cool shots. How were you able to get the second to last shot? Were you airside?