Duxford Flying Legends 2009

evangilder · Jul 14, 2009

Great stuff, Lee! Looks like you got some reasonable weather for at least one of the days. Those vintage look monochrome shots are real eye catchers!

trackend · Jul 14, 2009

Thanks Eric all in all it was very good all the pics Ive posted all I did was crop and press the auto fix thats why they are so blotchy but I still have the originals that I can play with a bit more methodicly and at the original size.
IMPO these next ones are a tad better but still suffer from reduction in size problems I even had a bash at layering (no prizes for guessing which one) its very crudely done.

Gnomey · Jul 14, 2009

Cracking shots Lee!

GrauGeist · Jul 14, 2009

trackend said:
...I even had a bash at layering (no prizes for guessing which one) its very crudely done.

The P-51D behind the American flag

The photo of the Eindecker is outstanding, all the other photos are excellent as well!

I have got to get out there for one of the shows!!

evangilder · Jul 14, 2009

What are using for your editing software, Lee? If you are using photoshop, you should be able to sharpen up what is lost from resizing by using Sharpen, Smart Sharpen or Unsharp Mask. You have to experiment to get the clarity without the jagged edges, but it does help.

Airframes · Jul 15, 2009

Beaitiful shots Lee, I like all of them. Now, where's the rest?!
Neil, the crowds are fairly large at all the Duxford shows, but it's well worth going. In fact, it's a 'must' if you're in the UK, even if there isn't an airshow at the time! The museums are massive, and take at least 2 days to see properly, and of course, it's a working museum/airfield, a surviving Battle of Britain field, one time 'home' to Douglas Bader, and then of course the USAAF 78th Fighter Group's P47's and P51D's.

trackend · Jul 15, 2009

evangilder said:
What are using for your editing software, Lee?.

Ive tried both PShop and Lightroom Eric its only when I resize them the problems start the originals are lovely and sharp without doing anything I think i just need more practice its my use of software that is the biggest problem I am having converting to digital .

Anyway I've bashed out a few more snaps and instead of pure record shots I am posting some candid and shots that to me convey the atmosphere of the show aswell as a couple of record images the first shot I had a go at reproducing early colour autochrome which is very simlar to the Kodak colour film used in the thirties and forties having very soft hues but was quite grainy

Airframes · Jul 15, 2009

Lovely work Lee, great stuff.

Gnomey · Jul 15, 2009

Nice stuff Lee. Not sure why your pictures are coming out noisy. When you save the pictures after the resize make sure they are on the highest setting for jpeg and see if that fixes the problem, I have never had this problem with Photoshop and resizing images.

pbfoot · Jul 15, 2009

Airframes said:
Beaitiful shots Lee, I like all of them. Now, where's the rest?!
Neil, the crowds are fairly large at all the Duxford shows, but it's well worth going. In fact, it's a 'must' if you're in the UK, even if there isn't an airshow at the time! The museums are massive, and take at least 2 days to see properly, and of course, it's a working museum/airfield, a surviving Battle of Britain field, one time 'home' to Douglas Bader, and then of course the USAAF 78th Fighter Group's P47's and P51D's.

I'm fairly familiar with some of the pilots and AME's one them just pranged White 14 over here

rochie · Jul 17, 2009

awsome pictures Trackend

vikingBerserker · Jul 17, 2009

Lee, those are some indcredible shots, thanks for sharing!

wheelsup_cavu · Jul 17, 2009

Nice shots.
Maybe because I am seeing pictures of the planes everywhere else the motorcycle pic really jumps out at me.

Wheels

BikerBabe · Jul 17, 2009

Really wonderful shots, thank a lot for sharing those. *curtsies*
The motorcycle - is that a Harley or an Indian??? *eyes bike photo with interest*...sry, but I don't know much about those "foreign" brands.

Aaron Brooks Wolters · Jul 17, 2009

WHOA!! Lee, those are stupendous!

GrauGeist · Jul 17, 2009

Yet another set of great shots!

BikerBabe said:
Really wonderful shots, thank a lot for sharing those. *curtsies*
The motorcycle - is that a Harley or an Indian??? *eyes bike photo with interest*...sry, but I don't know much about those "foreign" brands.

BB...that's a Harley Davidson, the Indian Scout had a gear shift on the left side near the fuel tank.

BikerBabe · Jul 17, 2009

GrauGeist said:
Yet another set of great shots!

BB...that's a Harley Davidson, the Indian Scout had a gear shift on the left side near the fuel tank.

Thanks for the info, I only know a lot about "my" kinda bike brand, BMW, but I'm curious about other motorcycles, too.

wheelsup_cavu · Jul 18, 2009

trackend said:
Its FLs signature flypast Wheelsup.
Called the Balbo in honour of the great pre war Italian flyer Italo Balbo

I missed this last week. Thanks for the info.

Here are some videos I have found from the show.
I hope you like them.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qXSxncAdAQ

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJYJVoM_z0k
The rest of the vids are @ his channel:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_1mLe5kV6Y
Some more vids are @ his channel:
YouTube - auldm's Channel

Wheels

evangilder · Jul 18, 2009

I like the umbrella in the rifle carrier on the motorcycle. Some good shots there, Lee. I like the dramatic feel of that Lysander shot over the crowd.

Wayne Little · Jul 19, 2009

Great series of pics Lee....

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