Geedee's (and everyone else's) 'OMG, I forgot the colour !' Warbirds

[vikingBerserker]

Gary, those are fricken amazing!

 

[ontos]

Holy Molly, those are great, I like the B&W it makes for a great effect.

 

[GrauGeist]

Really nice work, Gary...I especially like the first photo, where the smoke is shadowed from the group's manover, blending with the high clouds...awesome stuff!

 

[evangilder]

Great stuff, Gary. That Stearman shot rocks!

 

[Gnomey]

Great stuff Gary!!

 

[evangilder]

Three from some playing around with photoshop today.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Gary, they all ROCK!!!!! But I really love the F-14 shot. I also love the first three shots, the way the sun plays off the smoke in the black and white is unreal!!!!

 

[GrauGeist]

It's so cool the way the contrasts come alive with B&W photos, the "sepia" does the same...cool images, Eric!

 

[evangilder]

Thanks Dave. I went higher on the sepia effect than I normally like to do, but it was interesting to experiment.

 

[trackend]

Ok Gary big confession I have not looked through this thread before today (what a twat) you have some great shots mate mono chrome is my favourite medium but I have had limited success converting to digital with it so your thread has been of great value. This is only MHO but I dont think digital mono at the moment has as fuller tonal range as Silver Halide film did but it is getting closer.
I really enjoyed your shots some of which are really cracking and to hard to pick a favourite one but on page one the close hauled Spite duo is great Gary.
Out of Erics usual parade of fantasitic shots the Moth blew my socks off (superb)
Thanks for the super thread Gary I shall now go and beat myself with a hawthorn twig for not looking before.

 

[evangilder]

A little T-28 action for ya.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Very nice!

 

[GrauGeist]

Cool shots!

Out of curiousity, what type of jet is that, aproaching thier 8 O'clock in the first photo?

 

[Geedee]

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[Clay_Allison]

What aircraft is this?

 

[GrauGeist]

What aircraft is this?

Isn't that the Spanish Ha-1109?

 

[Clay_Allison]

Isn't that the Spanish Ha-1109?

Yes. HA-1112-M1L Buchon (literally, "big throat"), which is both a male dove or a pelican in Spanish. It first flew 29 March 1954. The 1112-M1L was equipped with the 1,600 hp Rolls-Royce Merlin 500-45[7] engine and Rotol propeller.[8] This engine required the addition of a deep chin intake, whence the name Buchón. Thanks to you and Wikipedia.

 

[evangilder]

Cool shots!

Out of curiousity, what type of jet is that, aproaching thier 8 O'clock in the first photo?

Yep, it's an L-39 Albatross. We did a cool photo shoot with the T-28 and the L-39 together for a bit before the jet took off for some fun on his own.

 

[DBII]

Which B-17 is in the forground on page 1 of this thread? I do not remmember the DS markings.

DBII

 

[Geedee]

Which B-17 is in the forground on page 1 of this thread? I do not remmember the DS markings.

DBII

Pink Lady.....pic 12 first page.