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No takers anymore? I was hoping for some more contribution.
What's the best photo you ever made of an aircraft? (At the moment)
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GrauGeist
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I think there will be more, Marcel, but you have to give them time to find their best one!
Not sure if it is necessarily the best, but it is my favorite picture of an aircraft that I have taken. I took it while deployed to Kosovo and I just love the sun setting in the background, and they way it shines and glows in the picture.
i need time to go through mine, i have a few that come to mind but will pick a favorite soon
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Dave, I'm very curious, hence my reaction
Chris, that's a great wallpaper for a computer. Love the light and the way it reflects on the ground.
Chris, that's a great wallpaper for a computer. Love the light and the way it reflects on the ground.
Coors9
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I'm a machinist, we do work for this helicopter company . A buddy of mine there called me up (he knows I love F-15's ) and I got to a walk around two of them. One of the Eagle drivers came out and got to talk for about 15 min's. Pretty cool time.
I have to say that these are a great set of pics fella's.
And as to finding my 'best ' one ?....I got a best one for composition, lighting, mood, panning, nightime, my fave, air to air, ground to air, static...actually, who the 'ell am I kidding, i've got loads and its its a very difficult one to pinpoint.
However, the one I'll offer up has been posted before. I took it a few minutes after the 2 minute silence on Remembrance Day at Duxford. It wasn't until I got home and looked at what I taken for the day, that this one just seemed to leap off the computer screen at me. I love the lighting and the dark green Hangar door for the background. Its one of five pics I've taken that I keep going back to !
And as to finding my 'best ' one ?....I got a best one for composition, lighting, mood, panning, nightime, my fave, air to air, ground to air, static...actually, who the 'ell am I kidding, i've got loads and its its a very difficult one to pinpoint.
However, the one I'll offer up has been posted before. I took it a few minutes after the 2 minute silence on Remembrance Day at Duxford. It wasn't until I got home and looked at what I taken for the day, that this one just seemed to leap off the computer screen at me. I love the lighting and the dark green Hangar door for the background. Its one of five pics I've taken that I keep going back to !
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Ah, nice! You don't see an F15 in that way so often.
Garry, the spit looks great, could be a cover of a book or something. Always nice if a composition works!
Garry, the spit looks great, could be a cover of a book or something. Always nice if a composition works!
my new favorite taken on sunday at Little Gransden airshow, the dark clouds make it look like the are outbound on a mission !
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Whow, agree on the photo, it's great. Not only the subject 2 lancs!) but also the athmosphere in it
GrauGeist
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WoW, what a shot, Karl!
When I first looked at it, I thought the photo was taken from the air!
When I first looked at it, I thought the photo was taken from the air!
thank fella's, total fluke really, clouds were not as dark as picture suggests, but i had trouble all day taking pictures to my left because of the lighting conditions which also moved in front of us as the day went on !
Great shots guys! I'll try and find the time to go through mine and find one (that's the real challenge)...
Great images here alright. Some are gob smackingly special. I'm a freelance writer for an aviation publication and often get my own pictures published along with my articles - you earn more if you provide your own images, so I like to take photos that I know might be used in articles, so technically, from a photographic perspective I don't have that many exceptional ones. After narrowing it down to three possibilities, this is the one, although it's never appeared in print.
Brendan Deere's Spitfire IX PV270 starting up on a rather grey winter's day. Brendan is the nephew of New Zealand WW2 fighter ace Al Deere and the Spitfire wears his personal marking.
Brendan Deere's Spitfire IX PV270 starting up on a rather grey winter's day. Brendan is the nephew of New Zealand WW2 fighter ace Al Deere and the Spitfire wears his personal marking.
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That is a great picture
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Nice pic, Nuuman. I always try to capture that moment, but always failed. Your timing is much better than mine
I like the collection sofar. So many different pictures, styles and reasons why they are special. Great job guys
I like the collection sofar. So many different pictures, styles and reasons why they are special. Great job guys
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GrauGeist
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Agreed, Marcel...all are outstanding photographs!
parsifal
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this shot was actually taken by my wife at the canberra open day for the australian war memorial airshow with me directing over her shoulder . It was taken with a basic digital camera with the settings for high speed shutter set to max, and a fair amount of zoom applied. it was a difficult shot to capture. it shows a P-40, Spitfire, p-51, Canberra and f-111
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Thanks guys. Agreed, there are a a lot of special moments here. I would have liked to submit one that I took on the day of the public display of the Mosquito with a line up of ex Mossie veterans next to it, which was published in an article on the event, but it was just a close up of the guys, nothing really exceptional about the image apart from the fact that it was a special day for all.
Parsifal, that lineup should be from l to r, P-40, Spitfire, Mustang, Meteor, Hornet. Would have been a cracker if Temora got their Sabre up. All the RAAF needs now is an airworthy Mirage.
Parsifal, that lineup should be from l to r, P-40, Spitfire, Mustang, Meteor, Hornet. Would have been a cracker if Temora got their Sabre up. All the RAAF needs now is an airworthy Mirage.
parsifal
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oops, my mistake and embarrassing.....its and f-18 alright. There was an F-111 that day and it did a massive fuel burn up the lake. Sometimes i do that....get one image and get it mixed up for some reason
