Big Sky, Small Plane

[Macc]

Saw this on Lowfly.net and thought it was better than certain type photos so i thought i'd start it here

Heres the idea/brief; the shot should be of big detailed or colourful skies with a small, distant, or evidence (vapour trails/light trails) of aircraft in the shot, the emphasis is on the sky though!
To start the ball rolling...

Macc

[Monty]

Ill help you along with this.
Two of mine from Duxfors september show on saturday.

[nigelblake]

Some of the shots so far have aircraft that are far too big and don't fit the brief !!!

[Ben Montgomery]

How about this one - Typhoon circuit bashing at Coningsby
EDIT - sorry about the bird, i uploaded the wrong photo from this sequence

[nigelblake]

Perfect!

[Pen Pusher]

Does this count?



Brian

[MikeH]

There was a dramatic sky when XH558 returned to Waddington on the Thursday before the show, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered with this distant shot.

[Monty]

How about this one - Typhoon circuit bashing at Coningsby
EDIT - sorry about the bird, i uploaded the wrong photo from this sequence

oii nicker of my pic

[Ben Montgomery]

Oh of course dan its your picture. Seeing as you had the idea about 2 minutes after i took this as the tiffe came round on the next pass. Claiming it at your idea - how dare you! Hang your head in shame

[F-86]

One from me.

[Monty]

Oh of course dan its your picture. Seeing as you had the idea about 2 minutes after i took this as the tiffe came round on the next pass. Claiming it at your idea - how dare you! Hang your head in shame

no need to get on your high horse. as as shown by the whistling it was a gently rib nudging. Im truly sorry to cause you sush indignaty ill just return to my model then shall I?
Here is another from me

[SamP]

Great start to an interesting topic, but this has got my vote

There was a dramatic sky when XH558 returned to Waddington on the Thursday before the show, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered with this distant shot.

Now that is one INCREDIABLE shot

[LeeHathaway]

Just the one from me, taken at Fairford back in August..

[habu21]

Great idea for a thread, just one from me.......

[HOLTY]

[LN Strike Eagle]

Nice idea for a thread. Just the one...

[SuffolkBlue]

At the Hall:



and the PdF at RIAT 08:

[Blackbird]

Just one that I can put my hands on...and similar ideas to Dan's (but not as well positioned )


Andy

[Arno 01]

Nellis 07

[boff180]

Just a few from me





Andy

[expat1]

Very late practice session by the Patt' Suisse at Berlin ILA 2004.

[Dean F]

I'll join in the game.................



Dean

[Sam Dodd]

Lyneham familes day

[eaglekepr]

Closest/best to hand, from Duxford's last show;

[catkins]

It's only recently that I realised that I should buy a telephoto for my Olympus DSLR, so this thread at least means that I can show a couple of recent ones, plus 3 of my pre-telephoto shots!!

Tornado 'waving goodbye' at Spadeadam (now got baldspot due to low overflight!!)

F-15 low flying while trying to identify target at Spadeadam

Big skies, big open spaces - Spadeadam

Apache helicopters depart Albermarle barracks (ex RAF Ouston) on route to Otterburn ranges

The frustration at being in the right place at the right time only for the aircraft to fill a small portion of the resulting image was the final spur (thanks Apache, it was you that made my mind up).