[Updated] Rjlaker's Airbourne - from Beachy Head

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[Updated] Rjlaker's Airbourne - from Beachy Head

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Hi all,
My season drew to an early close this weekend due to the forthcoming birth of our 1st child any day now! I went to Eastbourne for a couple of days - Friday with my wife, and on my own yesterday to beachy head. I wasn't expecting to see anything when i arrived it was thick fog - you couldn't see the other end of the car park, never mind the town! It lifted in time though and we got a good day. A lot of pilots played ball too and we got some lovely passes. On with the shots:

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Cheers for looking - more to come in the week when I've been through some more!
Rob :smile:
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Tutor shots for me ( :shock: ), although Miss D and two Spitfire shots are also crackers.

All the best to you and your wife with the new arrival.
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Cracking set. Miss D is fantastic
What lens did you use?

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Cracking set Rob,we didn't get "the headline" then.Best wishes to you both hope it all goes well

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Great shots, hope everything goes well with the baby. :clap:

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Brilliant work buddy, first Tutor, first Spitfire and the BBMF lighthouse shot are all absolute winners :clap: :clap: :clap:
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A good set with a great back drop :clap:
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Nice work. Could be some POTW contenders there. :clap:

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Nice - shame it wasn't sunnier though. Best of luck with the birth!

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Nice shots Rob, Good Luck

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Great shots. :biggrin:
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wow you got some stunners there! look forward to seeing some more!!! :clap:

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You must have been stood right by me then? I was the guy with the Vulcan cap battling with the wind. You came away with some cracking shots though :clap: :clap:
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Great shots of the Spitfire followed very closely by the Hunter.

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Cheers for the comments, guys. Timuss - If I'd have known that was you, I'd have come across and said hello! It was a bit of a struggle in that wind wasn't it!

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rjlaker wrote:Cheers for the comments, guys. Timuss - If I'd have known that was you, I'd have come across and said hello! It was a bit of a struggle in that wind wasn't it!


Likewise were you shooting with the Sony Gear with the scanner??
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That was me - think I was standing next to you... also battling the wind on the section of cliff before it got too steep!

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Cheers, guys.
Rich - I was using a Sony A350 and Sony 70-400mm. Here are a few more:

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Cheers for looking
Rob :smile:

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Re: [Updated] Rjlaker's Airbourne - from Beachy Head

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Lovely images Rob, BBMF look great, I was there on sunday and had a wonderful day in the sunshine, we only had the Spit and Hurricane of the BBMF I think the Lanc
was u/s, plenty passes and some straight over our heads, I will try and use Beachy Head again next year, best wishes for the future :up:
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