3RD & 4TH OCT: Scottish Road Trip

[Lloyd H]

Well what a trip, non-stop laughs, the comfort and heated seats of Tals fridge, a lot of rain & great mates! So glad we all decided to go in the end, although everything didn't go as planned with Ellins managing to pass the lurgy round and not being able to do as much LL as we had hoped but there will be more time to do that in the next few weeks hopefully! We spent the Wednesday afternoon & evening photographing at Lossie, Thursday was spent inside and outside for the evening recoveries and Friday was spent on Bowerhope in the S-M although me & Tal descended early to have a bite to eat only to get car parked by a Tuc

Apologies for the amount of shots, C+C welcome..


1.

Swedish Air Force SAAB JAS 39D Gripen by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

2.

Swedish Air Force SAAB JAS 39C Gripen by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

3.

Give Us A Wave! by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

4.

Head On Phoon by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

5.

29 Squadron Typhoon by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

6.

11 Squadron Eurofighter Typhoon by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

7.

Taxiing At Sunset by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

8.

Checking It Over by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

9.

1,000,000 Hours Special Tail Tornado GR4 by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

10.

II Squadron Tornado GR4 by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

11.

Swedish Air Force SAAB JAS 39D Gripen by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

12.

41 Squadron Tornado GR4 by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

13.

41 Squadron Tornado GR4 by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

14.

II Squadron Tornado GR4 by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

15.

II Squadron Tornado GR4 by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

16.

Low & Loud! by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

17.

3 (F) Squadron Eurofighter Typhoon by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

18.

1,000,000 Hour Special Tail Tornado GR4 by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

19.

Cobham Aviation Dassualt Falcon 20 by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

20.

Two SAAB JAS 39C Gripens by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

21.

29 Squadron Typhoon by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

22.

29 Squadron Typhoon by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

23.

The Bubble by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

24.

Brakes! by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

25.

Golden Tonka by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

26.

Wave! by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

27.

29 Squadron Typhoon by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

28.

11 Squadron Euofighter Typhoon by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

29.

11 Squadron Euofighter Typhoon by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

30.

Panavia Tornado GR4 by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr


And thats it, got a load more shots but I won't bore you with them all! Thanks for looking.

[urkles]

Perfect

[StephenEThomas]

Great thread Lloyd

Steve

[Stu]

Ace set shots there

[swingy]

Some nice shots however I have to say all these close cropped shots of parts of aircraft are not really my cup of tea. Nothing particularly against your shots just a general personal view. The third would be my pick however if it had been me I would have tried to remove the lens flare on the hill. That said a fine set of shots for sure and right up there with many other fine sets we have seen from this years JW.

[Lloyd H]

Thanks for the kind words guys

Some nice shots however I have to say all these close cropped shots of parts of aircraft are not really my cup of tea. Nothing particularly against your shots just a general personal view. The third would be my pick however if it had been me I would have tried to remove the lens flare on the hill. That said a fine set of shots for sure and right up there with many other fine sets we have seen from this years JW.

Thanks, all for a bit of constructive crit! Personally I wouldn't say they were all closely cropped but I suppose everyone has a different eye for composition Thanks again!

[swingy]

Thanks for the kind words guys

Thanks, all for a bit of constructive crit! Personally I wouldn't say they were all closely cropped but I suppose everyone has a different eye for composition Thanks again!

I agree they are not and they are some of the better ones this just a personal view. Tastes change and in a few months I may have come round to this style again and I have done this myself on occasion so not totally adverse to it. I can see there is merit for the close crop when constrained at say an airshow static however we as a group seem to using that style more and more and I wonder if it is to the detriment of potentially great shots of the full airframe. It is the same with black and white, I love B&W shots but there is a time and place. Anyway sorry for diverting your thread. Again great shots and certainly provided a talking point which after all is the purpose of all works of art is it not?

[Spiny Norman]

Very sharp and some nice compositions that's for sure. Very rich toned too which reminds me of Fuji Velvia. My pick would be no 7 the Typhoon taxying away, very nice indeed. (Surprised none of our eagle-eyed watchers noticed that 22 and 27 are the same pic though!)

[swingy]

(Surprised none of our eagle-eyed watchers noticed that 22 and 27 are the same pic though!)

Ha ha good spot. Glad you mentioned that as it got me wondering about the helmets being used. Why the lumps on them anyone know?

[coanda]

The lumps are position detectors for the BAES Striker Helmet.

http://www.baesystems.com/product/BAES_ ... ed-display

Awesome set - I agree with the post up the page - lovely tones, and some so sharp I cut myself just looking at them.

[Macc]

Hard to pick a favourite as they're all class shots. The Typhoon shots stand out, plenty of neat compositions.

[scotthldr]

All pretty special but 14 and 27 stand out, glad you had a good few days up here.

[Bartek]

A lot of great pictures. Head on Tiffe shot(4) for me.

[Lloyd H]

Thanks for taking the time to comment chaps, it really is much appreciated

Very sharp and some nice compositions that's for sure. Very rich toned too which reminds me of Fuji Velvia. My pick would be no 7 the Typhoon taxying away, very nice indeed. (Surprised none of our eagle-eyed watchers noticed that 22 and 27 are the same pic though!)

Ahh yes I had noticed but I had forgot to change it!

[Stonefaction]

Some lovely light in these, and from some different viewpoints to the usual Lossie spots. Especially like the Tornado with the town in the background. The crops with the bits of aircraft don't really work for me, but at least you're going for something different rather than just the standard shots.

[umea4]

Wow. What an excellent set!

Anthony.

[mr pabs]

Great images.....each and every one of them.

[ciaranchef]

Fantastic, really a super post, love #27....Ciaran

[Trevster]

#25 gets my vote from a super set Lloyd

[Lloyd H]

Thanks chaps!

[IanH]

Very enjoyable set especially those in low light. Compositions good too. I`m not a lover of the 'wonky' horizons Lloyd but that`s me.

Regards, Ian

[theskunk]

First rate post, couple of stunning photos for the POTW.

[Skyflash]

Cor! Wonderful stuff.

...and doesn't Lossie itself just look fabulous. Great location.

[henk99]

Awesome set!

[Ben H]

Your editing is absolutely, 100% spot-on, Lloyd.