Bentwaters Nightshoot 14th May 2015

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Bentwaters Nightshoot 14th May 2015

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The Bentwaters Cold War Museum had a night event this evening which included lighting up the two aircraft in the compound;

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ImageMcD Phantom FGR.2 by Mark Rourke, on Flickr

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ImageBAe Harrier GR.3 by Mark Rourke, on Flickr

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ImageBAe Harrier GR.3 by Mark Rourke, on Flickr

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Love the F-4 shot..
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Lovely. Would love to get down there for s bit of that.

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Thank you all for the replies. I think maybe the first reply is an attempt at a 'wind up' and best ignored. As for the shots themselves, I am happy how I edited them. I could come out with some excuses on the exposure times, so I will! :) . The weather was blustery and wet, and I did not have a 'proper' tripod. The light was provided by two floodlights at about 6 foot of the ground and did not illuminate the aircraft as well, as say, at the Northolt night shoots. The rest of the airfield was pitch black in the area behind the photos. I do not edit my pictures to seek approval of anyone except myself, as long as I am happy that's all I care about :). For me this is a hobby, and though I do have my own website ( www.pixelsnipers.com for anyone interested), and had a few pictures published, I would need to become 100 times better and more skilled to even consider leaving my day job and being accepted as a bona fida professional photographer. Thanks again for the replies and support.

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Think I would have been more than happy with those :clap: Great to see a Phantom outside with Engines in :rock:
Is the Harrier a potential runner?
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urkles wrote:Thank you all for the replies. I think maybe the first reply is an attempt at a 'wind up' and best ignored. As for the shots themselves, I am happy how I edited them. I could come out with some excuses on the exposure times, so I will! :) . The weather was blustery and wet, and I did not have a 'proper' tripod. The light was provided by two floodlights at about 6 foot of the ground and did not illuminate the aircraft as well, as say, at the Northolt night shoots. The rest of the airfield was pitch black in the area behind the photos. I do not edit my pictures to seek approval of anyone except myself, as long as I am happy that's all I care about :). For me this is a hobby, and though I do have my own website ( http://www.pixelsnipers.com for anyone interested), and had a few pictures published, I would need to become 100 times better and more skilled to even consider leaving my day job and being accepted as a bona fida professional photographer. Thanks again for the replies and support.


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Great shots!
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I've no idea what was deleted, but I do like the F4 shot. Very nice indeed! :clap:

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Great shots of two iconic aircraft. :clap:
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Liking these Mark :clap: :clap:
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Pat Murphy wrote:Think I would have been more than happy with those :clap: Great to see a Phantom outside with Engines in :rock:
Is the Harrier a potential runner?
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The Phantom and the Harrier are engineless i'm afraid, out of interest the Harrier still had its sunshade in the cockpit from its service in Belize !!

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Nice shots there Mark :clap: Just sorry we both couldnt attend
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There's are very ,very nice

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A nice set of shots, I do like your comment "I do not edit my pictures to seek approval of anyone except myself."
Far too often we are driven to edit our photos to please others.

Like many, I only wished that I could have been at Bentwaters with you!

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love The Harrier Man, Great shots both of em
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Thanks for posting. Great to see the F4 and the Harrier. Didn't see the posts that were deleted so cant comment. Main thing for me was that you posted your photos here for which I and many others appreciate.
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Thanks again chaps

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great shots :yahoo: , pity there are none of these on the air show circuit.................... :sad:
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Excellent photos of a very well presented "Museum at Night". If we got a 103 engine for the Harrier, it would have potential as a runner, however we have not and unlikely one will appear without an airframe. We are of course working on another of the Museums aircraft, Jaguar XX741 with the intention of getting it going. We do have Adours for that, not in the greatest state, but we have them and the spinny bits seem to be OK to run. It will depend on how many faults we find with the fuel systems, etc. Before that however we have to finish off restoring all the airframe systems, by far not complete, but slowly getting there.

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Well done Mark! great show and the best way to answer all the critics who are looking pretty silly this morning.

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