La MARINE Fertée 2009

[Swissjoke]

The French Navy was well represented in Fertée 2009...

Some photographs of the E-2C & Rafale Marine.

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good night ...

[Arno 01]

Very cool, great shooting of some stunning aircraft

[timuss]

What a lovely looking plane that is great shots

[Agg]

Great set, love the Rafale with the shock wave!

[r.e.hendriks]

Woooooowwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awesome shots!!! Nice and sharp!

Best regards, Rob.

[StevenH]

I hate to be negative, but I can't help thinking that quite a few of these appear to be under-exposed. The problem I feel is that you have added too much contrast to them. The other issue is that most of them are undersides, which don't make for the most appealing images. I'm also not sure about your choice of angles and cropping on the Hawkeye images. Shots M,N and O depict the undersides of the aircraft as it is going away from you, and it doesn't make for a very appealing image, particularly with your exceptionally tight cropping. Shot L is much better as we can see the more aesthetically pleasing details of the front fuselage and the aircraft is coming towards you instead. As a general rule (which can be broken depending on the scenario) underside shots are best avoided.

I'm not sure about shot B but the rest are all very nice and sharp so kudos in that respect. Please don't take my comments badly, I'm only trying to offer constructive criticism, the main point I would say is to try and choose your 'moment's a little better.

[Swissjoke]

Hello Mr Steven.
Your criticisms are indeed constructive and approves your judgement.
My first target is to distract people with my photographs.
The second target is to progress in technique to helps of criticisms.

Désolé pour mon Anglais...

Best regards...

[StevenH]

You are welcome. Your photos are very good, please keep sharing.

[Sulman]

The Rafale reheat shot is lovely, as is the photo of the pilot - the human angle gets overlooked in av photography. It looks like hard overhead sun for a few of these. You made the best of difficult light.