Biggin Hill 2010 pics

[DamienB]

A scorching day out - thanks to Shaggie for the shade. And ice cream!

[DamienB]

A good dose of warbird action for the Battle of Britain sequence:















The Typhoon/Spit combination was superb - they made it look absolutely effortless. Fantastic.

[LN Strike Eagle]

Splendid stuff - last one is really nice. These from the same spot as last year, or did you find somewhere better?

[DamienB]

[DamienB]

Splendid stuff - last one is really nice. These from the same spot as last year, or did you find somewhere better?

Cheers Dan. Mostly from the common at Leaves Green a short walk further north from last year's spot with some (VC-10, Tiffy/Spit) from the field bordering the airfield.

[FOTO4]

Second Red Arrow shot superb, Damien

[Manonthefence]

Very nice work mate.

[jimbob1194]

Nice one Damien

James

[Lomcevak26]

Reds and Typhoon/Spit against-the-sun shots are all superb, Damien - I like the VC-10 low over the tree-line, too.

[Andrew McP]

Wonderful stuff, as usual. Every year I promise myself I'll spend one day inside and one day somewhere outside, but I never do. I must remember shots like this and actually do it next year!

First Spit in the second batch is my favourite. The sunlight off the blades polishes off a really satisfying shot.

Andrew McP

[SEMAE]

Alll of them are stunners. Tornado has my vote.

Cheers


Martin

[Tug 747]

Some real stunners indeed hard to pick a favourite but i do like the top side shots well done sir.

Doug

[Jorgo]

No wonder I didn't see you !!

[DamienB]

Anything to avoid you mate, cracked lenses don't pay to fix themselves...

[Bjorn]

The shots against the sun are really cool (!) If I may ask, what kind of filter did you use to get pictures that good?

[DamienB]

Filters are the work of the devil.

My personal technique is to dial in some serious underexposure when I know I'll be tracking through the sun, close eye as the frame becomes very bright and fire several shots in a row. All you need to do with the resulting frame is punch the blacks up a bit for a deeper blue in the sky. And spent the next 2 days cloning out the dust spots. I leave the bright bits of airborne fluff and lens flare alone.

[MicrolightDriver]

Another vote for the 'into sun' shot of the Typhoon and Spitfire!

[Bjorn]

Filters are the work of the devil.

My personal technique is to dial in some serious underexposure when I know I'll be tracking through the sun, close eye as the frame becomes very bright and fire several shots in a row. All you need to do with the resulting frame is punch the blacks up a bit for a deeper blue in the sky. And spent the next 2 days cloning out the dust spots. I leave the bright bits of airborne fluff and lens flare alone.

That technique seems to work quite well

[T_J]

Another vote for the Spit/Typhoon sun shot, Damien.



TJ