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

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

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

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

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Second Red Arrow shot superb, Damien

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Very nice work mate.

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Nice one Damien :clap:

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

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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.

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Alll of them are stunners. Tornado has my vote.

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

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No wonder I didn't see you !!
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Anything to avoid you mate, cracked lenses don't pay to fix themselves...

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

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

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DamienB wrote: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 :clap:
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Another vote for the Spit/Typhoon sun shot, Damien.

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