Leuchars, 8/10/12
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Leuchars, 8/10/12
Ok, I'm a bit out of practice at this aircraft photography thing, having not bothered much with it (except Leuchars airshow arrivals/show day) for almost 3 years, but for a wee change yesterday I thought I'd have a nosey at what was happening at my "local" base. The photos maybe aren't technically perfect, but I like this selection best of what I got, so here's the results, (well some of them) and in no particular order....
1. Tornado GR4 heads back to Marham.
2. P-3 gets airborne.
3. Strobing Poseidon.
4. Luftwaffe Tornado return.
5. Orion line-up.
6. Head-on Typhoon.
7. Tornado trio taxiing back.
8. Poseidon landing.
9. Strobing Typhoon.
10. Camo Tornado departs.
11. Light on dark.
12. Orion parked up.
13 Close Call for Curlews.
14. Old Smokey.
15. Turning north.
16. Poseidon taxies in.
17. Mean and moody.
18. I can see for miles....
19. Tornado turn.
20. Highlights.
21. Orion getting airborne.
22. Running in.
23. Tornado take-off.
24. Catching the light.
25. Reflective Poseidon.
26. Climbing out.
27. Break to land.
28. Late afternoon light.
29. Camo Tornado comes back.
30. Heading west.
31. Light and shade.
Thanks for taking the time to click the link and have a quick look (you are one of a particularly discerning minority ). Comments are always welcome, especially the positive ones......
Enjoy
Baz
1. Tornado GR4 heads back to Marham.
2. P-3 gets airborne.
3. Strobing Poseidon.
4. Luftwaffe Tornado return.
5. Orion line-up.
6. Head-on Typhoon.
7. Tornado trio taxiing back.
8. Poseidon landing.
9. Strobing Typhoon.
10. Camo Tornado departs.
11. Light on dark.
12. Orion parked up.
13 Close Call for Curlews.
14. Old Smokey.
15. Turning north.
16. Poseidon taxies in.
17. Mean and moody.
18. I can see for miles....
19. Tornado turn.
20. Highlights.
21. Orion getting airborne.
22. Running in.
23. Tornado take-off.
24. Catching the light.
25. Reflective Poseidon.
26. Climbing out.
27. Break to land.
28. Late afternoon light.
29. Camo Tornado comes back.
30. Heading west.
31. Light and shade.
Thanks for taking the time to click the link and have a quick look (you are one of a particularly discerning minority ). Comments are always welcome, especially the positive ones......
Enjoy
Baz
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That is one hell of a set. The editing really brings them out nicely - fantastic contrast. "Typhoon head-on" and the last are my favourites.
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Thanks, Chris. Incidentally, the two you mentioned needed hardly any editing done. The light was superb at that point - a mostly very dark sky with just a small (and closing) gap through which the sun was still shining and illuminating bits of the airfield. Fortunately, the Typhoons came in while it was still good light.
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Really like the last shot. Very atmospheric.
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That last shot is very special! Great use of light and shadows throughout making for very dramatic images
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Last shot and #26 for me - do like atmospheric ones...
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Something really different
Number 6 is my pick because.... well I dunno, I just like
Regards
MarkL
Number 6 is my pick because.... well I dunno, I just like
Regards
MarkL
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#14 and 30 for me .
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Some absolute cracking photographs there. The light is gorgeous - my favourite would be the Typhoon on the runway, but the Orion heading off into the dark is very nice too.
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Flock of birds and the Orion for me....altogether interesting and enjoyable set. Liked the composition.
Cheers, Ian
Cheers, Ian
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Great set of pics Barry wish I could get across myself
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Thanks, folks. Glad those of you who have bothered to have a look appear to have liked what you have found. If only I'd met/knew more than 2 or 3 folk on here......
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Good to see you posting again Baz. 6, 13 and the last are especially nice.
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Stonefaction wrote:Thanks, folks. Glad those of you who have bothered to have a look appear to have liked what you have found. If only I'd met/knew more than 2 or 3 folk on here......
At least you got comments...
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Thanks, Steve. Not sure I'll be making a habit of it though.
Trevster, yeah.....I'm not sure quite how that happened. It doesn't always (as you've possibly noticed)...... Funnily enough, I was talking to a UKAR member while I was taking some of these and he hasn't left a comment.....(nor has the regular poster that I do actually know). So maybe knowing more folk wouldn't actually have helped bump the views up a bit.....
Trevster, yeah.....I'm not sure quite how that happened. It doesn't always (as you've possibly noticed)...... Funnily enough, I was talking to a UKAR member while I was taking some of these and he hasn't left a comment.....(nor has the regular poster that I do actually know). So maybe knowing more folk wouldn't actually have helped bump the views up a bit.....
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I'd say that the burst of light on the Typhoon (number 31) is a worthy Picture of the Week contender to match your fine E3 at the airshow shot.
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Head on Typhoon and #30 are my favourites. Killer set.
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Stonefaction wrote: Funnily enough, I was talking to a UKAR member while I was taking some of these and he hasn't left a comment.....(nor has the regular poster that I do actually know).
Do you mean me?
You dont need me to blow wind up yir erse! And anyway, ive learnt all i know about taking pics from you!!!
Couple of the atmospheric pics seem to be a wee bit noisy but i expect you upped the ISO on these. Green Tonka shots are my favourites!
Arabest,
Geoff.
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About time too, where have you been?......
The additional noise in a couple of the darker ones were the result of having to crop in quite far (coupled with my lazy processing regime, using capture NX2 - if it takes longer than about 30 secs to tidy up then it's not worth the effort ).
The additional noise in a couple of the darker ones were the result of having to crop in quite far (coupled with my lazy processing regime, using capture NX2 - if it takes longer than about 30 secs to tidy up then it's not worth the effort ).
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Hi Stonefaction,
My apologies for my tardiness, but yes the photos are Brilliant, I don't recall us standing quite so close to everything on the day!
FB
My apologies for my tardiness, but yes the photos are Brilliant, I don't recall us standing quite so close to everything on the day!
FB
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Thanks, FB. That's why I said "some of these".
I think I've finally sussed out just how the views/comments thing on here actually works, but I'm keeping it to myself.
I think I've finally sussed out just how the views/comments thing on here actually works, but I'm keeping it to myself.