48 Hour Photo Comp: Monochrome

[jalfrezi]

OK, this may be a little outside the comfort zone for some, but I'm looking for your best monochrome aviation photographs. These can be close-ups or wide angle shots and don't have to specifically be of an aircraft - but it has to be aviation related. I will allow selective colour photos if the photo is predominantly one colour. Sepia toning, etc is also allowed.

As usual, maximum of 3 pics per entry. Good luck!

North American P-51D Mustang - 06 (mod) by Nick Jennings, on Flickr

EDIT: I've changed the title to avoid confusion.

[Slinger65]

Three from me...

F111 at Cosford museum:



Buccaneer rolling at a scorching Bruntingthorpe last summer



Turning back time at Old Warden:

[aviationanoraks]

Three from me....

Harrier at the Muckleburgh Collection
7525F9C7-DE27-4087-AF5F-2C1FA81A9687 by aviation anoraks, on Flickr

Northern Aeroplane Workshop types at Old Warden
Untitled by aviation anoraks, on Flickr

Lancaster at East Kirkby
Untitled by aviation anoraks, on Flickr

[Draken]

Out of my comfort zone for sure...
1. Helsinki


2. Caen


3. Ostrava - I guess I went way too far with processing here

[DerekF]

Spitfire AR213 at Cosford 2008

zzDSC_9590 by Derek N.Ferguson, on Flickr

P-40N Kittyhawk at Cosford 2009
zzDSC_7681B by Derek N.Ferguson, on Flickr

A genuine monochrome shot Skeeter G-SARO at Strathallan 1979
zz1979330_07 by Derek N.Ferguson, on Flickr

[shorsley]

Difficult to narrow it down to three as I do like a bit of black and white photography:

JustJane_15 by Sarah Horsley, on Flickr

DaksAtDuxford_9 by Sarah Horsley, on Flickr

NavyWingsI_35 by Sarah Horsley, on Flickr

[FarnboroJohn]

Gosh. Definitely not my comfort zone either. Nice choice of subject!

20160911 (81)_PA474_Avro_Lancaster_BI by John Dixon, on Flickr

2013_09_01_Bournemouth_Air (125B) B17G Sally B by John Dixon, on Flickr

Farnborough_Airshow_2012 (47) by John Dixon, on Flickr

[stuart n]

N3200 pilot by stu norris, on Flickr


Eurofighter Typhoon T3 ZJ808 - DW by stu norris, on Flickr

[AndyXH558]

just a few of my absolutely sheeeite pics. Changed my mind on one. still rubbish but I will still have a go.

Just something about seeing the Lanc in Black and white.
lanc aa2 by andrew abbott, on Flickr

yes that pic again
A storm brewing by andrew abbott, on Flickr

IMG_2777 copy by andrew abbott, on Flickr

[Andyph]

Spitfire attack!

383 (1) by Andy Heap, on Flickr

I presume it qualifies ?

[LN Strike Eagle]

Hawker Hurricane Mk.I R4118 (G-HUPW) - Hurricane Heritage - Shuttleworth Race Day & Roaring Twenties Finale, October 2016 by DanB, on Flickr


North American P-51D Mustang 472035 "Tall In The Saddle" (G-SIJJ) - Hangar 11 Collection - Shuttleworth Race Day & Roaring Twenties Finale, October 2016 by DanB, on Flickr


Hawker Sea Fury T20 VX281 (G-RNHF) - Royal Navy Historic Flight - North Weald, September 2017 by DanB, on Flickr

[capercaillie]

img472 (2) by Paul Downes, on Flickr

img092 (3) by Paul Downes, on Flickr

img069 (2) by Paul Downes, on Flickr

[Seamus]

DeHavilland Sea Vixen FAW2 XP924/G-CVIX RNAS Yeovilton 23/06/11 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

Dassault Rafale C 141/113-GT Armee de L'Air RAF Fairford 21/07/13 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

Panavia Tornado IDS CSX7047/RS-05 Italian Air Force RAF Fairford 17/07/11 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

[Blackbird]

My selection...
Spitfire formation by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr

Douglas DC-3 Dakota 2100882 "Drag-em-Oot" by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr

Piper Cub N412SC by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr

Andy

[Spiny Norman]

[buccs2b]

Don't have much B&W, but here goes

Bruntingthorpe XW544 event
_MG_0396 copy by Tony Adams, on Flickr

BBMF Kemble September 2009
IMG_2527_1 by Tony Adams, on Flickr

Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar Novenber 2012
Spitfire IX MK912 (G-BRRA) by Tony Adams, on Flickr

[TJJ]

Sally B at North Weald 2015



101st Airborne re-enactor and Dakota at North Weald 2014



Hangar 11 pin-up 2016

[PeterR]

First up, a Strike Eagle speeding through LFA7.


Secondly, an arty shot from the RAF Museum with the air brakes of the Bristol 188 framing the TSR2.


Finally, USAF Heritage Flight in dramatic skies over Oshkosh in 2012.

[boff180]

_DSC0413-Edit by Andrew Evans, on Flickr

bw2 by Andrew Evans, on Flickr

bw3 by Andrew Evans, on Flickr

[Col. Chibani]

Not so many to offer.
So it will just be these 2:
Fouga Magister @ Le Bourget 2015:
DSC_8373_RAW by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

FW-190 (replica) & Ju-52 @ La Ferté 2009:
DSC_0312 by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

[CJS]

Well, some outstanding shots yet again, but here's my meagre offering


P1110675 by Chris Strawson, on Flickr


DSC00242 by Chris Strawson, on Flickr

[SuffolkBlue]

Aero L-29 Delfin - Breighton Airfield, Wednesday 6th July 2016 by Chris Day, on Flickr


North American P-51D Mustang - Flying Legends 2016, IWM Duxford, Sunday 10th July 2016 by Chris Day, on Flickr


Avro Lancaster B VII - The Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, Wednesday 2nd September 2015 by Chris Day, on Flickr

[alisdairanderson]

BE2e at Stow Maries:

BE2e 20150815 StowMaries by steam60163, on Flickr

Thx
Alisdair

[jalfrezi]

Thanks to all those that entered, I did wonder if many would enter this comp as we don't usually see many monochrome shots on the forum. As usual, the standards are high and choosing a winner is not an easy task!

Special mentions to:
Sarah for her Just Jane shot
Andrew's Piper shot
TJJ's re-enactor photo
PeterR's Eagle shot

It was very difficult to separate my top three, but there has to be a winner and so my top three are:

3rd: Draken's DC-3 from below - really nice contrast and an unusual perspective
2nd: Seamus' Vixen shot - nice head-on viewpoint and the contrast really shows off the gloss finish
1st: LNStrikeEagle's Sea Fury shot which fills the frame nicely and also shows off the gloss finish well

Over to you Dan!

[AndyXH558]

Just a Thought. Maybe exclude mods from this. While the pics are amazing (Dan's is fantastic). It does seem like pass the parcel.