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@Silver51,

#1 is awesome man.. will be on my desktop.

 

Nice shot PBear

 

Visited the Eden project and snapped this



Taken with a Sony Cybershot DSC-F828

Am looking for feed back as My father has ordered a Cannon 7D and that should be here in a week or so, And when it does arrive im looking to get into photography more etc.

G1zm0

 

Banksy! Love his stuff

 

Indeed it is. I just cannot find this one on his site.

 

I just got down to uploading the first few shots from the air show last weekend.

T-6/SNJ-5 Texan trainer aircraft in USMC VMT-2 markings, piloted by John Collver.





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I uploaded some more pictures of the airshow.


Lockheed L-12 Electra Junior


Being C-17A Globemaster


Being F/A-18F Super Hornet


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EDIT: Oops, missed page 73 and double posted like a noob. I beg forgiveness.

Here's a few more.

Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk flying with the US Navy's HSM-41 Maritime Strike Squadron in the Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System (LAMPS) role:


Antonov An-2 - the world's largest single-engined biplane. Also the world's longest-produced aircraft until being recently surpassed by the C-130 Hercules:

 

Took these last night.

 

Nordica - St.Ives Bay by silverfish51, on Flickr


Nordica - St.Ives Bay 2 by silverfish51, on Flickr


Pentax K-x, Sigma 70-300 APO DG Macro

Walking home from a friends', saw the Nordica was working close to the town in the mist. Unfortunately, by the time I got the camera and set it up on the NT land beyond the tracks she started moving off.

She's currently laying cable in St.Ives Bay for the Wave Hub project.


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Fantastic photo Silver51, love the first one

 

Agreed, pic #1 is awesome. The fog really helps.

EDIT: Uploaded a few more airshow pitchas

Antonov An-2 on the ground:


USMC CH-46E Sea Knight:


Supercharged aircraft tug:


RCAF CF-18A Hornet, from No. 410 Sqn "Cougars":


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One taken at the airshow, but of the rough seas instead...


"Stormy seas #2"

 

Full set can be seen on my Flickr, Bristol Half Marathon

 

I like the picture

 

Stonedsurd - I just got back from the Northern Ireland international airshow this weekend, and even though the weather was crappy I still really wish I had a new camera, because I could have sat all day on Saturday and Sunday taking photographs. I still enjoyed it, but seeing your shots of that show make me really wish I had a new camera right now :/

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Nice Antonov AN-2. The pilot of the Lithuanian registered AN-2 which displayed at our show was fantastic. He flew it straight into the wind with the nose up a few times, almost stalling but keeping enough power on to make the plane *almost* hover motionless in the air. He did some awesome 110 degree wingovers as well.

 

Thanks Tim and Oakmark

 

Thank you A good camera + lens does help. The last time I was at an airshow I had cellphone camera And that was a shame, because they had the USN Blue Angles, a Harrier, F-22, a bunch of MH-53s - it was basically awesome. Incidentally, it happened to be at MCAS Miramar, which used to be the Navy's Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN).

I'm sure your show was more impressive, though. All we had in the air this time were a couple of piston/turboprop aircraft, a Sea Knight, a C-17 and a Super Hornet.

That's exactly what the An-2 pilot did at this air show. Pointed it towards the ocean (wind was blowing in from the coast) and just hung almost motionless in the air. Most impressive. And it's a deceptively huge craft too, isn't it?

Anyway, have some more (somewhat pedestrian) airshow pics while I sort the impressive ones for tomorrow.

Allegiant Air MD-83 taking off:


Royal Canadian Air Force No. 410 Sqn "Cougars" CF-18A Hornet:


US Navy VFA-122 "Flying Eagles" F/A-18F Super Hornet:


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I wasn't able to get the F-18 flying shots (except one) done yesterday/today. Lots of work came up. I hope these will do.

Antonov An-2 (again). This one illustrates the size, because that's a de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk next to it:


Lockheed L-12 Electra Junior taxiing to the runway:


F/A-18F taking off:


F/A-18F retracting it's gear only a few feet off the ground:


F/A-18F making it's first low pass:


MiG-21 PF Fishbed:


Looking at the rear of the MiG-21, into the Tumansky R-11 turbojet:


Click to enlarge.

 

Reflection of lake near me

 

Great location.

I think your composition could be improved however; it's not level, and it would be worth trying out the rule of thirds. Personally I would have got as low as possible to the water.

I hope my thoughts are appreciated, please don't take them badly.