Spitfire

squirl033squirl033 Registered Users Posts: 1,230 Major grins
edited August 15, 2010 in Other Cool Shots
went to a nearby airfield on Saturday to watch a couple of planes from Paul Allen's "Flying Heritage Collection" get some exercise. they flew a Spitfire Mk Vc, and a Hurrican Mk XIIa. the weather sucked... cloudy, uniform gray overcast, and light drizzle, horrid for photography, but considering the weather in England most of the time, i suppose the airplanes felt right at home! anyway, here's the Spit... 40D, 100-400L @ 275mm, 1/800 @ f/8, +1EV...
~ Rocky
"Out where the rivers like to run, I stand alone, and take back something worth remembering..."
Three Dog Night

www.northwestnaturalimagery.com

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  • rontront Registered Users Posts: 1,473 Major grins
    edited August 9, 2010
    Can't believe that no one has commented on this one yet. It is a great shot Rocky with lots of detail. I also suspect that pilots saw a lot of weather just like this!

    Great capture!

    Ron
    "The question is not what you look at, but what you see". Henry David Thoreau

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  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,325 Major grins
    edited August 9, 2010
    Nice shot, Rocky. Sometimes mother nature just won't give you a break. But you did well anyway.

    Tom
    I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited August 9, 2010
    It is a nice shot, but on that bland sky, it looks like a model.
    Randy
  • squirl033squirl033 Registered Users Posts: 1,230 Major grins
    edited August 9, 2010
    thanks, guys...
    rwells wrote: »
    It is a nice shot, but on that bland sky, it looks like a model.

    yeah, i'd love to have had a better backdrop, but but sometimes mother nature just doesn't cooperate!
    ~ Rocky
    "Out where the rivers like to run, I stand alone, and take back something worth remembering..."
    Three Dog Night

    www.northwestnaturalimagery.com
  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited August 9, 2010
    I bet they sounded great too!!

    Isn't that they same Rolls Royce that was used in the P-51 Mustang too?
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  • squirl033squirl033 Registered Users Posts: 1,230 Major grins
    edited August 9, 2010
    pathfinder wrote: »
    I bet they sounded great too!!

    Isn't that they same Rolls Royce that was used in the P-51 Mustang too?

    yep... and what a lovely sound they make! ;)
    ~ Rocky
    "Out where the rivers like to run, I stand alone, and take back something worth remembering..."
    Three Dog Night

    www.northwestnaturalimagery.com
  • DaddyODaddyO Registered Users Posts: 4,466 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2010
    A fine shot. thumb.gif Nice angle in flight. Sweet sharp. Really loving to pour
    over the details to be seen.
    Michael
  • Wil DavisWil Davis Registered Users Posts: 1,692 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2010
    Nice job…

    …just the right amount of prop blur!

    thumb.gif

    - Wil
    "…………………" - Marcel Marceau
  • squirl033squirl033 Registered Users Posts: 1,230 Major grins
    edited August 11, 2010
    DaddyO wrote: »
    A fine shot. thumb.gif Nice angle in flight. Sweet sharp. Really loving to pour
    over the details to be seen.

    thanks! in the full-size version, you can actually quite clearly see the antenna wires running from the center of the roundels on the fuselage to the tail wings... thank God for AF and IS and good optics! :D
    ~ Rocky
    "Out where the rivers like to run, I stand alone, and take back something worth remembering..."
    Three Dog Night

    www.northwestnaturalimagery.com
  • DaddyODaddyO Registered Users Posts: 4,466 Major grins
    edited August 12, 2010
    When I first opened your shot here I missed the read and went straight to
    the shot and got caught up in it. mwink.gif In fact I entirely went past prob blur
    which I noted later in the day when I read Wil's right there comment. :D
    What was I thinking? rolleyes1.gif
    Any who, I appreciate knowing your gear and settings used. Plus you are
    one lucky dog getting to be near these aircraft in the air. thumb.gif
    British flying weather. :D Brian Shul (book, Sled Driver) notes having to fly
    his ride over a small British airfield for a eagerly awaiting crowd. His second
    guiding him into the field area through near zero visibility only to have the
    clouds open just as they came over the field. Totally wowing the folks and
    scaring the hell out of his second. Very cool read.

    Am curious... Have you seen this Spitfire low pass video?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmDMRSLZqNU
    Other Youtube Spitfire videos.
    This one is sadly harsh.
    Michael
  • misterbmisterb Banned Posts: 601 Major grins
    edited August 12, 2010
    Awesome!thumb.gif
  • JChurillJChurill Registered Users Posts: 125 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2010
    You really have a classic feel with this shot!
    Blending The Arts!
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