Wings over Camarillo Airshow

Tee Why

I actually don't like shooting airshows in some sense b/c shot of a plane with a plain blue background really bores me. I like dramatic background/clouds to make the picture interesting but that's a rare thing. So I'm messing around with different processing to break up the plane blue background thing.

Camarillo is a small city airport just north of Los Angeles and it's known for having lots of warbirds flying in formation. It was really cool to see it.

1. F18


2. Have to throw in some flare.


3. DC3


4. P 38


5. aerobatics.


6. A helicopter that can do a loop, it was amazing.


7. blue sky, blue plane, so I went for a cyan tone.


8. Whistling Death

9. Nicely polished P51 Mustang. Soooooo Shiny


Entire gallery

InsuredDisaster

Ok, a lot of airshow pictures are sorta cool, as I'm into aviation. But planes in flight photos don't really do it for me. ON the ground, a lot of shots are basically snap shots. Nothing shows me that the photog spent more than a few minutes infront of the plane.

You on the other hand have some really nice shots. I like #1 and 3 a lot. 4 is also really cool. I think your post processing really makes the shot in #1, because, lets be honest, we've all seen the nose on shot of a fighter jet before. So really good job there.
#3 is pretty sweet with the shallow DOF. You could almost say nothing is in focus, but yet, there is something in focus, and you can still immediately tell what plane it is and for me, I immediately get this feeling of adventure like this image is from some sort of TWA advertisement to take me someplace awesome. Great job.

#4 is also good. Again I can immediately tell the plane. I'm not sure if you did some sort of selective desaturation but its pretty cool. Its not my favorite shot but still I like it.

Your other shots are also pretty good, though I don't have time right now (at work haha) to look at your other gallery. I really like what you've done withyour PP.

I like the question mark blue plane.

My only nit pick would be the mustang,a nd that's because the canopy is blocked.

Really nice series!

Tee Why

Thanks for the feedback.
Glad to see I'm not the only one who likes planes but finds a plane is blank blue sky boring.

squirl033

#7 - Lomcevak? nice shot of the Corsair... would like to see a tighter crop...

red_zone

I really like the vignetting in all your shots, I think it works well with the vintage planes. I really like #'s 3 and 4 - 3 I wish the cowl was in focus rather than just the very tip of the prop. 4 is neat. 8 and 9 I think are classic, although I have to agree with the nit about the cockpit for 9.

Tee Why

Thanks for all the good points folks.

rookieshooter

Really cool. Like above, most airshow shots are pretty boring. I like these alot.

DaddyO

Some nice grabs.

Tee Why

Thanks folks.

photodad1

Awesome photos, I like # 1 the best. I too like taking photos of jets and vintage airplanes. Static displays are a challenge with completing with thousands of people trying to look at the plane the same you are trying to take a picture.

NomadRip

There always seems to be some great planes at that airport. Like they said, your angles are fantastic!