Harry Learns to fly

gubbs

My wife's grandpa is 85, If I have half his enthusiam and energy at 85 I'll be a happy man....
In the last 2 years he's crewed on a tall ship, Visited Niagra, flown over The Grand Canyon in a Helicopter, Toured the Boeing factory.....etc, etc

Now he's learning to fly


My Mother in Law drove him down to Popham (near Salisbury) and escorts him to the briefing room


Steve his Pilot for the day


up up & away

Back Down

auraflora

Hi Gubbs,


This is such a great documentation. The first photo is wonderful--demonstrating the "age" factor involved--the stiff and slow walk. However--towards the last frame, your wife's grandfather looks so vibrant and youthful--holding with such pride his certificate. "Certificate of Experince"--how true--85 years of experience, I would say.
The third photo is just so artistic--takeoff of the plane on a green runway.(Any photoshop cloning done here?)

Truly a great momento.

Michal

Andy

gubbs wrote:

excellent shots, and what a cool dude!

USAIR

Also hope to have half his enegry at that age (hell I hope to make it to that age)
And I with Andy on the above shot very nice photo
That one belongs on the wall

Thanks
Fred

mereimage

Neat series-and I really like the panned shot-Its showes gramps still rocks...............Kool................Mereimage

adrian_k

really cool set.
I love the contrast from the first to the last shot (old man to boyish grin)

gubbs wrote:

My wife's grandpa is 85, If I have half his enthusiam and energy at 85 I'll be a happy man....
In the last 2 years he's crewed on a tall ship, Visited Niagra, flown over The Grand Canyon in a Helicopter, Toured the Boeing factory.....etc, etc

Now he's learning to fly

gus

Great set gubbs. He looks like an interesting chap to know.

devbobo

cool story gubbs.

Good to see our elderly citizens out pushing the boundarys.

I must say that when I saw the title for this thread, I had visions of Harryb and his birding fetish.

David

ginger_55

All of the above comments, I agree!

Plus up, up and away, good action, panning shot!

ginger

Yuri Pautov

Congratulations, Gubbs!
Just fantastic photos!
Must say I havn't seen such quality photos a lot of time!
Interesting to know what equipment was used?
Spasibo,
Yuri

marlof

Great shots, Gubbs, the series really tells the complete story.

gubbs

auraflora wrote:

Any photoshop cloning done here?
Michal

Thanks Michal,
No cloning, I did pan the shot, but I have to confess that I exagerated it a tad
(Duplicate layer - motion blur - masked off the plane and surrounds with varying amounts of opacity)

Thanks again

gubbs

devbobo wrote:

cool story gubbs.
I saw the title for this thread, I had visions of Harryb and his birding fetish.
David

Come on, someone has to take this on as a PS challenge

gubbs

Yuri Pautov wrote:

Congratulations, Gubbs!
Just fantastic photos!
Must say I havn't seen such quality photos a lot of time!
Interesting to know what equipment was used?
Spasibo,
Yuri

Thanks Yuri, too kind!!

I used my 20D, with the Canon 10-22 or the Canon 70-200 2.8L

gubbs

Thanks for all the comments every one, really apreciated thumb