Biggin Hill Air Day - Added pics

[Dino f]

Well, another airshow, another day of grey skies. It certainly didnt make for good photography, but Hey! we all like a challenge. At least ther was blue skies in the morning.
Some Statics
Danish Air Force F16AM

F86 Sabre

Supermarine Spitfire

^^^As you can see, i had some fun with the 10-20^^^

1909 Bleriot XI

Mirage 2000

Apache AH1 Attack Helicopter

Dean

 

[Matt Sayle]

Love the one of the apache. Imagine waking up and opening you curtains to that

 

[Dino f]

And some more
P51 Mustang "Ferocious Frankie" + Spitfire Mk IX MH434

RAF Chinook

King Air B200

BAE Systems Hawk T1 208 Sqn

F86 Sabre

Will post some more tommorrow, cos im knackered now.
Thanks for taking the time to look.
Dean

 

[Matt Sayle]

More lovely shots, only crit i have is you cut the far left of the rear prop off on the chinook.

 

[Dino f]

Cheers for the comments Matt.
I could always clone in a little sky at the end of the blade, to make it look like its there
Dean

 

[Sheep]

I decided not to go and watched some of them overfly the back garden instead

Good pics though.

 

[Cobra]

As you can see, i had some fun with the 10-20

You sure did
Great set but it has to be the Mustang and Spitfire

 

[King_Boru]

The King Air and F-16 are great. Especially the F16. Nice one Dean.

 

[FleetwoodJones]

I like the rear shot of the Spitfire, really odd angle!

 

[Timc]

Hi Dean, great set of shots, just out of interest which 10-20mm have you got, Canon or Sigma?

Tim

 

[Dino f]

Thanks for the kind comments guys.
Tim - i have the Sigma version, a cracking piece of kit.
Dean

 

[Dino f]

A couple more

Grob Tutor T1

Breitling Jet Team L39 Albatross

Meteor

Eurofighter Typhoon

Royal Navy Black Cats 2 x Lynx Helicopter

Thanks for looking
Dean

 

[Matt Sayle]

WOW I love that Eurofighter one!! More lovely shots there.

 

[AndyC]

I love the feel of Pic 1....

Very dramatic!

 

[King_Boru]

Love the Grob. Brings back memories of when I used to live in England flying them with the Cadets.

 

[Defiance]

The Typhoon and the F-16 for me, just love the wide angle on the latter !

 

[marky_h]

Great set, but the 10-20mm shots do most for me, as they afford a different perspective on established subjects. Excellent use of it

 

[Dino f]

Thanks again everyone.
I love doing the wide angle shots, they can be so different. Have some very sweet ideas for my next airshow.
Dean

 

[King_Boru]

Thanks again everyone.
I love doing the wide angle shots, they can be so different. Have some very sweet ideas for my next airshow.
Dean

Its good to work with a different approach. You will find your keep rate increases too.

When photographing static displays I check my records as to what I already have on file (sounds anorakish) in a little notebook. This way, if I already have a highly rated "normal" static shot I set to work on something different. Close ups, details, extreme angles and so on. It enhances your library by a great deal. Time, access and airshow size always play against you though so fitting 20 shots of each aircraft in is quite difficult.

 

[JPS]

Great set of photos, each one a winner. Looks like it was well worth the visit what with the nice weather too.

 

[InaGlo]

Fantastic the way you've got the colour to pop on the 1909 Bleriot XI ... really stands out in the grey sky.
Last two are my faves of the 2nd set ... love the Typhoon

 

[Dino f]

Thanks Peeps,
Dan - Good call, records are vital when your taking around 1500-2000 shots at each show.

JPS & Glo - Thanks for the comments.
Dean