Sywell Airshow

Hazza · 17 Aug 2014

Here's a quick selection from today:

Sywell 2014 by Harry Measures, on Flickr

Sywell Airshow 2014 by Harry Measures, on Flickr

Sywell Airshow 2014 by Harry Measures, on Flickr

Harry

cookyboy · 17 Aug 2014

Canberra is nice Harry.

Bernie174 · 18 Aug 2014

Nice close ups Harry! They have always been something I like!
Bernie

cambsno · 18 Aug 2014

3 & 4 are lovely... what lens are you using?

ChasG · 18 Aug 2014

Having seen these I realise I shouldn't have bothered taking my camera

Shame about the Lancs

Foxbat Flyer · 18 Aug 2014

A lovely collection. The second shot stands out for me, nice composition and prop blur - I can almost smell the oil!

What happened to the Lancasters, did they not appear?

Chris

ChasG · 18 Aug 2014

Sadly they were unable to leave Coningsby due to the 35 knot cross wind

Hazza · 18 Aug 2014

cookyboy said:
Canberra is nice Harry.

Thank you, it gave some lovely photogenic passes with a lovely, photogenic sky

Bernie174 said:
Nice close ups Harry! They have always been something I like!
Bernie

Thanks, not much choice with a 500mm, at that venue!

cambsno said:
3 & 4 are lovely... what lens are you using?

Thank you, lens wise I'm using a 500mm F4L IS (Mk1).

ChasG said:
Having seen these I realise I shouldn't have bothered taking my camera

Shame about the Lancs

Thank you, I'm sure yours will be good too

The wind made for a difficult days shooting - and flying!

Foxbat Flyer said:
A lovely collection. The second shot stands out for me, nice composition and prop blur - I can almost smell the oil!

What happened to the Lancasters, did they not appear?

Chris

Thank you again, the Lancasters couldn't get off the ground sadly!

Here's a few more for you anya

Sywell Airshow 2014 by Harry Measures, on Flickr

Foxbat Flyer · 18 Aug 2014

Sorry to hear the Lancasters could not make it, a big disappointment for many of the visitors, but that's British weather.

I love the first post of your second collection, eye contact with the driver would have added the final touch - lovely detail in that rotary engine - nice to see some different compositions.

Chris

jonathan_ed · 18 Aug 2014

Some more lovely work harry. Just starting to get through mine, was a tad tired getting in at 8 after being up at 5...

Jao · 18 Aug 2014

Very nice set, great colour and light in them given the fast moving subject matter, particularly like the P51 shots

hamster100 · 19 Aug 2014

Agree with the other posts, really nice set Harry. Hard to pick a favorite, the Canberra are nice as is the Mustang shots.

Hazza · 19 Aug 2014

Foxbat Flyer said:
Sorry to hear the Lancasters could not make it, a big disappointment for many of the visitors, but that's British weather.

I love the first post of your second collection, eye contact with the driver would have added the final touch - lovely detail in that rotary engine - nice to see some different compositions.

Chris

Eye contact with that plane is hard, I know what you mean though. Very hard for the pilot to see out, probably well illustrated here:

Sywell Airshow 2014 by Harry Measures, on Flickr

Love the look of this thing!

Sywell Airshow 2014 by Harry Measures, on Flickr

jonathan_ed said:
Some more lovely work harry. Just starting to get through mine, was a tad tired getting in at 8 after being up at 5...

Thanks

Yes it was a long day, I ended up leaving after the announcement of the 30 min gap when the BBMF should have displayed. Think I made the right choice really, looked a nightmare getting out after that!

Jao said:
Very nice set, great colour and light in them given the fast moving subject matter, particularly like the P51 shots

Thank you very much

hamster100 said:
Agree with the other posts, really nice set Harry. Hard to pick a favorite, the Canberra are nice as is the Mustang shots.

Cheers, first time I've seen those two Mustangs, and very nice they are too!

Here's even more (last few, promise!)

Sywell Airshow 2014 by Harry Measures, on Flickr

jonathan_ed · 19 Aug 2014

Hazza said:
Eye contact with that plane is hard, I know what you mean though. Very hard for the pilot to see out, probably well illustrated here:

Sywell Airshow 2014 by Harry Measures, on Flickr

Love the look of this thing!

Sywell Airshow 2014 by Harry Measures, on Flickr

Thanks Yes it was a long day, I ended up leaving after the announcement of the 30 min gap when the BBMF should have displayed. Think I made the right choice really, looked a nightmare getting out after that!

Thank you very much

Cheers, first time I've seen those two Mustangs, and very nice they are too!

Here's even more (last few, promise!)

Sywell Airshow 2014 by Harry Measures, on Flickr

Sywell Airshow 2014 by Harry Measures, on Flickr

Sywell Airshow 2014 by Harry Measures, on Flickr

Sywell Airshow 2014 by Harry Measures, on Flickr

Yep I got in the car just as the reds arrived. Really wanted to see the hurri bomber but home was calling. I will catch her at southport next month

Hazza · 19 Aug 2014

jonathan_ed said:
Yep I got in the car just as the reds arrived. Really wanted to see the hurri bomber but home was calling. I will catch her at southport next month

As I said to my friend, if it was the Mustang, Kitty Hawk or Spitfire from PT I would have stayed... As much as I wanted to stay I just couldn't stand the wind anymore (or for that matter those bloody models that came too close for comfort!)

jonathan_ed · 19 Aug 2014

Yes those models did go a bit wayward.
As for hangar 11, a stunning fleet he had there. Ive not seen the hurri bomber so really wanted to see her. Never seen his p51 or Curtiss, seen the spit a lot! A beauty though