A few from the Biggin Hill airshow today.

My first airshow with a DSLR. I really struggled with the changing light when the sun moved around. It started to get quite hazy as well, just as the Red Arrows came out:mad:

Pleased with most of the images I did get and I'm looking forward to another one, hopefully without that killer heat. Man it was hot:eek:

Edited 27 June, 200917 yr by Chris.G

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Lovely stuff :thumbup:

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Lovely stuff :thumbup:

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wow they are so good :thumbup:

love the one of the belly pan with the raf symbol..

great pics yet again chris keep up the good work:thumbup:

Impressive!

Great - getting me in the mood for Waddington next weekend !

Great - getting me in the mood for Waddington next weekend !

Which day are you going to Waddington?

Awesome pictures

Which day are you going to Waddington?

Haven't decided whether I'm going in yet, or just sitting with my bike at the side of the A15 (tight-wad style). As I only live a mile away, it's not a problem

Thanks for the comments lads & ladettes.

I'm still digging my way through the pile of images.

Here are a few more.

Some very good pics there!

Very nice pictures. Well done.

Really good pics there. what sort of height were they flying at?

Really good pics there. what sort of height were they flying at?

High:D

Sorry I'm no good at gauging height in the sky. If I had to guess I would say prop & bi planes were getting down to a few hundred feet on a low pass, Planes like the Euro Fighter looked like they were going to 3-4 thousand feet at times.

Cool pics...

I've heard the Eurofighter is a 'little' on the loud side!

V.G.

What was your apparatus and settings ?

Seems to be a fair bit of "Depth-of-field" and high resolution on all the shots.

Nick

Cool pics...

I've heard the Eurofighter is a 'little' on the loud side!

LOL, Just a bit. Car alarms going off everywhere when on re-heat:cool:

Little ears need protecting when the Euro Fighter comes out to play:D

V.G.

What was your apparatus and settings ?

Seems to be a fair bit of "Depth-of-field" and high resolution on all the shots.

Nick

I use a Nikon D300 with a 70-200mm VR f2.8 lens. Really I could have done with at least 300mm or more (maybe one day;))

Camera was set to Shutter Priority. I used a shutter speed of 1/1000+ for jets and 1/200-350 for the prop aircraft. The slower speeds will give "prop blur" which give the affect of a turning prop rather than just freezing the blades.

Not an easy tactic to master (I'm still miles off:D) Slowing the shutter speed gave a nice effect with the propellers but also gave me some blured pictures. I found 1/350 about as low as I could go. This gave me a passable compromise between blured props and a half decent sharp image. I need a lot more practice.

Nice pics Chris. Any more of the Vulcan?

Great pics - I was planning to go myself but found myself in bed all-day after being passed a tummy bug by my two youngsters.

Anybody going to Flying Legends at Duxford 11 / 12 July?

Nice pics Chris. Any more of the Vulcan?

Oh yeah,

Great pics - I was planning to go myself but found myself in bed all-day after being passed a tummy bug by my two youngsters.

Anybody going to Flying Legends at Duxford 11 / 12 July?

Thanks,

I'm aiming for a Duxford show at some point. Flying Legends should be really good.

Show us your pics if you do make it.

Nice pics Chris. Any more of the Vulcan?

Excellent pictures, Ian I see that 10 Downing Street just responded to the Vulcan petition with a big fat freddie :(

Great pics - I was planning to go myself but found myself in bed all-day after being passed a tummy bug by my two youngsters.

Anybody going to Flying Legends at Duxford 11 / 12 July?

Isn't there something else happening on the 12th ?