Shawbury Families Day pt2

[61_OTU]

Some from the flying display

This L39 did some touch and goes, plenty of opportunity for shots like this

[Romulus111VADT]

Wow, great pictures! Just wish I could take them as good....

[ozzy72]

Any more Spit photos?

[61_OTU]

Any more Spit photos?

Not really no.....I was playing with shutter speed to get some good prop blur, and managed it fantastically well .......along with wing blur, fuselage blur, tail blur.....roundel blur......

One came out 'interesting', if not good, I'll post it in a bit if I can overcome the shame

[Roughrider]

Great shots Steve, You are doing outstand work with that camera, I assume you are happy with it? Mark

[61_OTU]

Great shots Steve, You are doing outstand work with that camera, I assume you are happy with it? Mark

I did much better here than I did at Duxford. I was mightily depressed with my efforst after the Flying Legends show......

For these shots I managed to get to the closest corner of the fence to where the aircraft were landing, no one was closer. I was shooting with the light behind me as the aircraft approached, and I mainly kept it really simple with the settings. As a result I got many more hits than Duxford. I think I got about a 15% hit ratio for sharp shots, which though not great is way better than Duxford was.

I need to practice more with slower shutter speeds, so as to blur the background a little, but all in all it was thoroughly enjoyable day.....

Am I happy with the camera? Unequivocally........the only problem is that it's making me lust after bigger and faster lenses

Steve

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The BBMF Spitfire went back to Coningsby via the cricket at Trent Bridge - Aggers on Test Match Special on Radio 4 had a nice conversation on air with OC BBMF as he was doing his flypasts.