Military Aircraft: airshows, operational, whatever, lets see what you have!

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Old Glory sunrise

Beautiful aircraft 8) Nicely done Keith.

 

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Here are a few I took at Duxford recently. I felt the skies ruined nearly all my shots of the two Lancasters together. Have kept the shots to try to go back to one day, but I think they are beyond hope

Very nice series. Well done.

 

[KeithBreazeal]

16' wireless pole-cam at the Reno Air Races.
Canon Rebel SL1 / 10-22mm

Pole cam Mil stat Seabee Warbirds Reno 2014 Sun 3598 © Keith Breazeal by Keith Breazeal Photography, on Flickr

 

[dhr90]

Here are a few I took at Duxford recently. I felt the skies ruined nearly all my shots of the two Lancasters together. Have kept the shots to try to go back to one day, but I think they are beyond hope

If your Lancaster photos are in focus and reasonably well exposed, please please post them.
I've been hoping some of you 'over there' would get to shoot those two together, their reunion being of historical interest.
Photos of the pair don't need to be art in order to be historic and iconic.

I'll have a look at them again either tomorrow evening or next week, depends how many BTCC shots I take over the weekend.
Fair point about it being historic. I was stood where a B17 was doing an engine rev test while the Lancasters were overhead with a Spitfire and Hurricane at Duxford (didn't have a wide enough lens with me sadly, and the crowds were far too deep for me to get an on the ground shot), but the noise was incredible!!

I would dearly love to see them fly together again, especially if the Mosquito that is around someone could come over too! But that may just have to stay in my imagination...

Great series!
I like the thrid and 4th photo. Wonderful!

Thanks Must admit it bugs me that I didn't catch the planes in the edges of the 3rd one, was trying not to fall backwards into a tank at the time!

Very nice series. Well done.

Thanks

With this positive feedback I will have to post some more sometime!

 

[bluemoon]

from a show few months back.

 

[captainkanji]

Canon 6D, 70-200 f/4L USM

24-105

70-200 f/4L

 

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from a show few months back.

Great shot.


Welcome to CR.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Tolusina.
I'll take your word for that, here are a couple of mine, taken at Goodwood, poor viewing position, poor sky! I went to the Bournmouth Air Festival to see them fly together, great viewing position, much better weather, the Canadian Lancaster was grounded by an engine issue!
I'm not terribly happy with the pics, but at least I saw them together. I will confess to finding it difficult to shoot with tears in my eyes, they cause me great emotion, possibly due to my father having been a Normandy veteran (foot slogger not fly boy).

Cheers, Graham.

Here are a few I took at Duxford recently. I felt the skies ruined nearly all my shots of the two Lancasters together. Have kept the shots to try to go back to one day, but I think they are beyond hope

If your Lancaster photos are in focus and reasonably well exposed, please please post them.
I've been hoping some of you 'over there' would get to shoot those two together, their reunion being of historical interest.
Photos of the pair don't need to be art in order to be historic and iconic.

IMG_0684_DxO by Valvebounce25, on Flickr


IMG_0690_DxO by Valvebounce25, on Flickr


IMG_0675_DxO by Valvebounce25, on Flickr

Cheers, Graham.

 

[tolusina]

Hi Tolusina.
I'll take your word for that, here are a couple of mine, taken at Goodwood, poor viewing position, poor sky! I went to the Bournmouth Air Festival to see them fly together, great viewing position, much better weather, the Canadian Lancaster was grounded by an engine issue!
I'm not terribly happy with the pics, but at least I saw them together. I will confess to finding it difficult to shoot with tears in my eyes, they cause me great emotion, possibly due to my father having been a Normandy veteran (foot slogger not fly boy).

Cheers, Graham.

Here are a few I took at Duxford recently. I felt the skies ruined nearly all my shots of the two Lancasters together. Have kept the shots to try to go back to one day, but I think they are beyond hope

If your Lancaster photos are in focus and reasonably well exposed, please please post them.
I've been hoping some of you 'over there' would get to shoot those two together, their reunion being of historical interest.
Photos of the pair don't need to be art in order to be historic and iconic.

IMG_0684_DxO by Valvebounce25, on Flickr


IMG_0690_DxO by Valvebounce25, on Flickr


IMG_0675_DxO by Valvebounce25, on Flickr

Cheers, Graham.

Thank you Graham.
No, these photos aren't the high quality art as we see from Keith Breazeal regularly, but no matter.
From what I know, those are the last two Lancs flying and rather historic that they got the opportunity to fly together. It's very possible they'll never fly together again.

Photos of these old Birds are a reminder of The Greatest Generation, all that they did, all that they sacrificed.
Treasure these photos, the reminder of the teary eyed moment and all the reasons why you teared.

dhr90, please, your Lanc photos too!!
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@captainkanji,
Thank You for the Diamond Lil photo above, the B-24 my Father flew was the "Chicken Ship".

I have Dad's copy of Stephen E. Ambrose' "The Wild Blue", which is mostly an account of George McGovern's B-24 missions with the 15th Air Force, 455th Bomb Group.
Dad's copy is annotated and footnoted, includes a copy of Dad's flight log. Dad flew with the 454th Bomb Group on many of the same missions that McGovern flew.
Reading Ambrose' account of McGovern's missions is also reading about Dad's.
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I've been following this thread closely since its beginning, I sincerely Thank You All for your contributions, wish I had photos to contribute.
Thanks too to all those that have dedicated so much to keeping these birds flying.

For those who don't already know, WWII air crew losses exceeded those of even Infantry. So many did so much from the Home Front to the Battle Fronts, we owe an un-payable debt to all.
The Greatest Generation certainly has my gratitude that they did what they did so that following generations won't have to on that scale, hopefully, never again.

Aside, as emotional as these WWII War Bird photos are for me, I think my favorite photo of the thread is way back several pages, a Mustang And a Warthog together. You really didn't want to be in the other side's tank if either of those approached.

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You All.

 

[jarrodeu]

Some older military aircraft.
Jarrod

http://pbase.com/jarrodeu

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Jarrod.
Some very emotive shots beautifully done.
Some really nice shots on this thread, please keep up the good work.
No excuse not to post Lancaster pics now, I've set the bar nice and low for others!
Here's a couple of other pics from the Goodwood Revival Airshow.


IMG_0626_DxO by Valvebounce25, on Flickr

Just so you know this Spitfire is not parked on the roof, confession, I did not realise until after that I'd achieved this alignment, I couldn't have done it if I'd tried!

IMG_0631_DxO by Valvebounce25, on Flickr


IMG_0644_DxO by Valvebounce25, on Flickr


IMG_0656_DxO by Valvebounce25, on Flickr


IMG_0786_DxO by Valvebounce25, on Flickr


IMG_0787_DxO by Valvebounce25, on Flickr


IMG_0804_DxO by Valvebounce25, on Flickr

Merlin engined ME109.

IMG_0855_DxO by Valvebounce25, on Flickr


IMG_0865_DxO by Valvebounce25, on Flickr

Way to view with style!

IMG_0892_DxO by Valvebounce25, on Flickr

Sorry they are all from below, can't help how they are presented!

Cheers, Graham.

 

[bluemoon]

from a show few months back.

Great shot.


Welcome to CR.

thanx!

Here's a shot I really like, but am not getting any feedback on. Am I crazy for liking it?

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi bluemoon.
It is an interesting shot of operational activities surrounding flight, I'm kind of interested, but only because I'd like to have seen more, being able to identify the type of plane might add interest, but only if it is a favourite of mine otherwise it would not help. Do you have a wider crop, then you could ask which one people prefer.
Crazy for liking it, no but it is your narrative that it enhances.

Cheers, Graham.

from a show few months back.

Great shot.


Welcome to CR.

thanx!

Here's a shot I really like, but am not getting any feedback on. Am I crazy for liking it?

 

[bluemoon]

Hi bluemoon.
It is an interesting shot of operational activities surrounding flight, I'm kind of interested, but only because I'd like to have seen more, being able to identify the type of plane might add interest, but only if it is a favourite of mine otherwise it would not help. Do you have a wider crop, then you could ask which one people prefer.
Crazy for liking it, no but it is your narrative that it enhances.

Cheers, Graham.

from a show few months back.

Great shot.


Welcome to CR.

thanx!

Here's a shot I really like, but am not getting any feedback on. Am I crazy for liking it?

here's a wider shot. I'll have to dig up the picture from the front. I think it's one of the gliders from WWII that was converted to powered later on.

I like the reverse of what we normally expect. The subject is dark and the background is bright. Even though backlight, most of those shots have the subject brighter than the background. Yes, the face is not as dark as the uniform, but still. . .

pierre

 

[dhr90]

Been going through some shots from this years airshows tonight

Super Hornet

F18 Hornet by Matt Roberts101, on Flickr

As requested, some shots of the two Lancs together. These are from Clacton when we had blue skies (and my composition was a bit better). The shots from Duxford really are bad, I can't see them being savable, exposure wildly off, not properly focussed as I would like, the clouds really ruined the photography aspect.

1.

British and Canadian Lancaster bombers by Matt Roberts101, on Flickr

2. (I think I was massively lucky to get this shot from this angle)

British and Canadian Lancaster bombers by Matt Roberts101, on Flickr

3. Hate the Abberation on the underside of the engines, but lightroom can only do so much and I don't have photoshop to take it out properly.

British and Canadian Lancaster bombers by Matt Roberts101, on Flickr

4. Not my favourite shot, just a different angle hence my inclusion.

British and Canadian Lancaster bombers by Matt Roberts101, on Flickr

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi dhr.
Very good shots, I like the vapour on the hornet, and this shot of the Lancs is fantastic for the fact that they presented topside to you, it is a nice shot anyway up.

Cheers, Graham.

Been going through some shots from this years airshows tonight

Super Hornet


As requested, some shots of the two Lancs together. These are from Clacton when we had blue skies (and my composition was a bit better). The shots from Duxford really are bad, I can't see them being savable, exposure wildly off, not properly focussed as I would like, the clouds really ruined the photography aspect.


2. (I think I was massively lucky to get this shot from this angle)

British and Canadian Lancaster bombers by Matt Roberts101, on Flickr

 

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I really like your Super Hornet shot dhr90. Well done.

 

[KeithBreazeal]

B-29 "FiFi

B-29 FiFi Sunrise Mather 7 June 2014 3095 vin © Keith Breazeal by Keith Breazeal Photography, on Flickr

B-29 FiFi Cockpit Mather 7 June 2014 3334 © Keith Breazeal by Keith Breazeal Photography, on Flickr

B-29 Super Fortress Under the Stars © Keith Breazeal by Keith Breazeal Photography, on Flickr

 

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The B&W version of the cockpit is very cool. 8) Nicely done Keith.

 

[KeithBreazeal]

The B&W version of the cockpit is very cool. 8) Nicely done Keith.

Thanks It was a fun project using one of my Milky Way photos. Kind of a "Millennium Falcon" look.