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[Valvebounce]

Hi Stahlhelms.
Very nice shots, Mustangs are such... Is it wrong to call an instrument of death beautiful. Aesthetically pleasing aircraft. Is the third shot a T6 Texan? My freind and I were taking long exposures of a small waterfall at a local beach 2 weekends ago and we were quite literally buzzed by what I believe was the aircraft type in your picture, I say buzzed as he was low and shifting, no time from first hearing it to passed by and behind the clif to grab a shot, but it made both our day to see it.
Area was at Brook, Isle of Wight, southern England.

Cheers, Graham.

What lenses did you use for these shots?
I have the 70-3300 canon L lens.
What settings are best?
I usually shoot prop planes and like to blur the propeller so it looks like it's flying, but that blurs the plane sometimes.

 

[Stahlhelms]

Yep, it's a Texan.

 

[49616E]

A F-22 Raptor doing some heavy banking.

 

[candyman]

A F-22 Raptor doing some heavy banking.

Awesome photo. In that angle it looks like something not from here...

 

[MarcMuick]

Mustang take off 8)

 

[Roo]

Hi Stahlhelms.
Very nice shots, Mustangs are such... Is it wrong to call an instrument of death beautiful. Aesthetically pleasing aircraft. Is the third shot a T6 Texan? My freind and I were taking long exposures of a small waterfall at a local beach 2 weekends ago and we were quite literally buzzed by what I believe was the aircraft type in your picture, I say buzzed as he was low and shifting, no time from first hearing it to passed by and behind the clif to grab a shot, but it made both our day to see it.
Area was at Brook, Isle of Wight, southern England.

Cheers, Graham.

You're correct Graham. The T6 Texan was also known as the Harvard in Commonwealth countries and the Australian made Wirraway is also related to it. The planes in the attached pic are the Harvards/Texans of the Southern Knights Formation Aerobatics team.

Cheers

Phil

 

[KeithBreazeal]

F-22 Raptor afterburner turn © Keith Breazeal by Keith Breazeal Photography, on Flickr

 

[MarcMuick]

MAX AB

 

[FEBS]

An old one, the Bleriot XI, which I did spot on the Belgian Airforce Day last year.

 

[Click]

F-22 Raptor afterburner turn © Keith Breazeal

Great shot Keith. Love it with the AB.

 

[Click]

A F-22 Raptor doing some heavy banking.

Cool shot. 8) Well done.

 

[Valvebounce]

Thanks for the conformation.

Cheers, Graham.

Yep, it's a Texan.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Roo.
Thanks for that, my main thought at the time we got buzzed was damn why is the camera locked on a tripod with a ND4 grad on the front, next thought was where'd he go!

Still great to see, sometimes we have Spitfires fly over the house, that is nice.

Cheers, Graham.

You're correct Graham. The T6 Texan was also known as the Harvard in Commonwealth countries and the Australian made Wirraway is also related to it. The planes in the attached pic are the Harvards/Texans of the Southern Knights Formation Aerobatics team.

Cheers

Phil

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi.
Very cool, I'm guessing that much turbulence above the wings really classifies as a stall!

Cheers, Graham.

A F-22 Raptor doing some heavy banking.

 

[zim]

A F-22 Raptor doing some heavy banking.

WOW I like that!


Thanks for the earlier comment Click, appreciated.

 

[lion rock]

FEBS,
Those men in their crazy machines!
Made with cloth, wood, wires and metal, and in an open "cockpit", what guts these men have to fly them. In an age of jets, these prop jobs are really cute, wonderful flying contraptions!
Like you photo.
-r

An old one, the Bleriot XI, which I did spot on the Belgian Airforce Day last year.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi FEBS.
Very nice shot, such a fragile looking device, my how far we have come since 1909 when you compare it to things like the F-22!

Cheers, Graham.

An old one, the Bleriot XI, which I did spot on the Belgian Airforce Day last year.

 

[KeithBreazeal]

Pull up!
F-22 Raptor in a vapor storm © Keith Breazeal by Keith Breazeal Photography, on Flickr

 

[candyman]

Pull up!


F-22 Raptor in a vapor storm © Keith Breazeal by Keith Breazeal Photography, on Flickr

WOW! Fantastic shot

 

[Click]

Pull up!

Awesome! 8)