Aircraft Images

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Thanks for the kind comments Gents.

As someone who isn't a photographer and just takes 'Happy snaps' with my iPhone 5,I think they are all brilliant.Oggy,what's that thing masquerading as a German WW1 plane?.Scuff,your pics to me are works of art.Superb.

The plane is a Junkers CL1. It is a modern copy of the WW1 machine. It is one of a group called the Great War Display Team. They also have Sopwith and Fokker tripes, SE5as and others.

Very sharp images Roger, are you using DSLR with a telephoto lens plus image stabilisation? The Hurricane's an interesting one with the three navigation lights, as a pose to one centrally, a format used by the American WW2 fighters. Also the under wing pylons for maybe bombs. Do you know what mark is it?

Most of these are taken with a Pentax K20 with either Pentax 300mm F4 or Sigma 150-500. I do not use stabilisation for this type of shot as deliberately moving the camera can confuse it.

The lights on the Hurricane are actually an early IFF (Identify friend or foe). They were switched on or flasfed in different sequences so the aircraft could be identified as a friendly as it aproached the airfield. I had to ask about them elsewhere.

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And a few more

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You've probably seen my other photos on my blog, but this one from the last Axalp is my favorite:

J-3038 (cn L1038) Northrop F-5E Tiger II Photo by Sebastijan Videc | AIRFIGHTERS.COM

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Beautiful pictures Scuff, great technique.