Biggin Hill 2007 post your photos here

[Mstar]

It' Biggin Hill 2007, I thought it would be a good idea for POTN members to post their photos here.

Here's a couple for starters- a Hawk

[muscleflex]

thanks for starting this thread. i wished i was there but couldn't make it this year.
bet the weather was awesome yesterday...and it looks like another fine day today!

[damnfoolman]

Here are a few from yesterday too....great day out!

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d129/damnfoolman/b7.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d129/damnfoolman/b9.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d129/damnfoolman/b10.jpg

[Mstar]

Dog-fighting!

Seeing these in action were quite fascinating. It seemed so realistic.

[Mstar]

Spitfires- lots of them!

Damfoolman, I liked the glider- perhaps a bit blue?. I think it is a nice composition. Here's my version.

[Matt T]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d129/damnfoolman/b10.jpg
Awesome shot, afterburners on too :cool:

I watched a bit of the action from a pub a mile or so away but sadly didnt have the camera. Wished i had gone though, next year...

[Andrew B.]

Mine are just beginner's photos - but I enjoyed the show yesterday. Lots of white Canon lenses on display.

I thought the glider pilot was unbelievably good...

Typhoon chasing Spitfire:
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z256/Andrew_B_photos/Biggin%20Hill%202007/spitfiretyphoon2.jpg

Typhoon in a hurry:
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z256/Andrew_B_photos/Biggin%20Hill%202007/typhooninahurry.jpg

Red arrows (perfection...):
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z256/Andrew_B_photos/Biggin%20Hill%202007/redarrows1.jpg

Glider madness - just look at the smoke trails to see what he has been doing!
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z256/Andrew_B_photos/Biggin%20Hill%202007/glidermadness.jpg

Thanks for watching,

Andrew

[Pixel9ine]

Glider madness - just look at the smoke trails to see what he has been doing!
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z256/Andrew_B_photos/Biggin%20Hill%202007/glidermadness.jpgThis pic just sends a chill down my spine -I don't know why- but it freaks me right out.

Great shots!

[Littlenose]

wow, some great pics, I really like the Typhoon on afterburners, wish I'd seen the glider, that looks like there must have been one crazy boy in there.

Here's my input, a couple of Red Arrow Shots (larger versions on my website HERE (http://www.mikeyscott.co.uk/web2007/gallery_01))...

[Andrew B.]

Nice Red Arrows pics - much closer than mine. How come the EXIF says that you used a 75mm focal length? Were you in Red 2??

There was a well built man and his wife standing near me with two Canon bodies, one with a 100-400 on it and the other with a massive IS prime, maybe a 500mm. I was wondering whether they frequented the forum. They seemed like regular airshow visitors.

The glider pilot was - I think - Guy Westgate from the Swift Display Team.
http://www.swiftteam.airshows.org.uk/pilots.html

Andrew

[Mstar]

Andrew B I liked your Typhoon and glider photos. That glider pilot was crazy.

Littlenose - the Red Arrows were great and I liked your photos, but, I heard it was a "Flat Display" due to air traffic control, which meant they could not do the full display which was a shame.

I managed to get some of my photos onto the BBC- see the link below:

http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/kent/content/image_galleries/june_2007_gallery.shtml?2

and a couple more photos too add- That explosion was huge and they were moaning about the stray balloons on the runway!

[Andy Bright]

First air display for me... lessons to remember for future, take a ton of memory cards and if you use primes, have 2 bodies and set-ups.
cheers,
Andy


http://www.digiscoped.com/aircraft/Wingwalker1800.jpg

http://www.digiscoped.com/aircraft/Typhoonburn.jpg

http://www.digiscoped.com/aircraft/Typhoon1800.jpg

http://www.digiscoped.com/aircraft/Tornado800.jpg
http://www.digiscoped.com/aircraft/Hunter800.jpg

http://www.digiscoped.com/aircraft/oldnew800.jpg

http://www.digiscoped.com/aircraft/spitfires800.jpg

http://www.digiscoped.com/aircraft/salb17800.jpg

[lostprophet]

from the Sunday


http://images.fotopic.net/yn0t05.jpg

http://images.fotopic.net/yn0t0s.jpg

http://images.fotopic.net/yn0t08.jpg

http://images.fotopic.net/yn0t0d.jpg

http://images.fotopic.net/ynzpyz.jpg

http://images.fotopic.net/ynzp2y.jpg

http://images.fotopic.net/ynzp2o.jpg

http://images.fotopic.net/ynzp2w.jpg

and another 50 or so photos here (http://www.hardpointphotography.fotopic.net/c1294691.html)

[Jason@MS]

hi guys,

my first post on the forums here, biggin was a great weekend, lovely weather and i got a great tan aswell as some 1200 shots lol

havent really had a great deal of time to look at many of the shots since the weekend, but i got CS3 v:10 yesterday so getting to grips with that aswell.

just a couple of shots out of many then,probally not the best ones by far but the only ones ive had a chance to open and and take a look at.

team guninot
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/big_jazzle/guinot1.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/big_jazzle/reds.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/big_jazzle/nmessher.jpg

not as sharp as i would of liked, but i still like this one.
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/big_jazzle/neuport.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/big_jazzle/spittest.jpg

these have all been greatly reduced in size and quality, but all the images from the weekend will be on my website in full size and glory shortly.

cheers

[Mstar]

Andy Bright, you have some serious gear there! Superb photos- see Marauder61 photos. Your style is similar to his. I'm now having to count my few spare pence...

Jason@MS welcome aboard. Liked your Red Arrows. Did you seriously take 1200 photos? What condition is your hard-drive in after all this?

Here's one of my Red Arrows. There was a lot of smoke.

[Jason@MS]

i certainly did yep, i have a jogo giga 1 40gb hard drive, used roughly around 6gig i guess, i use the sandisk extreme 3 2 gig cards and used around 3 of them soo, yeah somewhere around 1200...

ive started to pp some of them now, il post up the good ones int he morning..:D

just one a plucked from bridge quickly...shame it was abit out of focus, otherwise a nice shot.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/big_jazzle/inthestack.jpg

[IMARLOW]

Three of my better shots, though all of the same aircraft...
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e81/IMARLOW/_MG_4058.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e81/IMARLOW/_MG_4052.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e81/IMARLOW/_MG_4049copy.jpg

[JWright]

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/big_jazzle/nmessher.jpg



I recogonize everything else, but what is this?

Never mind... I found out. http://www.bowersflybaby.com/pix/junkers.HTM

[Andy Bright]

Andy Bright, you have some serious gear there! Superb photos- see Marauder61 photos. Your style is similar to his. I'm now having to count my few spare pence...


Lol, thanks but as far as aviation photography goes, it counts for little...just look at those frozen props ;) Like I said, my first airshow experience, and a good chance to learn from my mistakes before RIAT.

Here's a couple of Arrows shots... again, steep learning cure coping with large display formations.
cheers,
Andy

[Jason@MS]

i really like your red arrow ones above andy, very smart.
can i ask what gear you were using on the day?

[Andy Bright]

i really like your red arrow ones above andy, very smart.
can i ask what gear you were using on the day?

Thanks, although I'm going off the first one.
On sunday I was using a 1Ds MkII and a 300mm f2.8 I.S... with and without 1.4x and 2x teleconverters.

In retrospect, I should've altered my position along the crowdline, maybe got more height ... and not just sat there with a bottle of nice red on the table :)
I'll take RIAT a bit more seriously... although a bottle of red may stil play a part ;)
cheers
Andy

[Derrick P]

Hi all,

Great shots.

First post on to the forum. Went to Biggin Hill on the Saturday. First air display with the 400D, and a Tamron 70-300. Added the BG-E3 Grip last week, which makes the camera feel a little more substantial. Anyway here are a couple of shots taken at Biggin, which I am pleased with.

Thanks,

Derrick

[damnfoolman]

Just a couple more from me

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d129/damnfoolman/me-109.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d129/damnfoolman/spit2.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d129/damnfoolman/arrows1.jpg

[Littlenose]

There's some inspiring shots on here, and I've certainly picked up a few more hints on what I'd like to get out of the next time i visit an airshow (roll on Eastbourne)

Nice Red Arrows pics - much closer than mine. How come the EXIF says that you used a 75mm focal length? Were you in Red 2??


Thanks for the kind comments, heh heh, no, not in red 2, but rather the green-10 (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mikeyandjo/zx10/DSC00218w.jpg) ;) but yep, I was a little too close, and my 75-300 was struggling, I wish that i'd taken my 28-135 along too, next time i'll know better.


Littlenose - the Red Arrows were great and I liked your photos, but, I heard it was a "Flat Display" due to air traffic control, which meant they could not do the full display which was a shame.

yeah, but it was a good show all the same... Oh and cool explosion shot... that was quite a bang as teh tornado's went over !