Air shows. Post your best shots.

I think knowing is one aspect - when I tried it, I felt a bit of a fraud plus it didn’t look right to my memory’s eye so never did it again but that’s a personal thing.

However when I look at photos I tend to see the lack of sky graduation (the remnants of art classes where the teacher lambasted one if your “sky” was too constant) or the view through the canopy glass, which to me is the biggest give away especially when it’s a bubble canopy.

Cygnus wrote in post #19208411
I think knowing is one aspect - when I tried it, I felt a bit of a fraud plus it didn’t look right to my memory’s eye so never did it again but that’s a personal thing.

However when I look at photos I tend to see the lack of sky graduation (the remnants of art classes where the teacher lambasted one if your “sky” was too constant) or the view through the canopy glass, which to me is the biggest give away especially when it’s a bubble canopy.

Thanks Colin. I'm not sure that I'll be using it either. I just cannot get the sky to look natural. For the first time too I'm seeing a huge variation in colour between my monitor and my iPad screen, maybe I need to calibrate my monitor again. Anyway back to grey and dull skies it is!

I made my peace with the vagarities of the sky in this temperate isle a long time ago...

Our local annual airshow doesn't have a ground based component, but the airfield had a small WW2 display of it's own years back. Here's a shot from that:

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Corsair from Greece,

Thanks for looking,

cheers,
Rene.

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Corsair Greece

Lovely! What show was that at as it must have been a few years ago?

Cygnus wrote in post #19208441
Lovely! What show was that at as it must have been a few years ago?

Hi Cygnus,

Thank you for your kind reply. This photo was shot on June 2013 during an airshow at Volkel Airbase in The Netherlands.

Cheers,
Rene.

Corsair,

(from the same show as above)

Thanks for looking,

Cheers,
Rene.

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DutchCorps

Phoenixuk wrote in post #19208414
Thanks Colin. I'm not sure that I'll be using it either. I just cannot get the sky to look natural. For the first time too I'm seeing a huge variation in colour between my monitor and my iPad screen, maybe I need to calibrate my monitor again. Anyway back to grey and dull skies it is!

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I tried it a few times but was never happy with the results, especially around propeller blades and, if I may say so, I see a little of that back in this picture and some halo's or artifacts around the wings as well.

So for me it doesn't work so well. May after some more training or getting more experienced it could improve, but I'm just not patient enough for that.

Cheers,
Rene.

Thanks for looking,

Cheers,
Rene.

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MK4_3254

A P-40 at the 2017 Reno Air Races. Several warbirds were there to perform and races as well, so this one has a big 42 on the side. The third shot is my experiment with sky replacement. I didn't like it in color, but the b&w version didn't seem too bad.

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Curtiss P-40E Warhawk

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Curtiss P-40E Warhawk

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P-40 Warhawk

kd_reno wrote in post #19208741
A P-40 at the 2017 Reno Air Races. Several warbirds were there to perform and races as well, so this one has a big 42 on the side. The third shot is my experiment with sky replacement. I didn't like it in color, but the b&w version didn't seem too bad.

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Curtiss P-40E Warhawk] by Ken Drozd on Flickr

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Curtiss P-40E Warhawk] by Ken Drozd on Flickr

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P-40 Warhawk] by Ken Drozd on Flickr

Your B&W photo looks really neat!

fotoi wrote in post #19208760
Your B&W photo looks really neat!

Thanks. It turned out better than I expected.

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