lasermonkey Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 After several rainy days in a row, the sun thankfully put in an appearance for today's event at The Shuttleworth Collection: The Gathering Of Moths. This is a free event and well worth coming to if vintage aeroplanes are your thing. I took a few pictures while I was there. Ok, I tell a lie: I took over 700 pictures while I was there! The lighting conditions were constantly changing, and proved to be a bit of a challenge at times. Anyway, I have opened a temporary account at Flickr (I can't stand Flickr, but it'll do until I find something better) to host a small selection of the photos. Here's a few of them: (Well, that was an effort! I see that Flickr is just as "user friendly" as it was ten years ago!) The Paddock was opened to the great unwashed for ninety minutes, which I think is mainly a brilliant idea. Mainly, because it's bloomin' difficult to get a good pic while the world and his wife are blissfully unaware of everyone and everything around them, displaying all the situational awareness of a bat wearing ear muffs. My patience was tried many times today, but it was well worth it in the end and I have to thank the Collection for the opportunity to get close to so many lovely, old aeroplanes. Once I have found a suitable replacement for P****bucket, I will gradually get round to re-uploading all my old pictures, plus all the new ones I've taken since, which is probably around a thousand! I'm thinking about giving Smugmug a go, as they seem to offer exactly what I'm after. I'd be interested to hear from anyone who has experience of it, or thoughts on alternatives. I tried Village Photos, but it was just awful. Nothing worked properly and it took over a month for support to get back to me! That's deleted now. Cheers, Mark. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Thanks for taking the trouble to post those lovely pictures. I was thinking of going myself, but wasn't sure if it would be worth it, what with the lousy weather and all. Looks like it was a good day. Those Hornet moths are gorgeous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Lovely images from what looked like a wonderful day. I love Old Warden! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 Thanks for the kind comments. Here's a few more pics, with all five visiting Hornet Moths represented. What isn't especially apparent is that G-AELO was beautifully turned out. I ended up taking quite a few pics of her, including a number of detail shots. I thought it may come in useful, what with the forthcoming Dekno kit. G-ADNE is one of the kit's marking options. I'd not seen 'ADKL before and I wish that I'd been able to get some better shots from the "sunny side", but sadly there was a fuel bowser spoiling the view. Maybe next year? Cheers, Mark. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 ...and a few more! Of course, I'm happy to donate as many pics as may be required to the Walkaround section of BM, once I've been through and sorted the wheat from the chaff. Cheers, Mark. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Love them all. There are a couple Tigers and Hornets I had not seen before. All gorgeous aeroplanes. And gorgeous photos! (A bit of a nit pick, but its a shame G-AMTV has the correct proper style font for the fuselage reggie , but on the wings a font that I dislike and wrong for the aeroplane. Sorry I know its up to the owners but ....) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 The last time I saw 'MTV was at a Moth Club charity fly-in at Old Warden, several years ago. I took photos, but seem to have lost them somewhere. There was very little flying going on and later in the day, 'MTV had a bit of an accident. I wasn't there to see it as I'd left by then, but I wonder if her wing lettering was redone then? If I ever do find those photos, it will be interesting to compare the wing lettering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwidave4 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Lovely pics of lovely aeroplanes. I can recommend Imgur for photo hosting. Have used it for years with no complaints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 On 30/07/2017 at 9:53 PM, lasermonkey said: I took a few pictures while I was there Thanks for posting your lovely shots of these aircraft Mark. Some time in early July I watched 4 or 5 of these aircraft leisurely travel in formation eastwards over the beach at Lyme Regis and disappear in the haze towards Portland. It was such an unexpectedly evocative sight and sound that it made you realise what is meant by the phrase 'transported back in time'.... Some great shots there sir. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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