John R Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 At Last! A warm sunny day at Old Warden Peter Teichman's 'Russian' Spitfire made its first visit to Old Warden Miles Hawk Speed Six and Mew Gull Bristol M1 made a sharp right turn after taking off from the short runway I nearly missed it Polikarpov Po 2 Primary glider Bristol Fighter Miles Gemini Nieuport We were promised 5 Edwardians but the Deperdussin,although rolled out, did not fly. The Bleriot did one short hop and nearly came to grief on the second when the pilot got he nose too high after lift off Avro Triplane Bristol Boxkite Blackburn 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Lovely set from one of my favourite venues. The Spitfire looks great! I've bought tickets for the Duxford Battle of Britain Air Show and look forward to seeing the Russian Spitfire there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 Thank you. Peter gave very nice display which included a couple of lovely topside passes. Contrary to the impression created by the pictures above my panning that day was nearly useless and I only got one good shot from both passes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 2 hours ago, John R said: ................................... Contrary to the impression created by the pictures above my panning that day was nearly useless and I only got one good shot from both passes. I was going to compliment you on your panning! Nice shot of the Bristol M1 with the blurred trees behind, giving the impression of movement. I tend to just use a high shutter speed to counter my wobbly panning efforts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 You should see the number of duff shots! I use the lower shutter speed, 1/250, so I don't get motionless propellers but I get a lot of unsharp images. I do wonder how well the experts manage. Of course with shots like that of the Bristol, where the prop is in line with you, if one's mind and fingers were fast enough a high speed could be set. I nearly missed the Bristol because I was looking elsewhere when it appeared without warning as it started its take off run from close to the hangars. It was a case of up with the camera and 'click' - Lucky John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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