Seamus Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 (edited) Morning all, Thought I'd share a few images from the season opener from Old Warden last weekend. A decent enough line up, it was the Seafire that stole the show; my absolute favourite warbird, I've been waiting a long time to see her back in the air, and she didn't disappoint! A beautfiful display. The weather was dull and grey all day, which isn't great for photography, so many of these are slow shutter images in front of the trees to at least try and inject a bit of colour and interest into the shots... Hawker Sea Hurricane Ib | Z7015/G-BKTH | Shuttleworth Collection | Old Warden | 01/05/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Consolidated PBV-1A Canso | 433915/G-PBYA | Plane Sailing | Old Warden | 01/05/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Avro Lancaster BI | PA474 | Royal Air Force | Old Warden | 01/05/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Avro Lancaster BI | PA474 | Royal Air Force | Old Warden | 01/05/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr De Havilland DH 88 Comet | G-ACSS | Shuttleworth Collection | Old Warden | 01/05/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Percial Mew Gull | G-AEXF | Shuttleworth Collection | Old Warden | 01/05/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Supermarine Seafire XVII | SX336/G-KASX | Navy Wings | Old Warden | 01/05/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Hawker Sea Hurricane Ib | Z7015/G-BKTH | Shuttleworth Collection | Old Warden | 01/05/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Supermarine Seafire XVII | SX336/G-KASX | Navy Wings | Old Warden | 01/05/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Supermarine Seafire XVII | SX336/G-KASX | Navy Wings | Old Warden | 01/05/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Supermarine Seafire XVII | SX336/G-KASX | Navy Wings | Old Warden | 01/05/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Spartan 7W Exectutive | NC17615 | Old Warden | 01/05/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Supermarine Seafire XVII | SX336/G-KASX | Navy Wings | Old Warden | 01/05/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Gloster Gladiator I | K7985/G-AMRK | Shuttleworth Collection | Old Warden | 01/05/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Supermarine Spitfire LF Vc | AR501/G-AWII | Shuttleworth Collection | Old Warden | 01/05/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Supermarine Spitfire LF Vc | AR501/G-AWII | Shuttleworth Collection | Old Warden | 01/05/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Ryan STM | N7779 | Arnaldo Leon | Old Warden | 01/05/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Ryan STM | N7779 | Arnaldo Leon | Old Warden | 01/05/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Avro XIX Anson | TX176/G-AHKX | Shuttleworth Collection | Old Warden | 01/05/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Avro XIX Anson | TX176/G-AHKX | Shuttleworth Collection | Old Warden | 01/05/22 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Not the most inspiring set but hopefully they were of interest, Thanks for looking, Shaun Edited May 11, 2022 by Seamus 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenko Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Brilliant as always. Good to see the 17 back in the air. Dick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Took me a few moments to realise what 'in front of the tress' meant... Typical Murphy's Law situation. Some reasonable weather turning grey and cold for the first airshow of the season. I came up from Sussex with a friend and we had serious thought about whether to cut our losses ( advanced tickets) and stay at home to save the petrol money but it turned out to be a good show despite the weather being poor for photography. One of the highlights for me was seeing the Wren doing circuits only a few feet above the ground. Did you get any pictures of it? If not I'll put up one of mine. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberraman Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 A terrific set of shots Shan. Agree the Seafire looks ace and its nice to see the Lanc back in the air. I'm also impressed with the motion blurred background in some of the pictures. Looks to have been a good day out. Matrk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamus Posted May 11, 2022 Author Share Posted May 11, 2022 Thanks chaps 1 hour ago, John R said: Took me a few moments to realise what 'in front of the tress' meant... Typical Murphy's Law situation. Some reasonable weather turning grey and cold for the first airshow of the season. I came up from Sussex with a friend and we had serious thought about whether to cut our losses ( advanced tickets) and stay at home to save the petrol money but it turned out to be a good show despite the weather being poor for photography. One of the highlights for me was seeing the Wren doing circuits only a few feet above the ground. Did you get any pictures of it? If not I'll put up one of mine. John Woops! Typo amended... I didn't hang around for the Wren or the Eds on this occasion,it was already dark enough by the time the Anson landed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Some great photography there Shaun- really like the precise take off shots with the blurred background. I assume that is is to do with aperture settings? Thank you for posting🙂 Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael51 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 You lucky people. Such superb machines and finely captured images as well. No such luck here, Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamus Posted May 12, 2022 Author Share Posted May 12, 2022 Thanks again chaps 10 hours ago, ColinChipmunkfan said: Some great photography there Shaun- really like the precise take off shots with the blurred background. I assume that is is to do with aperture settings? Thank you for posting🙂 Colin More shutter speed thatn aperture. I always shoot props (and helicopters) in TV mode so I can control the shutter speed and get the desired prop/rotor blur. In this case I dropped it down to 1/100 second to not only increase the prop blur but to blur the background and give a sense of speed. In truth it's tricky to achieve a perfectly sharp airframe at both nose and tail unless the aircraft is perfectly side on, but I mostly got away with it here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Seamus said: Thanks again chaps More shutter speed thatn aperture. I always shoot props (and helicopters) in TV mode so I can control the shutter speed and get the desired prop/rotor blur. In this case I dropped it down to 1/100 second to not only increase the prop blur but to blur the background and give a sense of speed. In truth it's tricky to achieve a perfectly sharp airframe at both nose and tail unless the aircraft is perfectly side on, but I mostly got away with it here... Thanks for the information Shaun - getting away with it is an understatement. I shall have to try aerial shots at that setting.🙂 Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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