Seamus Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 (edited) Morning all, Here's my thread for this years RIAT which I'll be steadily updating with shots of the four days I'll be there. First up is Thursdays arrivals. This was the first time I had done an arrivals day; a very enjoyable experience, with plenty of interesting aircraft arriving throughout the day as well as a number of rehearsals to keep me occupied. The good weather certainly helped too! The BAE Typhoon looks good tooled up, though it's clear to see the effect such a loadout has on it's turning performance. It turned out to be a bit of a Viper fest with the Belgians, Dutch and the Turks (twice!) rehearsing their displays. Very impressed with the Turks, the take off is uber cool On with the pics, there's a fair few here, but it's hard to whittle them down with so many movement- hopefully gives a flavour of the day. I was feeling a little adventurous with shutter speeds, dropping it down to 1/100 for the display team landings, and later some of the fast jets too, though I played it safe with the really good stuff More as ever can be found on my Flickr RIAT2011_Thursday_003 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Thursday_007 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Thursday_009 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Thursday_014 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Thursday_017 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Thursday_023 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Thursday_024 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Thursday_027 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Thursday_028 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Thursday_029 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Thursday_034 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Thursday_035 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Thursday_036 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Thursday_039 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Thursday_043 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Thursday_045 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Thursday_053 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Thursday_060 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Thursday_057 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Thursday_064 by Seamus_85, on Flickr Comments welcomed as ever, next update will feature Saturday's pics, provided it doesn't rain too much! Cheers Shaun Edited July 19, 2011 by Seamus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanicity Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Beautiful shots! I'm off there tommorrow and can't wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeds Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 I'm going tomoz as well, hope the rain is'nt as bad as they predict !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Wonderful photos Shaun. I'm off there tomorrow in the rain Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Some crackin' shots there Shaun... what one EARTH were they thinking when they painted that Apache though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spooky56 Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Fantastic shots, not been for several years but used to enjoy the arrivals day, perhaps next year. Like the Swiss Hunter and Saab 105, very nice. Hope the rest of the weekend goes as you hope. Looking forward to your next instalment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Shaun, SIMPLY STUNNING. SUPERB, OUTSTANDING, AWESOME photos form you.. Just BEAUTIFUL and you have taken such GORGEOUS photos that you capture their beauty, their elegance, their strength and power..... The clarity, sharpness and light all combined makes them looks FANTASTIC... BRAVO... KUDOS.... So what If I don't get to go ..these will do ME fine... THANK YOU HOUSTON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 The Hunter in tiger stripes is gotta be one of my faves in this batch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Great pics,thanks for sharing. Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewE Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Fantastic shots - looking forward to the next update, I hope the ewaether holds for you over the rest of the weekend. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzy Jase Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Superb as usual, I suspect you've seen the best of the weather though. Keeping my fingers crossed it's good for Sunday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Absolutely fantastic!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Superb shots Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basosz Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 :partytime: :partytime: very very very very very VERY cool shots !!!! The Belgian Tigermeet F-16 from 31 squadron (Smaldeel) looks absolutely fantastic. Hell... everything looks great ! Thank you for sharing ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamus Posted July 16, 2011 Author Share Posted July 16, 2011 Thanks guys, much appreciated We left a bit earlier after today's show so had a chance to edit some shots. I thoroughly enjoyed the day once the weather had cleared, so excellent flying in great conditions for photography for the most part. Was a shame not to see the Italian Tornado and C-27, but it can't be helped, and hopefully I'll catch them tomorrow. You might be able to guess from the pics I've developed a bit of a thing for the Rafale- another stunning performance from it today, really is the best jet about in my opinion. Shame the A-10 went tech mid way through as well, looking forward to seeing it display fully tomorrow. RIAT2011_Saturday_001 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Saturday_002 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Saturday_003 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Saturday_004 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Saturday_005 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Saturday_006 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Saturday_007 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Saturday_008 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Saturday_009 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Saturday_010 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Saturday_011 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Saturday_012 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Saturday_014 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Saturday_015 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Saturday_016 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Saturday_017 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Saturday_018 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Saturday_019 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Saturday_020 by Seamus_85, on Flickr RIAT2011_Saturday_021 by Seamus_85, on Flickr Thanks for looking, time for me to get some sleep ready for tomorrow, it's been a long day! Cheers Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Fantastic Shots Sean. Thanks for sharing these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpc7676 Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Concur with Calum, awesome pics, will get there one day for myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 (edited) Shaun, EACH PHOTO IS SIMPLY STUNNING AND JUST AWESOME.... MY FAVORITE SHOTS from you are of " TRENTE MILLE HEURES "...SUPERB Photography.... I do not think I have ever seen such MAGNIFICENT, PURE, CLASSY ,SEXY photos from RIAT before as these.. I love the absolute PERFECTION AND NO -NONSENSE kind of shots from you... AMAZING... You have a Captivated audience for your photos in ME... The flickr pages are exciting too. KUDOS.. Edited July 17, 2011 by HOUSTON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob C Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Absolutely amazing photo's Shaun. I went yesterday as well (saturday) and agree the Rafale made the biggest impression on me as it did 2 years ago. What was the problem with the A10. I didn't think it was a regular routine! Big shame about that. Once again though stunning pictures. The best I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancient mariner Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Nice work Shaun. Terrific photos,thank you for posting them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Another wondeful set of pictures. Shame about the rain yesterday but thankfully the weather cleared up in the afternoon. As I tend leave my camera setup on auto, what settings do you use on yours ? BTW I have a Nikon. I concur about the Rafale, seems like a battle between that, the Gripen, F-16 and Typhoon. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaguarfan Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Thanks for posting, these are superb. cheers Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirfixAndy Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Stunning photos !! Love the XV Tonka shot !! Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smyfe Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 (edited) Beautiful pictures, after seeing these i'm chucking my camera Mick Edited July 18, 2011 by smyfe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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