Another try of the aircraft
Aug 25, 2016 08:03:54 #
micolh wrote:
Well said. Hell, you are 93 and vertical. That's not old.
Thanks for that.As a matter of fact I've just done 18 holes on the golf course.
Aug 25, 2016 09:21:36 #
Hey mate your not shaking dirt outta of your eyes, and enjoy of all things golf that's great!!!! I never cottoned to cow pasture pool myself but that doesn't mean others can't. Ignore Rongo Pongo, and any photo shot of the vissy and spitties are great.....either comin or a goin....!!!!
viscountdriver wrote:
Thanks for that.As a matter of fact I've just done 18 holes on the golf course.
Aug 25, 2016 10:32:59 #
viscountdriver wrote:
Don't know why it didn't go through.Too big?Ok now.
Any shot of these old planes is a good shot in my opinion. Thank you very much for your service. I salute you Sir! Cheers.
Aug 25, 2016 10:53:25 #
NI
I'm with you at 89!!
Bob
viscountdriver wrote:
Thanks for that.As a matter of fact I've just done 18 holes on the golf course.
I'm with you at 89!!Bob
Aug 25, 2016 11:33:22 #
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Aug 25, 2016 15:08:05 #
oldgeezer3
Loc: SoCal
viscountdriver wrote:
My friend, I am 93 years of age.you must excuse errors from a very old man.Purely as a matter of interest I flew a Lancaster bomber in the war so I have good reason to love them,arose end or front.
Blessings on you, sir! Your contribution to the defeat of the enemy is appreciated!
Aug 25, 2016 16:24:21 #
A great shot no matter if they are coming or going. Thank you so much for your service and we are all glad that you are still here. Mahalo for sharing.
Aug 25, 2016 19:57:03 #
WessoJPEG wrote:
What a great idea, I use them on guns never thought about putting one on a camera.
How did you sight it in? At what distance?
How did you sight it in? At what distance?
Tightened the adapter on the Red Dot real good, then mounted on the hot shoe and did a Kentucky windage by looking through the red dot and view finder at a spot on my back yard wall about 60+ feet and then tightened it. Then mounted the camera on a tripod with everything locked so the center spot in the viewfinder was on the spot.
Next I used the little adjustment screws on the sight to fine tune it so the dot in the sight was just above the spot on the wall about the same distance as center of lens to dot in sight.
After that just some practice to get used to how much over or under and lead at different ranges. And I have the zoom on the lens a little wider than I want to frame the shot to allow Murphy some play room.
Following a BIF is just like skeet or hunting, both eyes open, one for situational awareness and one on the red dot. If you use it to find a distant non or slow moving object you can go to the view finder to check framing and focus. A lot of astro-photographers use them to find things in the night sky.
Aug 25, 2016 20:04:33 #
Looking at the shot again, may just be the angle or my eyes, but is the fighter on the right a Hurricane? I know they had some "squared off wing tip" Spitfires but the wing looks more like a Hurricane in this shot.
Aug 25, 2016 21:11:50 #
Thank you for your service, sir. Appreciate your sharing - that's what this site is all about.
It is a sad comment on the times we live how quickly people are ready to attack and criticize others. If it's not illegal or morally inappropriate, sometimes it's just best to be silent.
It is a sad comment on the times we live how quickly people are ready to attack and criticize others. If it's not illegal or morally inappropriate, sometimes it's just best to be silent.
Aug 25, 2016 21:48:35 #
Aug 26, 2016 02:56:16 #
robertjerl wrote:
Looking at the shot again, may just be the angle or my eyes, but is the fighter on the right a Hurricane? I know they had some "squared off wing tip" Spitfires but the wing looks more like a Hurricane in this shot.
She's a Hurricane.The Spitfire Maxrk 14 had squared off wings as it was a fighter bomber and had atighter turning w turning circle.
Thank you all for your kind remarks,it is appreciated.There are more kind people on this forum than the other kind.Hope to be with you for some times yet.
Aug 26, 2016 13:05:17 #
Driver - If I could make just one small suggestion that would have made that picture a little better? I know it is nitpicking but being a fellow pilot it just bothers me when I see aircraft in flight pictures with the props frozen by too fast a shutter speed. If you limit your shutter speed to a 1/250th of a second, you will get the props looking right and not like the engines have failed. This requires that you pan with the camera to keep the aircraft sharp but the props will be blurred. Keep shooting and thanks for showing a classic aircraft. (of course being a fighter pilot, I looked at the escorts first!)
Aug 27, 2016 03:01:25 #
Thanks Shaun,
I know this but I had the camera only a few days and it was a very sunny day and the EVF was almost useless so I shoved it on continuous and hoped for the best.Another problem is the Uk has stringent rules since a crash that killed a lot of people so the planes stay well out to sea.
Fighter pilot,eh?well I suppose someone had to do it whilst the bomber were winning the war. Lol
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I know this but I had the camera only a few days and it was a very sunny day and the EVF was almost useless so I shoved it on continuous and hoped for the best.Another problem is the Uk has stringent rules since a crash that killed a lot of people so the planes stay well out to sea.
Fighter pilot,eh?well I suppose someone had to do it whilst the bomber were winning the war. Lol
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