Battle of Britain Memorial Flight at Chartwell

A couple from last Saturday. A great concert at Chartwell with a Spitfire and Hurricane performing, followed by a Spitfire dog-fighting with an ME109.

Pentax K10 + DA* 300mm

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Peter



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Very nice.

John

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In LBA hiatus.

Great shot's, of great aircraft.

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One or two odd snaps I have taken.

Nice pics

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Gareth

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You have this down pat, Peter.

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Thanks for the kind comments. This was the first time I have photographed aircraft, and I was very pleased with the results. I think I needed a slower shutter speed than 1/500 to get the right amount of prop blur. I will have to find an airshow now to hone my skills further.

I had the K10 set to multi- focus point A/F, and continous A/F, and I think it did very well.

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Peter



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Lovely aircraft shots, Peter.

It's a pity, though, that one has to click on them to view in just a slightly bigger version, to get rid of the ragged edges. Hint: Resize to 800 pixels before uploading, then no resizing occurs.

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Terry

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Nice sharp well exposed shots .. well done.


Pentax cameras have no problem with the older slower planes, it's the fast jets that cause all the comments about the AF system.

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No equipment list here .... move along the bus please.

Lovely sharp pics of two great aircraft

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Lovely shots Peter.

Sharp, well exposed and very interesting subject matter.

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Fabulous shots, especially of the 109, with the pilot looking slightly to his left (should that be port?). I don't think I'd fret about not enough propelor blur, it's difficult enough getting the aircraft sharp even at 500th. Did you know that the 109 has a Merlin engine? What are things coming to?!

Thanks, btw for your comments about my Duxford stuff. Both of these were there as well as 15(!) other Spitfires. Fantastic.

David

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These are a great pair of photos well done!

Richard

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