Photo a day 2015

[punyXpress]

Rumour had it that radiation from Fylingdales produced two-headed sheep so perhaps this is a throwback?

[Sir Trev]

Just back from a packed Bicester. Glad I got there early on the bike as there were cars abandoned all over the place outside the airfield causing chaos. Surprised we did not get a few traffic cars pay a visit but I bet those lads and lasses were busy looking up, the same as us.

Glad I was early too as 558 was a good ten minutes ahead of schedule when she came over. We all giggled at the ponce in the 1 Series convertible who screeched to a stop blocking the airfield access road, jumping out with a puny pocket camera, five minutes after she'd gone...

Lovely slow pass but even so she was past us and on her way north west in a moment. Fabulous sight though and well worth the jams on the way out of town! Farewell lovely bird - enjoy your retirement.

Vulcan over Bicester by Trevor Laight, on Flickr

[mister c]

Originally Posted by DarrenSV650S

The detail in that is amazing mister c. How close were you?

Cheers Darren. We were in a bird hide, he was about 10 feet from us

[admin]

Originally Posted by Sir Trev

Just back from a packed Bicester. Glad I got there early on the bike as there were cars abandoned all over the place outside the airfield causing chaos. Surprised we did not get a few traffic cars pay a visit but I bet those lads and lasses were busy looking up, the same as us.

Glad I was early too as 558 was a good ten minutes ahead of schedule when she came over. We all giggled at the ponce in the 1 Series convertible who screeched to a stop blocking the airfield access road, jumping out with a puny pocket camera, five minutes after she'd gone...

Lovely slow pass but even so she was past us and on her way north west in a moment. Fabulous sight though and well worth the jams on the way out of town! Farewell lovely bird - enjoy your retirement.

Vulcan over Bicester by Trevor Laight, on Flickr

Nice shot. Always tricky getting the exposure right against a bright sky.

[Bluepete]

That's a beauty Trev!

Keep an eye on their website, there's going to be another flight soon...

Pete

[Sir Trev]

I will happily admit to altering the balances post production to make thst shot look that way. It was all I could do to get my rather slow 70-300 focused in the right place in the 15 seconds or so we had before the subject was gone again. A pretty grey day did not help - the little bit of blue there was all the clear sky visible at the time. Inreased brightness, contrast and colour saturation did the trick.

[admin]

Originally Posted by Sir Trev

I will happily admit to altering the balances post production to make thst shot look that way. It was all I could do to get my rather slow 70-300 focused in the right place in the 15 seconds or so we had before the subject was gone again. A pretty grey day did not help - the little bit of blue there was all the clear sky visible at the time. Inreased brightness, contrast and colour saturation did the trick.

I now shoot in RAW. It took me a while to appreciate the benefits but it's amazing how much adjustment you can make to what might be a poor photo. I find most of my photos benefit from a tweak.

[mister c]

Originally Posted by Sir Trev

I will happily admit to altering the balances post production to make thst shot look that way. It was all I could do to get my rather slow 70-300 focused in the right place in the 15 seconds or so we had before the subject was gone again. A pretty grey day did not help - the little bit of blue there was all the clear sky visible at the time. Inreased brightness, contrast and colour saturation did the trick.

Nothing wrong in tweaking a photo it saves erasing what could be a nice picture (which yours is). I bet that we are all guilty of doing it, but that's the beauty of digital photography.

[admin]

You said it better than I did.