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Offline Dowding

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Vulcan flies again! Pics inside...
« on: July 06, 2008, 11:45:52 AM »
Made a last minute decision to head to Waddington after I heard the Vulcan had been cleared by the CAA for public display. Fortunately, it paid off - the rain and clouds cleared just in time for the old gals first public display since 1993. The Lancaster and Vulcan flypast was amazing.

Here's some photos I took of the day on my new camera. Only a Sony A200 with 18-70mm lens - not sure how they look on your screens, but they look a touch dark on mine?

Album: http://picasaweb.google.com/paul.stanger/WaddingtonAirshow5July2008

Here's it taking off:



BTW the typhoon has a vulcan gate guard in the background - it is XM 607, the plane which bombed Port Stanley's runway in the Falkland's War.
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« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2008, 12:09:44 PM »
A touch dark, but crystal clear.

That is one evil looking airplane.
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« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2008, 12:16:52 PM »
Yeah, the noise that goes with it really underpinned what it was designed for.

The darkness of the pictures is annoying - how do I rectify it?
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« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2008, 01:10:03 PM »
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0hcQdk9FT2o

Love the gear down pass then climb it did.  Looks like they were taking it easy on it tho, not quite the same as the air show routines of old :)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8wSNxC4PfaY

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GPuTgcrA2Zs&NR=1

Such a beautiful airplane.
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« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2008, 01:41:22 PM »
The Vulcan is one of the most beautiful aircraft designed.

Fell in love with it when I saw it in the movie Thunderball lol.
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« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2008, 04:14:29 PM »
Wish I could have been there...
WTG Dowding  :aok
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« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2008, 05:16:05 PM »
Used to stand on the roof of what was then General Dynamics 30 years ago to watch a Vulcan do airshows here in Fort Worth. Beautiful airplane.:aok  Very maneuverable too.
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« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2008, 05:17:37 PM »
Quote from: Dowding on July 06, 2008, 12:16:52 PM
Yeah, the noise that goes with it really underpinned what it was designed for.

The darkness of the pictures is annoying - how do I rectify it?
Photoshop
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« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2008, 05:19:41 PM »
No problem, Angus. :D

It was quite emotional really. Was with my dad and brother - brought back memories of many airshows at RAF Finningley as a kid. We used to go practically every year. They even played the display music often used there.

A pretty unforgettable day all round.

Cthulhu - I took the pictures in RAW format and Sony bundle some software which shows all sorts of histograms combined with retouch stuff. Will just have to figure out how they work.
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« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2008, 06:39:08 PM »
Quote from: Dowding on July 06, 2008, 05:19:41 PM
Cthulhu - I took the pictures in RAW format and Sony bundle some software which shows all sorts of histograms combined with retouch stuff. Will just have to figure out how they work.

I take all my 35mm photos in RAW format also. I use the bundled software some but generaly use Adobe Lightroom. Much cheaper now than it was when I bought it just last year and I highly reccomend it. It is not necessarily intuative to use but you can get some phenominal results with it.

Shooting RAW always gives me a bluish tinted darker picture until I can go in and reset my white balance on the photo then it does just fine.

Good luck with it.

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« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2008, 06:55:56 PM »
Not to derail, but I've had terrible results from shooting RAW.  Both the camera and the PC software change the picture from what it looked like when I took it (good), to something way different.  Even just looking at the file, the thumbnail generation will alter it from the original hue and saturation.
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« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2008, 07:00:55 PM »
Nice shots there, thanks. Looks like it was a really great show.
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« Reply #12 on: July 06, 2008, 08:35:45 PM »
Quote from: moot on July 06, 2008, 06:55:56 PM
Not to derail, but I've had terrible results from shooting RAW.  Both the camera and the PC software change the picture from what it looked like when I took it (good), to something way different.  Even just looking at the file, the thumbnail generation will alter it from the original hue and saturation.
I've seen that same problem before m00t. That's why I shoot RAW AND a large jpg with my 40D. That way I have a fall back if the RAW file sux.
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« Reply #13 on: July 06, 2008, 10:46:18 PM »
Send a copy to us Dowding, Sarah does this sort of thing all the time and can post process it for you and send you a few different results.
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Re: Vulcan flies again! Pics inside...
« Reply #14 on: July 07, 2008, 12:31:20 AM »
Quote from: Dowding on July 06, 2008, 12:16:52 PM
Yeah, the noise that goes with it really underpinned what it was designed for.

The darkness of the pictures is annoying - how do I rectify it?

Just out of curiousity, how big is that Vulcan? I've seen pics and models of it, and I cant compare it to a Lancaster since I've never seen that either...  :cry
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