For those going to Elvetham car show, Vulcan salute.
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Vulcan Salute
Tomorrow. Idea!!. The Avro Vulcan takes off around 3 ish (time to be confirmed in the morning) and does a short display before landing. I saw it today and it really is a sight to behold as it comes in to land approaching the runway over the Farnborough road and the adjacent area. My route to this area was from Junction 4A of the M3, along the route there were big crowds waiting for the Vulcan and other planes, with youngsters shouting "look corvette", it obviously entertained some. would it be an idea to organise a brief cruise from Elvetham through to the Farnborough Road, which takes in part of my route I took today. Drive down the Farnborough road, turn left into Lynchford road then left into Alexandra Road where we pull over to one side and wait for the Vulcan to pass over head about 200 feet up, then cruise back to Elvetham . What do you think ? Good idea or should I go and stand in the corner.
Sometimes it's good to cruise
Tomorrow. Idea!!. The Avro Vulcan takes off around 3 ish (time to be confirmed in the morning) and does a short display before landing. I saw it today and it really is a sight to behold as it comes in to land approaching the runway over the Farnborough road and the adjacent area. My route to this area was from Junction 4A of the M3, along the route there were big crowds waiting for the Vulcan and other planes, with youngsters shouting "look corvette", it obviously entertained some. would it be an idea to organise a brief cruise from Elvetham through to the Farnborough Road, which takes in part of my route I took today. Drive down the Farnborough road, turn left into Lynchford road then left into Alexandra Road where we pull over to one side and wait for the Vulcan to pass over head about 200 feet up, then cruise back to Elvetham . What do you think ? Good idea or should I go and stand in the corner.
Sometimes it's good to cruise
Saw a couple of other vettes driving around the perimeter along with a couple of 50's chevy's. Highlight of the day was standing under the Vulcan's landing path 
Thanks for the pics - amazing craft - the stuff of science fiction stories when it was new!
We were at Kimbolton and had the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, the Lancaster did a few passes. I know we've seen it recently from the Nationals, but as someone standing in the crowd said near us, it makes you proud to be British.
I think all of these craft do inspire emotion, whether from the aircraft afficianados or otherwise.
We were at Kimbolton and had the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, the Lancaster did a few passes. I know we've seen it recently from the Nationals, but as someone standing in the crowd said near us, it makes you proud to be British.
I think all of these craft do inspire emotion, whether from the aircraft afficianados or otherwise.
For jets I usually set the camera to shutter priority at 1/1000th second or above, I usually set to ISO 200 as well unless its an unusually bright day. For propellor aircraft/helicopters I prefer a lower shutter speed of 1/125th to 1/250th to get some movement in the blades, if you're using a long focal length lens of 300mm or above then blast off several shots as you pan with the plane because probably only one will be sharp due to camera shake.
Make sure that the sun is behind you and shining on the aircraft when you push the shutter button - when there are scattered clouds there's a knack to timing your shot so that its taken when the plane emerges from the shade.
Once you've picked out the ones you want to put on the web scale them down appropraitely and sharpen them afterwards. For Photoshop after you've downsized to 1024x768 or whatever then use Smart Sharpen with a radius of 0.2 pixels and about 150% sharpening, if the shot is a bit soft due to camera shake use a radius of around 0.5 pixels before you try upping the sharpen factor.
Make sure that the sun is behind you and shining on the aircraft when you push the shutter button - when there are scattered clouds there's a knack to timing your shot so that its taken when the plane emerges from the shade.
Once you've picked out the ones you want to put on the web scale them down appropraitely and sharpen them afterwards. For Photoshop after you've downsized to 1024x768 or whatever then use Smart Sharpen with a radius of 0.2 pixels and about 150% sharpening, if the shot is a bit soft due to camera shake use a radius of around 0.5 pixels before you try upping the sharpen factor.
Not really played with them as per your good instructions - will have a go! I've only just found that in the latest edition of the Canon software there's unsharp mask in there too now (I don't posess Photoshop alas)
And looking at the pictures now, (I've more than those posted) - I've only just noticed that in the flybys there were different permutations of bomb bay doors open/shut and landing gear up down. Top passes!
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