Phal's house of pics

Phal · 20 Aug 2016 at 20:41

^ Thanks

A few more I've bothered to sort!

A Bronco

Bronco by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

And a noisy thingy

Typhoon by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Phal · 21 Aug 2016 at 22:56

Slowly getting through these, here's another one

It's fun being practically the same height as these things and I'm pretty sure it was lower on one of the other passes.

B-17 Flying Fortress Sally B by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Phal · 23 Aug 2016 at 22:14

A selection of some Red Arrow shots from Airbourne Airshow in Eastbourne

The weather was quite annoying to shoot in, especially for the Red Arrows as they were first. Midday ultrabright sun with low cloud.

I was using a CPL filter in the lens which helped with the haze and sun etc but there's some things you can't work around. I've ended up experimenting a bit with a few shots (the black and white stuff) because some shots were too hazy for normal processing.

Skybound Arrows by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Straight At You Arrows by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Australian Arrow Chasing UK Arrow by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Demon Arrows by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Vertical Demon Arrows by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Dispersing Arrows by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Tightly Packed Arrows by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Descending From The Sky Arrows by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

rhysduck · 23 Aug 2016 at 22:15

Stunning pictures. Any chance of the full res of the two demon arrows? would be lovely desktop backgrounds

thanks.

Phal · 24 Aug 2016 at 20:05

rhysduck said:
Stunning pictures. Any chance of the full res of the two demon arrows? would be lovely desktop backgrounds thanks.

Thanks

and maybe!

Phal · 24 Aug 2016 at 20:54

More Airbourne stuff!

Raven Display Team by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Nautical Blenheim by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Looowwww Bronco by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Waving Bronco by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Reach For The Sun by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Moody Blenheim by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Phal · 28 Aug 2016 at 22:13

Finally edited everything! I think...

1

RAF Typhoon Over Hastings by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

2

P-51 Mustang by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

3

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Lancaster 5 by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

4

MIG-17 Inverted by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

5

Low Provost by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

6

Wingwalkers Left by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

7

Cloudy Back by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

8

Away From The Sun by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

9

Rolling by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Phal · 31 Aug 2016 at 18:49

A few shots of something I found in the Rose bush next to my front door

Green on Red 2 by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Green on Red 3 by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Green on red by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Phal · 9 Sep 2016 at 21:54

Some birds from a Falconry display at the Herstmonceux Medieval Festival a few weekends ago.

Side On Flight by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Cuddly by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Landing Gear by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Phal · 11 Sep 2016 at 20:29

Perlin Falcon 3 by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Perlin Falcon 4 by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Saker Falcon 3 by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Saker Falcon 2 by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

dhill · 12 Sep 2016 at 11:00

Lovely pics of the falcons! You did well to catch them so crisply, seeing as they move so damn fast!

Phal · 12 Sep 2016 at 18:19

dhill said:
Lovely pics of the falcons! You did well to catch them so crisply, seeing as they move so damn fast!

Yeah, there were plenty of blurred shots lol

I was also worrying about hitting people around me with the lens hood which didn't help! I'm 6'5 so I'm about the right height to get someone right in the noggin as I pan around

dhill · 12 Sep 2016 at 20:20

Phal said:
Yeah, there were plenty of blurred shots lol I was also worrying about hitting people around me with the lens hood which didn't help! I'm 6'5 so I'm about the right height to get someone right in the noggin as I pan around

What sort of shutter speed etc were you using to catch the falcons?

Phal · 13 Sep 2016 at 18:25

dhill said:
What sort of shutter speed etc were you using to catch the falcons?

A few of the Owl shots and the Saker Falcon shots were at 1/1000 F4 but the other shots plus some others I haven't uploaded yet were 1/1250 F4.

A bit more light might have been nice for slightly faster shutter speeds since I was already having to use highish ISOs (the bird shots varied between 800-2000). The large ISO range was probably due to using auto ISO in a lot of the cases but the light was changing a lot so it was difficult to choose a fixed ISO

Phal · 13 Sep 2016 at 18:36

Some Kestrel shots from the same display

This one was a baby so still had the training wheels on

Hill Start Kestrel by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Learner Kestrel by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Chubby Kestrel by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

dhill · 13 Sep 2016 at 21:17

Gotta love the Kestrel's, such lovely birds.

Not very often you see people flying birds on creance's in public shows mind, but certainly a good experience for the young birds.

Phal · 13 Sep 2016 at 22:08

dhill said:
Gotta love the Kestrel's, such lovely birds.

Not very often you see people flying birds on creance's in public shows mind, but certainly a good experience for the young birds.

Yeah the guy in charge explained that this was still a young bird who was learning and this was the reason for the tether.

It was these guys doing the display - http://www.sussexfalconry.co.uk/

I like Kestrels since I get to see them a lot around here! I've had a few good shots of some over the years

Phal · 14 Sep 2016 at 21:39

Last of the bird pics finally! There's more on the Flickr feed but here's the highlights

The landings always look cool when you've got pointy toes like that

Grippy Toes by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Here we had a demonstration of some horseback Falconry. The horse seems a bit wary of the flappy things with the sharp claws!

Bird v Horse 2 by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

She made him/her wait a bit before landing

Eye Contact by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Phal · 4 Oct 2016 at 19:17

I entered a photo in a local competition and it's been selected for the final 12

If anyone wants to vote, mine's the red and green shot

hehe

https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/photovote

Phal · 16 Oct 2016 at 12:43

These were taken at the Eden Project in Cornwall back in Feb but I never got around to processing most of them :/

Spotted this Blackbird snacking on an unusual fruit for the UK - a Fig

Strange Fruit 1 by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Strange Fruit 2 by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr

Strange Fruit 3 by Etienne Fournier, on Flickr