Shoreham by Sea RAFA Airshow 2013

Phal · 2 Sep 2013 at 21:58

So armed with my shiny new 70d and my not so new 100-400mm, I braved the good weather and went to take some pics from a hill nearby.

So far I've only processed the pics from Sunday... sigh

but I cut down a few thousand to 56!

Here's the set so far and a few of my faves. The sky was quite drab for most of the day so I got a bit creative with the PP!

Set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/phal44/sets/72157635347151653/

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140 by Phal44, on Flickr

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210 by Phal44, on Flickr

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North American F-86A Sabre by Phal44, on Flickr

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RAF Falcons Parachute Display Team by Phal44, on Flickr

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Douglas AD4N Skyraider by Phal44, on Flickr

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Avro Lancaster B1 and Hawker Hurricane IIc by Phal44, on Flickr

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Avro Lancaster B1 by Phal44, on Flickr

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Douglas C-47A Skytrain N147DC by Phal44, on Flickr

peige · 2 Sep 2013 at 22:01

Nice pictures

I was there on saturday and wondered up to a local hill on sunday to watch the Euro Fighter. Have 700 photos myself!

Phal · 2 Sep 2013 at 22:05

Yeah the Typhoon is cool to watch but the display is too short and he doesn't fly low enough for my liking lol.

It was a shame the Vulcan had to cancel due to that fuel leak

Thatwas the only reason I was out again on Sunday after having sat there all day Saturday on the hill!

King Damager · 2 Sep 2013 at 23:38

That last one is very nice. Out of interest, when shooting like this, do you use spot metering?

kd

Phal · 3 Sep 2013 at 07:05

King Damager said:
That last one is very nice. Out of interest, when shooting like this, do you use spot metering?

kd

Na, it's usually left on evaluative but I had it on centre weighted for a lot of these.

The_Abyss · 4 Sep 2013 at 01:49

3 is nice.

I've been to three recent Shoreham shows, but unfortunately the last two had similar conditions to this year. The best time I'd had was 2009 http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregkingston/sets/72157622133895594/

Mind you, last year the Vulcan did fly. And it did roar!

The_Abyss · 4 Sep 2013 at 01:50

Pahl - were you on Mill Hill?

Phal · 4 Sep 2013 at 07:07

The_Abyss said:
Pahl - were you on Mill Hill?

Aye I was

might try on the other side next year so the sun is behind me a bit more

The_Abyss · 4 Sep 2013 at 23:10

Is Lancing College open for the show? That could be interesting, but if not the fields behind would be a good location too I think. Less elevation than Mill Hill but certainly different lighting perspective.

I can't believe the last few years have had such poor skies!

Phal · 5 Sep 2013 at 19:11

The sky on the Saturday was fine, a few clouds around for the first half but mostly blue and then a clear sky the rest of the day.

The fields behind Lancing college would be my choice and I saw some people there in a few of my pics that were facing that way

It's not as high but the planes got fairly close to that side too when turning so it would be a good spot too.

PistolPete · 5 Sep 2013 at 22:44

Forgot it was Shoreham last weekend. Did wonder why we kept getting treated to low fly passes over our heads whilst jet ski-ing off off Littlehampton / Bognor.

Phal · 5 Sep 2013 at 23:46

Here's a few from the Saturday which I finally got round to processing

Full lot in the set on Flickr here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/phal44/sets/72157635347151653/

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Hispano, Spitfire and Hurricane by Phal44, on Flickr

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Douglas AD4N Skyraider by Phal44, on Flickr

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Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Sally-B by Phal44, on Flickr

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North American F-86A Sabre by Phal44, on Flickr

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Hawker Hurricane IIc by Phal44, on Flickr

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Curtiss P-40M Kittyhawk by Phal44, on Flickr