smr's RIAT 2018 Photos

Thanks, yes it was very hot on the Saturday but I hear Sunday was even hotter! Very good of them to have the drinking stations though, haven't refilled so much in one day!

Andrew_McP · 16 Jul 2018 at 21:54

Love the paint job on the Belgian F-16. Against a typical RIAT sky (ie dark and wet!) that would've looked superb.

But it's always the sight of an Su-27 which makes me regret having my wings clipped by my mother's dementia. One day I'll get to see one fly again. The highlight of my airshow life was seeing two display at Biggin in... er... '98?

Anyway, thanks for sharing.

PS Apparently it was '92! http://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=95706

Funky-Melon · 16 Jul 2018 at 21:56

Great pictures!

What gear were you shooting with?

smr · 16 Jul 2018 at 22:05

Andrew_McP said:
Love the paint job on the Belgian F-16. Against a typical RIAT sky (ie dark and wet!) that would've looked superb.

But it's always the sight of an Su-27 which makes me regret having my wings clipped by my mother's dementia. One day I'll get to see one fly again. The highlight of my airshow life was seeing two display at Biggin in... er... '98?

Anyway, thanks for sharing.

PS Apparently it was '92! http://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=95706

Thanks for sharing. Nice to see those old photos.

smr · 16 Jul 2018 at 22:06

Funky-Melon said:
Great pictures!

What gear were you shooting with?

Thanks! Shot these with my Canon 80D and Sigma 150-600 lens.

Minibiker · 16 Jul 2018 at 22:09

Amazing pictures bud... Ive still not made it to a RIAT

maybe one year.. Me and my 2 year old was stood outside today as a lot of planes were flying over in formation so im guessing heading home.... Nothing beats the sound of a jet flying past :eek:

Funky-Melon · 17 Jul 2018 at 07:03

smr said:
Thanks for sharing. Nice to see those old photos.

How is the 80D? I've been looking at them recently as an upgrade from my 60D. The 70D was a let down IMO due to very little improvements over the 60D, did the 80D improve on that?

smr · 17 Jul 2018 at 19:28

Minibiker said:
Amazing pictures bud... Ive still not made it to a RIAT maybe one year.. Me and my 2 year old was stood outside today as a lot of planes were flying over in formation so im guessing heading home.... Nothing beats the sound of a jet flying past

Thanks. You can't live too far away from it if you're in Swindon, well worth going to it's a fantastic airshow.

Funky-Melon said:
How is the 80D? I've been looking at them recently as an upgrade from my 60D. The 70D was a let down IMO due to very little improvements over the 60D, did the 80D improve on that?

It's a great camera, but I'm not sure about the 70D or 60D as my Camera before was a 700D.

Quartz · 17 Jul 2018 at 19:45

Gorgeous photos.

smr · 19 Jul 2018 at 14:54

Quartz said:
Gorgeous photos.

Thank you!

mattyg · 31 Jul 2018 at 16:02

I thought I had missed RIAT this year.. Wasn't that bothered about it until our (southport) Airshow was on.....By the time I had realised RIAT was still to come. Couldn't get the tickets I wanted......I've also been talking myself in and out of buying the 150-600 to go with my D810 for a couple of years noe. After shooting Fully Manually for the first time this year with a 70-200 f2.8 and a X2 teleconverter I have loads of soft and OOF shots... So need more practice too.

EDIT

Oops sorry. Forgot to say some fantastic shots there mate