"Aviation Photo Thread" (Planes, Helos, Balloons, etc)...

[gordo]

Crisp, clear and with good color! (As far as I know.)

Do you calibrate your monitor(s)?
Getting a calibration device and using it will give you confidence that the colors you see is the same as other people with calibrated monitors.
People that have not calibrated their monitors might see other colors.

Thanks. Not yet on the calibration tool, it's on my list but most discretionary purchases are on hold until I shuffle some budget stuff. Rent is going up $160 per month, need to get rid of a few other expenses to recover some of my budget buffer.

edit - how's the size? I don't want to post too large, but what I had been posting was too small for me to see well.

 

[John King]

Photo thread - been slowly going through and re-working old aviation images when taking breaks from trying to get my 10x10 storage room emptied out. Most of what I had previously done now look like large thumbnails on the new monitor (27" 3840x2160), and the colors don't look right on some.

Re-processed B-17G from the Thunder & Lightning Over AZ airshow last November. Curious to hear thoughts on size, color, sharpness, etc...
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Gordon, I've also found that modern PP software does a far superior job to (say) Photoshop CS2.

Superb image, BTW.

I also agree about calibration.

Rent definitely takes precedence over photo gear ...

 

[gordo]

Gordon, I've also found that modern PP software does a far superior job to (say) Photoshop CS2.

Superb image, BTW.

Thanks. Some of the shots I thought were "meh" actually look pretty good as 3840x2160 wallpapers. This new monitor is a serious upgrade over the bottom-feeder bigbox store unit I was using.

 

[John King]

Thanks. Some of the shots I thought were "meh" actually look pretty good as 3840x2160 wallpapers. This new monitor is a serious upgrade over the bottom-feeder bigbox store unit I was using.

Yeah. Many people do not realise how important a good monitor is.

I have a Dell UP2516D. 100% aRGB, 2560x1440. Nice images ... .
About 1/3rd the cost of the rest of a respectable computer. And worth every cent.

The display is almost identical to an A2 print size. Useful.

 

[Irene McC]

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[Irene McC]

Former military Bosbok*, now privately owned

* The Aermacchi AM.3 was the result of a joint venture between Aermacchi and Aeritalia in response to an Italian Army requirement for an aircraft to replace the Cessna L-19, and was initially designated the MB-335

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[BosseBe]

Thanks. Not yet on the calibration tool, it's on my list but most discretionary purchases are on hold until I shuffle some budget stuff. Rent is going up $160 per month, need to get rid of a few other expenses to recover some of my budget buffer.

edit - how's the size? I don't want to post too large, but what I had been posting was too small for me to see well.

Size is fine, as you probably know the forum SW resizes to 1600 pixels on the long side.
I resize my pictures to 1600 on the long side before uploading here, basically I create 2 versions of each picture, 1 in original size and 1 for the web with 1600 pixels.

 

[gordo]

Size is fine, as you probably know the forum SW resizes to 1600 pixels on the long side.
I resize my pictures to 1600 on the long side before uploading here, basically I create 2 versions of each picture, 1 in original size and 1 for the web with 1600 pixels.

I saw that size yesterday in another thread. Not sure why I didn't remember it, I'm sure I've read it before. I'll be doing the same from here forward.

 

[RichardC]

Only just caught this a/c this morning whilst out for a walk (lousy shot due to finger trouble by camera operator!): apparently it is a Diamond DA42 Twin Star - Wikipedia and the bulge on the front appears to be some kind of imaging device:

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Looks like the DA42 MPP Geostar. It carries equipment for mapping/surveying.

 

[CraigC]

 

[Andrewmap]

Looks like the DA42 MPP Geostar. It carries equipment for mapping/surveying.

Good info, Richard! I first saw on a South West track and by the time I shot it, it appeared to be heading towards East Midlands airport.

 

[BruceRH]

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[PacNWMike]

They're also IMHO the most hated of the Federal land agencies.

The land that they manage is perhaps the most exploited and abused of all public land in the US. So it gets a bad name.

 

[Irene McC]

Heritage formation flight - AFB Swartkop airshow 2010 - I only have these edited small jpg's
Nikon D3 (exif stripped and I don't remember the lens - possibly Nikkor 200-400)

Clockwise from the top:
Mirage III CZ "Black Widow"
JAS 39 Gripen
Hawk nicknamed "Vlaggie" due to the SA flag livery
Impala

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[BruceRH]

The sun caught the surfaces perfectly this morning on this small plane flying overhead.

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[jhawk1000]

Our air force base had an airshow this weekend. The Thunderbirds performed their precision formations over the show. Here are the Thunderbirds in flight. And one of my wife with her Olympus and the 40-150 2.8 plus 1.4x converter enjoying the flyovers.

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[jhawk1000]

We went to the base on Sunday. Lots of walking for this old guy but the AF had the little golf carts and they took pity on me and took us from the parking lot to the entrance (about 1 1/2 miles). We walked forever in the heat and got a ride back when we left. Still had to walk half a mile from where we were left off but it was good. All the walking on the concrete did a number on my hips for several hours. We then had football to photograph on Monday (Junior Varsity) but it was on artificial turf and that was not as bad on my hips. Here are some from the air show.

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[AlwaysOnAuto]

Big air show down at the beach this weekend. I didn't want to face the crowds so stayed home and listened to the jets from there and photographed them on my computer via the beach cams.

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The Thunderbirds were supposed to close the show each day.

 

[John King]

Big air show down at the beach this weekend. I didn't want to face the crowds so stayed home and listened to the jets from there and photographed them on my computer via the beach cams.
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The Thunderbirds were supposed to close the show each day.

Well done, mate!

 

[lucien]

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