Experimental processing. C&C welcome.
More Warbirds.
- Thread starter Bob Hubbard
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Excellent overall, composition, framing, lighting and as I mentioned on FB there's a quality to them that hyper-realistic oil painting look. Or as Carol mentioned with your Armor photos that hand tinted quality. It's awesome really.
I really enjoy these pieces and the others as well.
I really enjoy these pieces and the others as well.
Very effective. I think these would look great framed. The only one I could do without is the one with the big guy in the pith helmet in it.
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HDR processing from single JPGs. Next airshow I think I'll shoot raw and see what I can do.
Processing works best on planes on the ground, not so good on those in flight. I could probably spend some extra time and fine tune better and clone out some background clutter (ie guy in pith hat) for actual prints. Might cherry pick and put a few up as such later on.
This first batch was shot on a Canon 50D with Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS. Excellent lens. I only need to sign up 70 supporting members and I can buy one, LOL.
I put up more shots on Facebook and will also be posting them to my website soon.
Thank you for the feedback, it's appreciated
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Older shots, reprocessed. Some shot on a Nikon 50D, some on the Canon XSI. Various lenses. (from 2007-2008)
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I think the 2010 shots at the top came out the best out of all of these.
2007 shots include the Liberty Belle which crashed and was a total loss last June.
2007 shots include the Liberty Belle which crashed and was a total loss last June.
MPC1257
Yellow Belt
What beautiful work. I am in awe of people who are gifted with such creativity ability. I hope you can manage to capture a P38 Lightning at some point, they've always been my favorite WWII airplane.
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2006 shots reprocessed. These I think came out good too. The one close up of the Memphis Belle has serious data corruption I fixed best I could.
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Thank you.
I'll look through my shots (I think I've got around 6,000 from the last few years) and see if I got any P38's. I think I did, but I'm not sure.
WC_lun
Senior Master
These pics are awsome. There is just something special about planes and these pics capture that.
MPC1257
Yellow Belt
Thank you.
I'll look through my shots (I think I've got around 6,000 from the last few years) and see if I got any P38's. I think I did, but I'm not sure.
Ever since I was a kid I was always fascinated with WWI and WWII airplanes. I was lucky enough to get a flight in a T-6 Texan Trainer with North Amercian Top Gun as a gift for my 40th birthday (I can't believe it was 14 years ago already) and it was the most incredible gift. I actually got to fly it, once we were at a safe altitude, and I loved every second of it. They had cameras in the cockpit, out on the tail and also on 1 wingtip. The feeling is indescribable.
Your pictures helped me to remember why I loved those planes so much. Thanks!
Mate, you are really good at photographing aircraft - I mean seriously good. You capture views that give a sensation of movement and purpose as well as aesthetic composition.
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I'm really thinking about pulling these together into a coffee-table type book. I'd have to reedit but that's ok. I could get the color balance a bit tighter, clean up a few 'icks' and tweak the crops a hair (most are uncropped shots).
Good idea :nods:. I'd buy a copy :tup:.
My son says yes please he wants a copy, he loved the pics, says they remind him of anime! There's plenty of aircraft fans here as well as aircraft museums who would sell the book.
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I'm looking into pricing.
