Lancaster Flypast: Ladybower/Derwent/Howden, May 2013?

[dr_gn]

lloyd h said:

dr_gn said:

lloyd h said:

dr_gn said:

They're all awesome, Tornado included. I've said this before, but you're photos look like hi-res versions of everyone else's!

mcdjl said:

Your fluffed shots are far better than my good ones. Still thanks for letting the rest of us feel half good before you showed us up!

Thanks both I think you're far to hard on yourselves though, your shots are both great

Gonna get me one of these here Nikon D300S things. How hard can it be?

You can have mine if you want, should be upgrading soon! (Hopefully!!)

When you say "have" it...

[lloyd h]

dr_gn said:

lloyd h said:

dr_gn said:

lloyd h said:

dr_gn said:

They're all awesome, Tornado included. I've said this before, but you're photos look like hi-res versions of everyone else's!

mcdjl said:

Your fluffed shots are far better than my good ones. Still thanks for letting the rest of us feel half good before you showed us up!

Thanks both I think you're far to hard on yourselves though, your shots are both great

Gonna get me one of these here Nikon D300S things. How hard can it be?

You can have mine if you want, should be upgrading soon! (Hopefully!!)

When you say "have" it...

I mean pay an extortionate amount of money because its had my hands on it

Just in case anyone didn't get it, I was being sarcastic!

[iiyama]

mmmm. Been thinking about a D300 to get a bit more reach on the 70-200......

[mybrainhurts]

lloyd h said:

dr_gn said:

lloyd h said:

dr_gn said:

lloyd h said:

dr_gn said:

They're all awesome, Tornado included. I've said this before, but you're photos look like hi-res versions of everyone else's!

mcdjl said:

Your fluffed shots are far better than my good ones. Still thanks for letting the rest of us feel half good before you showed us up!

Thanks both I think you're far to hard on yourselves though, your shots are both great

Gonna get me one of these here Nikon D300S things. How hard can it be?

You can have mine if you want, should be upgrading soon! (Hopefully!!)

When you say "have" it...

I mean pay an extortionate amount of money because its had my hands on it

Just in case anyone didn't get it, I was being sarcastic!

Will you take a postal order...?

[lloyd h]

mybrainhurts said:

lloyd h said:

dr_gn said:

lloyd h said:

dr_gn said:

lloyd h said:

dr_gn said:

They're all awesome, Tornado included. I've said this before, but you're photos look like hi-res versions of everyone else's!

mcdjl said:

Your fluffed shots are far better than my good ones. Still thanks for letting the rest of us feel half good before you showed us up!

Thanks both I think you're far to hard on yourselves though, your shots are both great

Gonna get me one of these here Nikon D300S things. How hard can it be?

You can have mine if you want, should be upgrading soon! (Hopefully!!)

When you say "have" it...

I mean pay an extortionate amount of money because its had my hands on it

Just in case anyone didn't get it, I was being sarcastic!

Will you take a postal order...?

Oh yes. But in the words of my good friend George it will be a looooot of monies.

[mybrainhurts]

lloyd h said:

mybrainhurts said:

lloyd h said:

dr_gn said:

lloyd h said:

dr_gn said:

lloyd h said:

dr_gn said:

They're all awesome, Tornado included. I've said this before, but you're photos look like hi-res versions of everyone else's!

mcdjl said:

Your fluffed shots are far better than my good ones. Still thanks for letting the rest of us feel half good before you showed us up!

Thanks both I think you're far to hard on yourselves though, your shots are both great

Gonna get me one of these here Nikon D300S things. How hard can it be?

You can have mine if you want, should be upgrading soon! (Hopefully!!)

When you say "have" it...

I mean pay an extortionate amount of money because its had my hands on it

Just in case anyone didn't get it, I was being sarcastic!

Will you take a postal order...?

Oh yes. But in the words of my good friend George it will be a looooot of monies.

I have a poostal order for £6 2s 11d...

Will that do...?

[dr_gn]

lloyd h said:

dr_gn said:

lloyd h said:

dr_gn said:

lloyd h said:

dr_gn said:

They're all awesome, Tornado included. I've said this before, but you're photos look like hi-res versions of everyone else's!

mcdjl said:

Your fluffed shots are far better than my good ones. Still thanks for letting the rest of us feel half good before you showed us up!

Thanks both I think you're far to hard on yourselves though, your shots are both great

Gonna get me one of these here Nikon D300S things. How hard can it be?

You can have mine if you want, should be upgrading soon! (Hopefully!!)

When you say "have" it...

I mean pay an extortionate amount of money because its had my hands on it

Just in case anyone didn't get it, I was being sarcastic!

It would be funny if it turned out that it was the only camera in the universe that gives results like that...and you sold it.

Sorry, my strange sense of humour.

[mcdjl]

As a quick (or not) question to Lloyd what processing do you do on your photos? I know in the other thread you showed before And after which was basically a crop and level adjustment, but is it as straight forward as that? I'm fairly sure there's room for improvement on straight from the camera even if i only have jpegs to work with.

[lloyd h]

mybrainhurts said:

I have a poostal order for £6 2s 11d...

Will that do...?

Oh no good sir, more monies than that...

mcdjl said:

As a quick (or not) question to Lloyd what processing do you do on your photos? I know in the other thread you showed before And after which was basically a crop and level adjustment, but is it as straight forward as that? I'm fairly sure there's room for improvement on straight from the camera even if i only have jpegs to work with.

Its more than adjusting the levels!

I like to keep my PP to myself, nothing personal but everyone did the same then the shots would as well!
Its nothing magical though, as the saying goes "you can't polish a turd" Also I shoot RAWs as well, I haven't shot JPEG since 2009!

[mcdjl]

lloyd h said:

Its more than adjusting the levels!

I like to keep my PP to myself, nothing personal but everyone did the same then the shots would as well!
Its nothing magical though, as the saying goes "you can't polish a turd" Also I shoot RAWs as well, I haven't shot JPEG since 2009!

I could hope it was as easy as that! Understood, after all if magicians gave away their secrets....

[lloyd h]

mcdjl said:

lloyd h said:

Its more than adjusting the levels!

I like to keep my PP to myself, nothing personal but everyone did the same then the shots would as well!
Its nothing magical though, as the saying goes "you can't polish a turd" Also I shoot RAWs as well, I haven't shot JPEG since 2009!

I could hope it was as easy as that! Understood, after all if magicians gave away their secrets....

There are a couple of useful plugins that I use though, mainly Nik Colour Efex. I think google have bought them out now so you can get the whole Nik efex suite for £100, before it was £100 each!!


Avro Lancaster by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

[Rogue86]

dr_gn said:

they probably open them when it's hot like a sunroof!

This, the crew use it effectively as 'air conditioning' as it gets very warm/fumey onboard!

Here's some of our rush footage from onboard over the Dams:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMrYqJYqeiE

We have more from the cockpit, as well as footage over Lincoln cathedral which is currently online (available on Defence Images FB page) although I'm struggling to find a youtube link.

Great pictures all, we were all humbled by the crowds and as ever by the reception the old girl receives wherever she goes.

[dr_gn]

Rogue86 said:

dr_gn said:

they probably open them when it's hot like a sunroof!

This, the crew use it effectively as 'air conditioning' as it gets very warm/fumey onboard!

Here's some of our rush footage from onboard over the Dams:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMrYqJYqeiE

We have more from the cockpit, as well as footage over Lincoln cathedral which is currently online (available on Defence Images FB page) although I'm struggling to find a youtube link.

Great pictures all, we were all humbled by the crowds and as ever by the reception the old girl receives wherever she goes.

Thanks for posting.

[Mutley]

dr_gn said:

Rogue86 said:

dr_gn said:

they probably open them when it's hot like a sunroof!

This, the crew use it effectively as 'air conditioning' as it gets very warm/fumey onboard!

Here's some of our rush footage from onboard over the Dams:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMrYqJYqeiE

We have more from the cockpit, as well as footage over Lincoln cathedral which is currently online (available on Defence Images FB page) although I'm struggling to find a youtube link.

Great pictures all, we were all humbled by the crowds and as ever by the reception the old girl receives wherever she goes.

Thanks for posting.

Ditto, thanks for the comment re the "holes" and the video is excellent,

[Rogue86]

Not at all, thanks for your continuing support! Here's some more of our footage, used by the BBCs 'One Show':
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01skvn1/The_... (Not the Derwent flypast)

[dr_gn]

Sorry for the thread bump - I'm building a model of one of the 70th anniversary flypast Tornados:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Does anyone have a photo of the cockpit of either aircraft, and the inside of the canopy (or a photo of an equivalent aircraft) please? Reason I ask is that I've seen a picture of a canopy with a black internal frame colour, and one with light grey. Also, ejection seat / harness colours of these particular aircraft (or equivalents). Again I've seen slightly different squab/belt colours for GR.4 aircraft online. Just thought at this stage that it's as easy to paint them the right colours, as wrong.

Thanks in advance.

[mybrainhurts]

Unless I'm dreaming, one of the pilots is among us.

[dr_gn]

mybrainhurts said:

Unless I'm dreaming, one of the pilots is among us.

I seem to remember Frodomonkey had some involvement, but not flying. I've tried studying LloydH's pictures of these aircraft, but can't make much out in terms of what I'm looking for.

No big deal, but worth asking.

[mybrainhurts]

If you've got half an hour one lunch time, you could pop up to Lossiemouth...

[frodo_monkey]

I'm a nav on 617... Can't do you a pic of the exact aircraft, due to being in sunnier climes, but I'll root through my pics or take you some new ones.