London Red Bull Air Race

[Scooby_snax]

[falcemob]

Nice pictures, were they taken from the Lower Lea Crossing area (East India Dock) and what focal length lens do you use?

[Scooby_snax]

Just a bit downstream from there...that was going to be original shooting point but the organisers had erected plastic sheeting to stop non paying people from watching the action.
Down North Woolwich Road (A1020)and turn into Bradfield Road towards the Thames at the end there are some industrial units backing onto the Thames and an enterprising 'yoof' is letting you in for a fiver!!!
End up opposite the Greenwich Yacht Club and level with the downstream inflatable pylons (the block of 4)
Was using a D2x with a 70-200f2.8 and 1.7 TC and using most of the time the onboard D2x two times cropping facility (as opposed to the normal 1.5)
So I guess for some shots in pre digital parlance equivalent to a 680mm

[Casino]

Love the near miss !

Duxford is also a great place for planes/photography.And not a bad drive if you get on the A505.

[Lambochick]

I watched some of that on the telly this afternoon. They're mental!!

[furtive]

Got to a viewing location about 30 seconds after the last plane finished ;(

So here's a picture of someones chopper

[Buzz word]

I can't belive how much sharper the shots are. I used a kodak z740 and was mostly on manual at 1/500, f4 iso 100 and my shots are so noisy in comparison. Thats without cropping. I was reasonably happy with what i had until i saw the quality of these.