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| Another of my aircraft series (see Technology), this one is an artistic rendition of a pair of Camels on patrol, the full colour image was tinted and cropped to give it an authentic early 1900s feel. The aircraft are actually the same one photographed at the RAF Museum Hendon |
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| On a visit to the RAF Museum at Hendon, I took a few images of a Bristol Bulldog, a more realistic shot can be found in my Technology pages, but this one has two different perspectives of the same aircraft and a dramatic sky (taken from my back graden) brought together with a lot of Photoshop work into an arty and moody image, and yes, that is me as the pilot |
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| The sheer scale of some clouds can be amazing but their beauty can surpass even this. Some critics would complain about the large empty blue section in the upper right of this photo but I think it leaves space for the clouds to move into, for they are rarely static |
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| On the same visit as the P-51 I took another panoramic shot (for the same reasons) of a Messerschmitt Me 262, world's first operational jet-powered fighter. The same techniques were used as for the P-51 including having to paint the underside to remove the undercarriage and put the engine back in where it was obstructed by the gear. To see information on how I created this image look here |
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| I visited RAF Hendon and took a two part panoramic of this P-51 Mustang, I had to do it in 2 parts because from the position I needed to get the perspective I wanted, my 35-105 lens could not capture the whole plane. The clouds were taken at the far end of my 70-210 from my back garden, composed to make it look like they were taken from the air. Photoshop and a lot of work are responsible for this image, the under carriage was down so I had to paint in out using mostly the clone tool, the props were cut out onto their own level, the plane filled in and the props radially blurred to make them move - a worthwhile result I think, and 24MPixels in original form too and this version has me as the pilot. If you like this sort of image look at the photography of Philip Makanna. To see information on how I created this image look here |
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| On a second visit, 2 weeks later I took some photos of a Bristol Bulldog, this image is the most realistic I've done with careful colour balancing and an aerial view to the west of London I took on the way to Vancouver. Another more ambitions and arty image of the Bulldog can be found in my Fantasy page |
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| OK, so I've never actually been here, but I have been over it as you can see from this shot taken at about 37000 feet, from the comfort of a 747, on the way to Vancouver from London |
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| Antwerp from the air |
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| Oh beautiful Canada - from the air |
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