I have always loved the Vulcan since I was a kid, I have fond memories of seeing it fly at air shows my father took me too years ago, before it lost the airworthiness certificate. Thanks to the magnificent work of the people at Vulcan to the Sky XH558 is flying again, and for her fiftieth birthday too! I attempted to see a display last year at the Bournemouth air show, but sadly the flight had to be cancelled. This year my luck was in however, and at Farnborough Air show I once again got to see her fly. Amazing stuff!
Red Arrows
This is one of my all time favorite shots from any airshow I’ve been too. Chuffed with this, although the mofo lens I rented did most of the work.
Ickle Hand
I’ve been trying to get some closeups of Edwards hands and feet while he is still small. The problem is, he waves them around so much that getting the shot framed and in focus before the limb is flung around into a another position is non trivial!
Farnborough Airshow 2010
We managed to find time this past weekend to visit the Farnborough Airshow, I dont think I’ve been since I was a kid. It was certainly as big as I remember it! I rented a Nikon 300mm f/2.8 VR lens and a TC-14 E Teleconvertor from Calumet for the weekend. Oh my, I love that lens! It took a while to get used to not having zoom, but after a while almost every shot was a keeper. I think I’ll be renting it again soon. Below is a slideshow of some of the pictures I took during the afternoon of flying.
Amod AGL3080 GPS Data Logger
I got one of these for my birthday.
It outputs NMEA format files, which I normally convert into the more widely used GPX files, using GPSBabel. Once I have my GPX file I use the excellemt GPSPhotoLinker to embed the GPS coordinate information into the EXIF of my photos.