A couple of days ago, I attended this year's Farnborough Air Show with my friends Jena, Bizhan and his wife Linda. All of us were armed with cameras, and all of us were on our feet all day looking upwards to capture what shots we could of the amazing aerial displays above us. I had been to the Biggin Hill Air Show a few years ago, and the aircraft and their displays here were very similar, so there was a slight sense of deja vu for me. The Red Arrows display, however, was a first for all of us and that was truly sublime.Jena, Bizhan and myself were each armed with a 70-200mm zoom, while Linda had a 70-300mm zoom. I used a 1.7x teleconverter for a few shots, but the autofocus was a little hit and miss so I mainly shot with out it. Jena and myself also used the Tokina 11-16mm F/2.8 to capture some of the ground-based exhibits.Even though the rain thankfully held off all day, the skies were overcast and the lighting wasn't always great, so for a few shots of the exhibit aircraft, I bracketed some shots into HDR composites. I have indicated below which images are HDR. Despite achy legs I think we all had a good time and managed to get some satisfying images from the day. These are a selection of my own shots, except the very last one of Linda and Jena which was taken by Bizhan. Enjoy!
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The amazing Red Arrows.
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This smoke trail effect was called 'overflowing champagne glass'.
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The Breitling Team were very impressive.
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F-18 Super Hornet.
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F-15 Eagle.
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HDR composite of a South Korean FA-50, rendered in B+W.
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HDR composite of a Learjet.
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HDR composite of the mighty Airbus A380.
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Eurofighter Typhoon.
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Vulcan bomber.
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For this image I took two separate images of the same Eurofighter and blended them into the image of the explosion for greater dramatic effect.
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Linda and Jena, photographed by Bizhan.
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LillianJul 23, 2012 05:18 PM
Completely amazed,
outstanding photography
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