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Chocks Away


Chocks Away
Photo Information
Copyright: Martin Mitchell (Mitch) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 15 W: 0 N: 29] (158)
Genre: Places
Medium: Black & White
Date Taken: 2008-10-05
Categories: Event
Camera: Canon 20D, 70-200 / 2.8 L IS, 77 mm Hoya MC UV
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/160 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-10-06 15:27
Viewed: 155
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is a shot taken at the recently held Duxford Autumn Air Show.
For nostalgia, i've converted the original colour shot into B&W.

Initially, i wanted to crop right into the pilot who was looking around to make sure the rest of the display team were in position ready for the take off, however, when i did so, it reduced the image to "Just a picture of a man sitting in an aeroplane". Reducing the crop now shows the subject with a little story. A young pilot sitting in a Spitfire ready for take off, perhaps on a scramble mission that was an every day affair of the forties at Duxford. The eliptical wing captures the spitfire trademark, and you can see the heat haze of the exhaust in fornt of the canopy.

The shot was difficult to capture because of the low light and long focal length. I used a x2 extender on my 70-200mm IS USM Canon and am pleased with the result. Other than the cropping and conversion to B&W, the shot is uploaded as taken
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Nice Spitfire shot. Agree with you on the B&W. Glad the wing tip on first plan is on focus.
Cheers,
Wellington

Excelente foto em preto e branco dando um tom de antiguidade reforçado pela imagem do belíssimo Spitifire. Bom trabalho

Hi Martin..nice shot ...great point of view and details..nice black and white tones.

Roger

hi Martin!
this is nice shot, a bit nostalgic! i like the expresion of the man in the plane.
TFS
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