Picture of the Week: AVweb’s Flying Photography Showcase
This week’s winning photo comes from Kenny Lisle & Mike Damiani of Watsontown, PA. Click here for the rest of this week’s submissions.
A Fokker Triplane Prowls the Bethel countryside
Taken from Eric Lunger's J-3 Cub in July 2011. This photo of Golden Age Air Museum's LeRhone powered triplane was taken by Kenny Lisle and not altered other than [being] cropped slightly.
Thumbs Up!
A10 at the 2011 Commemorative Air Force Air Show in Midland, Texas. Cropped and color corrected. Shot with Canon 7D f/5 180s, ISO 100 70-200 @ 170mm.
Lifted in a Sunray
Motor glider taking off from Montricher Air Field. Photo taken with a Pentax Optio P80 camera at 1/320 sec, F 7.0, focal length 5 mm. Original file just resized.
Sunrise on the Ramp in CLT
Gorgeous sunrise on the US Airways Express Ramp at CLT. Taken with an iPhone 4. No modifications.
Home at Last
Photo of a friend's 1940 vintage DH-82C Tiger Moth after a late afternoon trip around the berry patch during a trip home in October. Taken by myself at Guelph Airpark with a S1030 Cannon powershot in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Texan Over Tennessee
Morris Ray in NA T-6G forming on Beech C-45F CC-696 over Union City, Tennessee.
Camera: Nikon CoolPix P100
Edit: Crop, Corel PhotoShop Color/Contrast Autofix
Submarine Flying
The altimeter is not lying! Flying a Maxair Drifter at minus 400ft above Kineret (Sea of Galilee), Israel. At -700ft, it's the lowest freshwater lake in the world. (Canon A1200, slightly cropped and scaled.)
New Richmond Regional (RNH)
New Richmond Regional Airport (RNH) in New Richmond, Wisconsin. (Nikon D90, cropped for composition.)
OctoberWest 2011
The students of Embry-Riddle RC club's Aero Star 0.60 trainer next to a full-scale C-172.
First Departure of the Day
Slight re-touching in Photoshop. Sony A55. Taken from the Offutt Air Force Base control tower.
Always Time for a Friendly Wave
Took this at an air show outside of Montreal, Canada. Canadians are so friendly. Cropped; taken with Canon EOS 1-D MKII.