Picture of the Week: AVweb’s Flying Photography Showcase
This week’s winning photo comes from Gary T. Austen of Swansea, IL. Click here for the rest of this week’s submissions.
Hot Hornet
Shot at Oshkosh this year using a Sony A330 DSLR. Cleaned up a little using Picasa 3.
It Don't Get Better ...
I was looking back at some Sun 'n Fun photos. I remembered thinking that it just doesn't get any better than this.
Overnighting in Huntsville
One of Boeing's Dreamlifters at Huntsville, Alabama in September. Picture taken with a Nikon D40X and 70-300VR lens. Converted from a .NEF file in Photoshop Elements.
Bleriot XI First Flight - September 9, 2011 at Brodhead, WI
Brodhead (Wisconsin) Mid-West Antique Airplane Club (MAAC) Grassroots Fly-In. No manipulation; Nikon D-50.
P-47s at Rialto Airport (L67)
Had to reach across cockpit and student to take the picture out the open helo door. Rare to see three flyable P-47s at once! No manipulation.
Bombs Away
Look closely in the lower left corner to see the parachute bomb just released by the A10. From the Smoky Hill Air National Guard open house.
Through the Haze
Taken somewhere over the southwest on a cross-country flight. No manipulations were made; just the morning sun on and through the haze layer.
Captain Huf's Cessna T-50 Bobcat at Antique Airfield
Taken with Canon 20D at Antique Airfield, Blakesburg, Iowa.
B-2 Over the Rocky Mountains
B-2 on the Rocks. Rocky Mountain Air Show - not something you see every day. Photo was cropped and resized for upload. No other manipulations to photo.
Waco Take-Off
Mark McCasland takes off in a 1933 Waco UBF-2 at the Antique Airplane Association Fly-In held in Blakesburg, Iowa.
Eight-Bladed Propeller ~ C-2 Greyhound
Eight-bladed Hamilton Sundstrand NP2000 propeller on a U.S. Navy Grumman C-2 Greyhound at AirVenture 2011. The Greyhound is the Navy's carrier on-board delivery (COD) aircraft.
Under My Wing ...
Taken September 2001, a few days before everything changed. No changes to my image.
Wildcat and Old Glory
Shot at the National Radial Engine Exposition at Akron, Colorado. Taken on September 10, 2011 with Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZI. No edits.
Contrail and Its Shadow
Photo taken by my wife Eunice Friesen while we were flying our Sonex over the Canadian prairies (Manitoba) on the morning of September 5, 2011. We happened to be in the shadow as the photo was taken.
(She gives permission to use the photo. It was manipulated to straighten the horizon and adjust the colour slightly. She used an Apple iPhone 4 to take the photo.)
"Ready to Go, Dad!"
My soon-to-be-two-year-old daughter waiting for mom and her four-month-old sister to get in the back seat of my Cessna 170A for a short trip.
Climbing Out of Janesville
Climbing out from the Southwest Regional Air Fest in Janesville, Wisconsin in the AT-6D. This is a frame capture of a video made on a Kodak Mini HD camera.
Buzzed by a B-2 Bomber
Taken from my boat at IAG Air Show, unmodified. Look carefully: Is it turning toward you or away from you? Panasonic Lumix camera.
Old Times Revival
Great to see these legendary planes' names and cockpits alive; thanks to the Dutch Dakota Association.
Air Force Heritage Flight
P-51, F-15, and A-10 Air Force Heritage Flight at Andrews Air Force Base during Joint Services Open House (JSOH) in May 2011. Taken with Panasonic DMC-G1 . Cropped and resized to neet upload file size limit.
