Picture of the Week: AVweb’s Flying Photography Showcase
This week’s winning photo comes from Emmet Welch of Folsom, CA. Click here for the rest of this week’s submissions.
Mile Hi in HDR
This is an HDR (high dynamic range) processed image of my Rans S-7S parked atop Mile Hi Airstrip in Idaho. Shot with a Nikon D7000.
Husky in Its Natural Environment
Aviat Husky flying over the Ottawa River. Taken from a C-172 photo ship in formation. Shot with a Nikon D200 and a Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 lens.
Oil Change 3U2
Oil change on the way home from Alaska. Sony CyberShot. Yellowpine, Idaho.
Camping at the Av-Ranch
August camping at the Av-Ranch in Manitoba, Canada. Taken with Canon Powershot SD1300; lighting enhanced.
Flying the Flag
Opening of the air show on Friday at Oshkosh 2011. Nikon D70, unretouched.
Altius, Citius, Fortius (Faster, Higher, Stronger)
En route to Lausanne, capital of the Olympic Games, on the banks of the Leman Lake [Lake Geneva]. Photo taken with a Pentax Optio P80 camera at 1/200 sec, F 5.3, focal length 16 mm. Just reduction of the original file under to 1 MB.
Hawaii Mars
Kodak EasyShare Z710 zoom digital camera. Photo taken at Gregoire Lake in Northern Alberta during the 600,000-hectare fire.
Gliding Home
Landing the Libelle at Seminole-Lake Gliderport. Taken by my wife with a point-and-shoot camera; no manipulations.
EC135 Sawtooths & the Milky Way
No manipulations. Taken with Droid Incredible cell phone at 8mp through a pair of night vision goggles. Shot at the Stanley, Idaho airport.
100th Anniversary
Photo taken on Saturday the 27th of August at the 100th anniversary of "Aerport La Blcherette" in Lausanne, Switzerland. Landing after several passes over the runway, paired with a Mitsubishi Zero. Notice the French insignias - don't think one sees too many of those these days. Camera: Canon G10 ISO80; f/5; 1/400; 30 mm lens.
FiFi
Boeing B-29A Superfortress FiFi takes off on runway 18 at Wittman Regional Airport (OSH) during AirVenture 2011. FiFi is the only airworthy B-29 in the world.
The Morning Sunrise Smiles and Shines on the Monocoupes at Blakesburg
Taken in the morning at the Antique Airplane Association annual invitational fly-in in Blakesburg, Iowa. Canon 20D. Resized in Photoshop.
Photo of the Picture-Taker
I went flying with my dad in our Fairchild 24 to have some air-to-air photos taken by Gilles Auliard when I snapped several pictures of him in the photo plane.
Runway 3-0 at MHV
Taken on approach to MHV on August 29, 2011. No changes to photo. Photo is as it was taken by my Canon Powershot S2 IS.
Ketchikan Traffic Jam
Taken from the back seat of a Beaver, following in the trail of two others. Nikon Coolpix 8100; resized and colors balanced.
Time Among the Clouds
En route from MSP to ANC over northern Canada. Aircraft is a 747 freighter.
Dakota Cockpits Alive!
Military aviation weekend at Aviodrome. Slightly cropped (in Adobe Lightroom).
Betty Jane Bares All
The Collings Foundation's P-51, Betty Jane, gets a 25-hour inspection in Pasco, Washington. Enhanced with Adobe Lightroom 2.
