Picture of the Week: AVweb’s Flying Photography Showcase
This week’s winning photo comes from Elliot Hamilton of Buckner, MO. Click here for the rest of this week’s submissions.
Shining Proud
Taken at Warbirds Over the Beach in Virginia Beach, Virginia on May 21. Kodak Z612 on auto.
UFO? No - IFOs!
This is not a UFO but two perfectly Identified Flying Objects: a tow plane and its glider in a strange perspective just after their take-off from Montricher Air Field. Photo taken with a Pentax K20D camera at 1/1000 sec, F 5.8, focal length 250 mm. The original file was just cropped; no other modification.
Thumbs Up
This was taken on my godson's first flight in an airplane. My wife asked him if he was ready to take off, and he responded with two thumbs up! Taken with an iPhone. Cropped, but no other editing.
Elle-Bell in Scott Hitchings' BE18
Elle-Bell knows three words, and one of them is airplane. She points at it as it flys overhead. A future Emilia at one year and four months. Shot at Thun Field, Washington with Nikon digital camera.
Outbound Waco RNF and Stearman
Waco RNF and Stearman Biplanes departing from the Greater Cumberland Regional Airport. Canon EOS30D. Post-processing in Photoshop Elements.
The Thud at Volk Field ANGB (WI)
F-105 Thunderchief on display at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Camp WIlliams, Wisconsin. The F-105 was more commonly called the "Thud." Volk Filed has a fine outdoor museum of fighter aircraft.
The Cub Was Just as Happy to be Flying That Day as We Were
Taken with Canon T2i using 18-135mm lens with a polarizing filer and the "Landscape" picture mode to enhance blues/greens. Cropped using Photoshop.
Heading Home
Photo taken somewhere over the midwest U.S. - heading home to Phoenix after the ATCA Convention in Washington, D.C. on October 27, 2010. No manipulations. Blackberry Curve.
Turning Final for 5 at 42J
My daughter with her Nikon D-90 caught this shot turning for final at 42J.
Relentless with New 720
Snapped this photo of Kevin Eldridge with Relentless at Reno-Stead airport on May 30. Relentless is sporting a new Lycoming 720 under the cowl. Clean photo, cropped for size only.
Albatross Escapes from the Boneyard
Leaving Davis Monthan AFB, a.k.a. the Boneyard, after 30 years of incarceration and deterioration - then, finally, restoration and escape!
Strega, Unlimited Gold Chamption 2010
Taken either Thursday or Friday of the races in 2010.
