Helpful Posts: Just a straightforward shot but one I have in a sense re visited. It was taken with a folding 6x9 Ensign Selfix on 120 Ektachrome transparency film. I had made a print some years ago but having scanned it on an Epson 4870 flat bed, the ability to PP it on the computer has made for a much better image. A sort of successful (IMHO) marriage of old and new technology. Thought I would share it.
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26th February 2014, 02:27 PM #1
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26th February 2014, 02:29 PM #2
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Very handsome.
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26th February 2014, 03:23 PM #3
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Awesome shot
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26th February 2014, 03:47 PM #4
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Love the shot!
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26th February 2014, 04:49 PM #5
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Yes a nice shot. Since you now have it in digital format, cloning out the people might be an improvement.
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26th February 2014, 06:08 PM #6
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Superb shot. I would leave the people in - they give a sense of scale to the aircraft.
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26th February 2014, 07:16 PM #7
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I too would leave the people in. I had to look for a reference (the people) to convince myself this wasn't a picture of a superbly built scale model. I like it very much!
Andrew
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26th February 2014, 07:42 PM #8
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I like it very much too
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26th February 2014, 08:20 PM #9
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As a compromise, how about cloning out that 'untidy looking' group of people on the right but leaving the others, who have something of an RAF look about them?
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26th February 2014, 09:58 PM #10
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A great shot. Have you considered B&W? And what...no Spitfire Supermarine>?
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26th February 2014, 10:39 PM #11
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Thanks so much for all of your comments. I really only posted this one to show the sort of quality that some old cameras can achieve given the recent discussions on the forum but I'm glad that it has struck a chord.
Dan, as some have said, I left the figures in to give some scale. That was my first thought but they also reminded me of the iconic images of these A/C in WWII which always had pilots and ground crew lounging about waiting for things to "kickoff". I like Geoff's idea though of just losing the larger group because it fits that idea better.
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26th February 2014, 11:56 PM #12
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Very nice.
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27th February 2014, 09:52 AM #13
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Thanks John.
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27th February 2014, 09:22 PM #14
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Super image John!
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27th February 2014, 10:22 PM #15
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Wow, great photo! The colour in it is fantastic!
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27th February 2014, 10:38 PM #16
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Well worth the efforts.
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Hi John,
I like Geoff's idea too.
Nice shot though.
If interested in these birds, hop over to my test image here, chosen in honour of your shot.
Cheers,
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28th February 2014, 04:27 PM #18
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Thanks David, thanks Kyle , thanks James.
Thanks Dave. I'm not an enthusiast per se but how can you not be interested. I was fortunate enough to be part of a company team that restored a spitfire for the RAF Memorial flight back in the 70s and I have sort of kept an eye open ever since.
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