70 years on DC-47 Lands in Scotland

[thegman]

This was my first attempt using shutter mode, shots not that good , but the history is, C&C welcome,
http://www.glasgowprestwick.com/news...iaircraft.html

#1. ''Whiskey 7'' on first approach.



#2. Fly past



#3. Taxi past awaiting crowds



#4. Hello Scotland.

[Donald]

... shots not that good ..

Oh, I don't know. That's good set.

I particularly like the 3rd one. Why? Because you've composed it without any significant background clutter - That white van behind the tail could maybe be cloned out. The aircraft isa well placed and at a good angle in the picture.

[Shadowman]

Images look pretty good.

[thegman]

Thanks for the comments Donald, I just wish I had tried shutter mode before todays event.

[NorthernFocus]

Interesting bit of history. Many soldiers took there last plane ride in one of those seventy years ago less a few days. I agree with Donald that the third image is best. Nicely composed, plane at a great angle, clean yet contextual BG. Thanks for sharing.

[John 2]

That's a nice set of images and interesting.

[deetheturk]

Great series Gerry!

[bnnrcn]

I like the images Gerry

[Scouse]

All good shots, although I would listen to the Donald. The shutter priority worked well.

Good memories for me. I actually jumped out of one of these birds as part of an exhibition with the Paras. Many years ago.

[Donald]

I see that today's Herald (our leading quality national newspaper) has a picture of this on its front page. It's not as good an image as those above.

[thegman]

I had the pleasure of having a look around ''Whiskey 7 '' today and meeting her crew. So, somemore shots , C&C very welcome. Most shots were taken close up due to the crowds.

#1. Nice rotary engine.



#2. Whiskey 7 nose.

[Donald]

Most shots were taken close up due to the crowds.

But going in close like this can produce dramatic images and often tell you much more about the subject that seeign the whole thing. These are very good.

[thegman]

Thanks for your comments Donald, sometimes it's easier to be self critical,

[dedro]

these look great Gerry! beautiful aircraft

[thegman]

Dedric it is only here for 2 days , enroute to Normandy, as an ex-aircraft engineer it was of great interest to me, for engineering, aviation and photographic reasons. It is amazing how you take for granted what you do as a job, but other people find interesting.

[Smudger]

Very nice images there. I do very much like the first one. Great close up shot and well framed