Airpower 09 - Zeltweg - Friday
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Airpower 09 - Zeltweg - Friday
After four years of absence, Austria's famous airshow was finally staged again at the fighter base in Steiermark. Staying east of the field, I followed directions early Friday morning to the public parking area closest to the entrance from that side... which turned out to be some 4km from the showgrounds! It is said shuttle buses started service around 9 o'clock - the same time the flying display starts - so I joined the herd of people taking the long walk and reached the place where it all was to happen just as the show started.
Needless to say this was not a very good way to begin, but what was on offer for me as a photographer made it worthwhile. Add to this the weather was holding with no rain, some dramatic cloudscapes and sunny spells and it becomes clear I even took the walk back to the car in the evening for granted...
This was actually the first airshow I shot all-digital, mainly because of the distant display line and the continuously changing light. Exposure was manual throughout the show apart from a handful of taxiway shots, with typical values of 1/1250 - 6.3 for jets, and 1/320 down to 1/60 for rotors and props. I chose the D300 with its high pixel density (12Mp on DX format) with events like this in mind, and it all worked well with much use of the 300/4.0 AF-S plus TC-14E. Here are my visual highlights of the first day.
First foreign guest to perform: Belgian A109.
Standard asset only in Austria: the Saab 105.
Sheik's well-known take-off. Still a great sight with this backdrop, and one of the best F-16 schemes I ever saw.
Coming in with single-seater 30+40.
Blaniks back on the ground. Their display is a rare demonstration of flying skills.
The Croatian team taking off.
I love those spirals.
Eye2eye with the Six.
Kudos for the amount of choppers in the air, including a nice contingent of AB212s.
Real plane visiting: 2408 taxiing in.
OK, fancy colours, but still a flying Cobra in Europe. Great sound on N11FX.
The shades of grey are a bit dull to my eye, but aerodynamics make up for that.
Turbo Porters on their water drop run.
Time for the big props:
That's how you start a radial.
Incoming Canso.
P-38 in take-off, again the only one in Europe.
Stuck halfway in the time machine: Iren Dornier's Do-24ATT.
Roaring off in the B-25. It must be good to be a flying Bull.
1983, the first and probably last time I saw Karo As fly. Four Saabs in formation, three of them seen here, revived that event!
I will be back later, with a selection of Saturday.
Erik
Needless to say this was not a very good way to begin, but what was on offer for me as a photographer made it worthwhile. Add to this the weather was holding with no rain, some dramatic cloudscapes and sunny spells and it becomes clear I even took the walk back to the car in the evening for granted...
This was actually the first airshow I shot all-digital, mainly because of the distant display line and the continuously changing light. Exposure was manual throughout the show apart from a handful of taxiway shots, with typical values of 1/1250 - 6.3 for jets, and 1/320 down to 1/60 for rotors and props. I chose the D300 with its high pixel density (12Mp on DX format) with events like this in mind, and it all worked well with much use of the 300/4.0 AF-S plus TC-14E. Here are my visual highlights of the first day.
First foreign guest to perform: Belgian A109.
Standard asset only in Austria: the Saab 105.
Sheik's well-known take-off. Still a great sight with this backdrop, and one of the best F-16 schemes I ever saw.
Coming in with single-seater 30+40.
Blaniks back on the ground. Their display is a rare demonstration of flying skills.
The Croatian team taking off.
I love those spirals.
Eye2eye with the Six.
Kudos for the amount of choppers in the air, including a nice contingent of AB212s.
Real plane visiting: 2408 taxiing in.
OK, fancy colours, but still a flying Cobra in Europe. Great sound on N11FX.
The shades of grey are a bit dull to my eye, but aerodynamics make up for that.
Turbo Porters on their water drop run.
Time for the big props:
That's how you start a radial.
Incoming Canso.
P-38 in take-off, again the only one in Europe.
Stuck halfway in the time machine: Iren Dornier's Do-24ATT.
Roaring off in the B-25. It must be good to be a flying Bull.
1983, the first and probably last time I saw Karo As fly. Four Saabs in formation, three of them seen here, revived that event!
I will be back later, with a selection of Saturday.
Erik
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Re: Airpower 09 - Zeltweg - Friday
Great pics!
Cheers!
Cheers!
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Re: Airpower 09 - Zeltweg - Friday
Really like the Red Bull aircraft but they should repaint them with some more realistic colorscheme.
Nice photo's.
Nice photo's.
Re: Airpower 09 - Zeltweg - Friday
Done well you have, Young padawan.
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Re: Airpower 09 - Zeltweg - Friday
Nice collection you have there Key. Only a few pics strike me as a bit too 'noisy'
Surprised me a bit looking at your equipment and the (apparant sunny) weather??
But still, like I said great pics.
Surprised me a bit looking at your equipment and the (apparant sunny) weather??
But still, like I said great pics.
I always say a boy can learn more at an airport than at any school.
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Re: Airpower 09 - Zeltweg - Friday
Thanks for the comments, people - appreciated!
Thermal, I think I finally need to replace my once high quality CRTs... On a TFT I see what you mean. It's simple oversharpening, but my usual monitors apparently have gone soft.
Will redo them tonight, thanks for pointing out!
Erik
P.S. It could just be that CRT has other characteristics than TFT, but that is of little use when 90% of the viewers are on TFT..!
Thermal, I think I finally need to replace my once high quality CRTs... On a TFT I see what you mean. It's simple oversharpening, but my usual monitors apparently have gone soft.
Will redo them tonight, thanks for pointing out!
Erik
P.S. It could just be that CRT has other characteristics than TFT, but that is of little use when 90% of the viewers are on TFT..!
What four words, Jimmy!?!
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Re: Airpower 09 - Zeltweg - Friday
Very nice pics. The picture of the Blaniks landing looks quite dramatic.
Kind regards
Jonas
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Re: Airpower 09 - Zeltweg - Friday
Very good shots Erik
Re: Airpower 09 - Zeltweg - Friday
Top Job, Eric! Pictures as I like them: off the beaten track
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Re: Airpower 09 - Zeltweg - Friday
Evening all,
@Eric, nice shots!
Below you'll find my contribution of the friday show. I'm very satisfied with this number of helicopters.
We arrived at 06:30u and departed around 19:30u. One word: FANTASTIC!
For this time only choppers maybe later some other stuff... Enjoy!
Kind regards,
Arjo
@Eric, nice shots!
Below you'll find my contribution of the friday show. I'm very satisfied with this number of helicopters.
We arrived at 06:30u and departed around 19:30u. One word: FANTASTIC!
For this time only choppers maybe later some other stuff... Enjoy!
Kind regards,
Arjo
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Re: Airpower 09 - Zeltweg - Friday
Great shots guys!
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Re: Airpower 09 - Zeltweg - Friday
Fantastic pictures Erik!
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Re: Airpower 09 - Zeltweg - Friday
Thank you so much, as that is indeed something I strive for.Herbertvh wrote:off the beaten track
Just redid most photos to get rid of grainy effects.
Asto, great set of helos!
Erik
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