Various mix from Frisian Flag 2016

awacs · Post by **awacs** » 24 Apr 2016, 13:31

Hello fellows!

Just a quick preview of 10 of the Frisian Flag exercise form this year. We had a lot of activity the last two weeks on the ground and in the air so I would like to share some of my images with you. A long time ago that I saw so many different types of aircraft, F15's, F18's, Mirage 2000's, Tornado's, Eurofighters and F16's at the same time and had a flashback to the 80's-90's where you got high on kerosine and too many exercises to attend, love it! Take a look and enjoy the species.

1. Air refueling Dutch Vipers above the North sea

Dutch vipers over the North Sea by Reinier Bergsma, on Flickr

2. Air refueling Dutch Vipers above the North sea

Dutch vipers over the North Sea by Reinier Bergsma, on Flickr

3. McDonnell Douglas getting prepped in shelter 131FS/104FW

McDonnell Douglas F15C, 83-0018, 131FS/104FW by Reinier Bergsma, on Flickr

4. Belgian viper's last check

General Dynamics F16AM, BAF by Reinier Bergsma, on Flickr

5. Dutch viper is going full throttle

amics F16AM, J-616, 312sqn by Reinier Bergsma, on Flickr

6. Thie Germans

EF-2000, 31+07, 30+78 TaktLwG71 by Reinier Bergsma, on Flickr

7. Eagle airborne

McDonnell Douglas F15D, 85-0129, 194FS/144FW by Reinier Bergsma, on Flickr

8. Head on

McDonnell Douglas F15D, 85-0129, 194FS/144FW by Reinier Bergsma, on Flickr

9. Double D

McDonnell Douglas F15D, 85-0129, 194FS/144FW by Reinier Bergsma, on Flickr

10. Got you're tail

General Dynamics F16AM, J-616, 312sqn by Reinier Bergsma, on Flickr

Oscar01 · Post by **Oscar01** » 24 Apr 2016, 14:44

nice set

mwpeters · Post by **mwpeters** » 24 Apr 2016, 22:53

Nice variety of pics,but way too much photoshopped in my opinion.

frank@bluelifeaviation.nl · Post by **frank@bluelifeaviation.nl** » 25 Apr 2016, 09:27

Nice set indeed. The editing is debatable but I like it. Especially when I saw the Flickr account of "Awacs". He is very consistent with the editing and I saw loads of old SSB (and other) images done the same way. This made it look like like the F-15 & F-111 photo's where shot yesterday. I love it this way.

mwpeters · Post by **mwpeters** » 25 Apr 2016, 12:13

Hi Frank,

the editing is indeed debatable, and everybody has its own idea how he/she likes pictures most. I checked his Flickr account as well, and indeed he is very consistent in his editing. Stunning pics there as well!

Thermal · Post by **Thermal** » 26 Apr 2016, 10:30

Exactly the reason why I stopped posting photo's on Scramble. This guy has amazing pictures from angles and locations most of us would only dream of but still there is a need to complain about how much the photos have been edited.

Great pictures man! Hope you have more to share.

awacs · Post by **awacs** » 26 Apr 2016, 22:37

Hey folks! beauty is in the eye of the beholder...nothing more nothing less, appreciate the positive vibes and will continue with some French mirages and Polish vipers later on;-) For me posting some pictures here at scramble is just a case of sharing and give people a different look at what they can do after you made the photo's, drag it to another level and give them a finishing touch. My preferable tools are Photoshop CC, Lightroom CC and some postproduction tools like the Nik Collection from Google which is since a couple of weeks a free download at http://www.google.com/nikcollection/

Cheers!
Reinier

ehusmann · Post by **ehusmann** » 27 Apr 2016, 08:37

Thermal wrote:Exactly the reason why I stopped posting photo's on Scramble. This guy has amazing pictures from angles and locations most of us would only dream of but still there is a need to complain about how much the photos have been edited.

The only one complaining here is the one complaining about other people expressing their opinion.

And I agree. Nice shots, but in my opionion too, the editing is overdone.

Erwin