Geneseo Air Show!
Wow it has been a long time since I’ve posted on here, but I do like to poke my head in every so often 🙂
Recently I’ve been working on a p-61 (which I feel is coming along horrendous).
Also in other news I just picked up tonight a Spitfire and a P-51D with my last paycheck that I’ll have for a while because of College.
But back to the air show, on the day of the show it was half off because not all of the planes were there yet and many people called it “press day”. But I enjoyed my time and snapped some photos to share! (The last few photos inside of a plane It was a B-25H)
It was rather neat watching the ONLY Avro Lancaster in North America land right before my eyes, I adore that plane but the kit just cost so much now that I’m unemployed.
23 additional images. Click to enlarge.
Craig Abrahamson said on July 30, 2013
Good stuff, Billy….thanks for sharin’….looks as though you may have used either a wide-angle or “fisheye” lens for some of those shots.
Billy Smith said on July 30, 2013
Yup, I used my 8mm Fisheye 🙂 Sadly that day I lost the lens cap to it -.-
bob mack said on July 30, 2013
those markings are atrocious…the mustang has the post war red stripe in the national insignia with d day invasions stripes…the white navy on the tbf dosen’t go with the ww11 insignia…the corsair should have been all blue…tom cleaver is right…these millionaires are i****s
Tom Cleaver said on July 30, 2013
It always drives me nuts that these guys will spend a $1 million on an airplane and won’t spend 75 cents on research that will make the million bucks look like a million bucks.
Craig Abrahamson said on July 30, 2013
Kinda like modelin’, huh…? 1:1 scale “what-if’s” – lol
Erich Goldbach said on July 30, 2013
Billy,
Thanks for sharing the picture-the spitfire interior shot is especially nice for using as a detailing reference. Best of luck in your college experience (work hard/play hard!)
Billy Smith said on July 30, 2013
I actually just picked up a spitfire, luckily I have some of my own pictures to reference too!
Phil Steele said on July 30, 2013
There’s nothin’ like the real thing ‘eh !!
Billy Smith said on July 30, 2013
You know it! There is usually a rather large Air Show in Rochester, NY each year but it was cancelled due to the sequestration cuts -.-
Tom Cleaver said on July 30, 2013
If I might make a suggestion that will get better results in the future: never use a lens shorter than 55mm to take airplane pictures on the ground. When you go lower than that, you get this “fisheye” look when you get too close. The crowd may get in the way when you’re using the 55mm, but if you just have patience, the “clear moment” will come.
BTW – where did that Hurricane IIc come from? I know the others, but wasn’t aware there was one of those in North America.
Editor said on July 30, 2013
Actually I wanted to compliment for the same choice of the lens, these fisheye pics have some quirky charm about them! I especially like the last photo (the engine).
Craig Abrahamson said on July 30, 2013
I agree….some folks know how to photograph a subject regardless of conditions or equipment that is pleasing to the viewer.
Billy Smith said on July 30, 2013
The last photo of the engine was my favorite of the day. It’s not a picture that you see too often, at least that I have seen.
Jaime Carreon said on July 30, 2013
Great pics! I like the engine shot also. There’s something really neat about seeing vintage airplanes flying off a grass field. Doesn’t get much better than that.
Billy Smith said on July 30, 2013
It helps add the realism for a vintage aircraft show!