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by burnsy133
10 Nov 2024, 22:08
Forum: Aviation Photo Forum
Topic: Exercise Pitch Black, Mindil Beach Thursday. Part 1.
Replies: 2
Views: 1068

Exercise Pitch Black, Mindil Beach Thursday. Part 1.

Hello again all, After the first three days of the exercise it was time for the participants flypast, i had been looking to this the most and one of the reasons I chose the first week. For those that are not familiar with proceedings (like me a week before I went) the Thursday of the first week, the...
by burnsy133
05 Nov 2024, 10:16
Forum: Aviation Photo Forum
Topic: Exercise Pitch Black, Darwin, Australia, Day 2.
Replies: 8
Views: 1816

Re: Exercise Pitch Black, Darwin, Australia, Day 2.

Great shots and a nice spot! Out of curiousity, how many mm's did you use to shoot these? I shoot with a 200-600 Sony Lens, most of these are at the top end, where it does soften a little, one of the problems faced was the displaced threshold, resulting in the aircraft being higher than normal. Hop...
by burnsy133
04 Nov 2024, 12:17
Forum: Aviation Photo Forum
Topic: Exercise Pitch Black, Darwin, Australia, Day 2.
Replies: 8
Views: 1816

Exercise Pitch Black, Darwin, Australia, Day 2.

After the initial fact finding day 1, I was ready for day 2 and had researched as much as I could as to where to shoot from. I had been given some information regarding one place that departures could be shot from, so off I toddled, as it turned out , getting there at 7, just before light and the sp...
by burnsy133
14 Oct 2024, 15:00
Forum: Aviation Photo Forum
Topic: Quick hop over to Australia.
Replies: 4
Views: 3904

Quick hop over to Australia.

Back in late June I was facing the prospect of turning 50, and despite my other half pestering me for over 12 months regarding if i wanted to go spotting somewhere for hitting the half century, here i was, sat with nothing booked. I had trawled the boards, and it was looking like RIAT or a long week...