Heritage Flight Performers...Image heavy -- for C&C please....

[IzzieK]

Nice set Izzie. Like Jack said B&W for the B-25 and the B-17 I think the clouds would work well in those shots.

Oh yeah check your numbers the F4U (one of my favorite WWII fighters) should be #2. I have a time of it loading lots of images and keeping the descriptions in order

For those that don't know the wings swung up like that to fit on the aircraft carrier elevator for below deck storage.

Now I am learning a bit more here than informing you people of airplanes. There are two airplanes there that closes its wings like that and the other one is the Skyraider...I only took the images, have no idea about the details until I either ask Bill or do my own research.

Thank you so much for your nice comment. 'Appreciate it.

[IzzieK]

Hi Izzie,

You know me, I give it to you straight, on the usual terms; to be helpful.

Yup! I was looking forward to it and wondering when you will give me the chop!

First off, all the compositions and exposures are all good, any I initially had reservations about, I studied more closely and then saw why you had framed as you have.

#1 - Looks to have a sharpening halo around its darker parts against the sky, otherwise this is good.

#2 - Good detail, I like the unusual shot with the wings folded.

which is actually why I missed the right ID. I was lucky to have taken this one (amongst the 4 as it folded its wing) because I thought I had photographed this bird the day before. I was wrong. I only photographed the time it folded its wings, just 4 shots.

#3, #4, #5 and #6 - Too much camera shake/panning smear for me on these - I have countless similar I have shot, so I recognise the problem.

I gotta blame the kids hanging on to the barriers like they are on a monkey-bar or something. Bill decided to tell them off because the parents would not. Then he explained to me that barriers cannot be used as a monkey bar because they can only carry so much weight. (Besides I should had brought my shoulder harness instead on relying on the monkey bar a.k.a metal barrier.)
P.S. I thought I did well on #5 and #6..still not good enough???

#7 - Very nice view and detail.

#8 - Another nice one.

#9 and #10 - Two more spoiled, at this size*, by the camera shake/panning smear issue. #9 looks like you were panning with the Raptor and the Mustang was on a somewhat different speed vector, since that is somewhat softer.

I had those bad shots trying to pan there...but I want to put it out there as this is the only one that made it to the grade no matter what. I had seldom put my camera down until the next day when I was just enjoying the show and resting on those that I had thought I had photographed already.

#11 - I like the nose glint, did you apply that?

Do I have to admit to this?

Your choice of shutter speed for the props was good, although, as I've already mentioned, this often results in more pan failures, as I know only too well.

* If they are not as sharp as ideal, you could always 'cheat' and not enlarge them so much.

Hope those comments are all helpful, Dave

Thanks Dave -- you are always helpful to me. I appreciate learning from my mistakes and being corrected.

[IzzieK]

And #2 because this is the first time I will get to see the Canadian Snowbirds. They sure did give the Angels a run for their money...almost. [SIZE=1](Sorry for being biased...I live here on this side, what is why...)

I am biased toward the Snowbirds for the same reason But you are right, the Blue Angels and the Snowbirds are both fantastic teams.

Thanks for understanding, Rita. I did took shots of the Snowbirds on both days thinking they might now come this way again.

And we left on both days earlier as when the Blue Angels were performing, on Saturday it was because I was annoyed at Bill for removing the patch on his eyes. (He had accident with sanding an airplane part at the hangar and went to see our eye doctor Friday. His fractured eye was dilated and piled and he was supposed to have an eye patch for at least 24 hours. He removed it going to the show and then was having hard time watching the airshow. He fell asleep and was sunburned badly. I woke him up and suggested we left.)

On Sunday because I thought I've them once, I'd seen enough. I was only there for this project for CiC. I reckon I have enough materials to submit.

Thanks again for getting back at me. I will have a bit of rest from airplanes and go back to them when I have time to do editing again. In the meantime, with all these rains lately my weeds are growing faster than my plants. I appreciate your comments very much and feel honoured that you passed by.

[Kaye Leggett]

These are a great set of shots Izzie. Even the ones with a little shake/motin blur have something. Good work

[Saorsa]

Izzie,

The N number is a registration number unique to each aircraft. In fact, if you are in doubt about a type of aircraft and can find the N number just put it into google as the sole search criteria and there are a number of websites that will identify it in quite a lot of detail.

Here is a shot of a B-25 Panchito



You can see the N number just below the horizontal empennage. In the case of Panchito this is N9079Z. Try searching on that.

[IzzieK]

These are a great set of shots Izzie. Even the ones with a little shake/motin blur have something. Good work

Thank you so much for your kind words, Kaye. I do appreciate it very much.

[IzzieK]

In 2012, I was more ignorant on airplanes than ever before, but we hosted our (Bill's) national fly-in wherein we were able to get more than 80 Swift airplanes and others who had flown in just for the week's happening at our little airport in their own airplanes (not Swift) all over the US and the world. Our farthest visitors flew in commercially from France and Australia even.

Even people from the public came and saw the gatherings, the fun that I fully took on alone to organize that event from arranging the hotels our guests had stayed in, hiring golf carts, excursions to places to go here in St. Louis to goods for auction, contributions from companies to donate to our cause of keeping these 1946 machines running up to now and other things. Bill was then the Vice Chairman of the Board at the time. Then after the event, I continued working on whose planes belongs to whom and this is where I found out how to get these N-numbers from the FAA website and found out too how many airplanes some of these people have. (Have a browse on N-numbers from the FAA site and write William H. Kientz's name, just for example.)

Anyway, long story short, when someone asked what I remember of that event, both Bill and I had no memories of what happened that week -- we were so busy trying to organize everyone. I got sick with stress on that year leading to the event, then day after the event finished (Monday) and everyone had gone, the applause died, I am very relieved and my blood pressure went down. I swore on that day that I will never hosts another fly-in event!

One downside, I lost my husband's attention for another 3.5 years because of his deep involvement with his organization. It was during that time that I lost my interest in photography. As you can see, I decided to find my own footing and found CiC. I joined 2013 of December. I am happier since because I was finally able to slowly extricate myself from his hobby. Sorry for boring you with my long response.

Izzie,

The N number is a registration number unique to each aircraft. In fact, if you are in doubt about a type of aircraft and can find the N number just put it into google as the sole search criteria and there are a number of websites that will identify it in quite a lot of detail.

Here is a shot of a B-25 Panchito



You can see the N number just below the horizontal empennage. In the case of Panchito this is N9079Z. Try searching on that.