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Re: Your Top 10 of 2011

Post by Nebbor »

Many great images posted here! It is an impossible task to select a top 10 but here is my selection:

1. My favorite plane captured at Wittmund at 1/60s
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2. Take-off during a base visit at Volkel
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3. Belgian demo F16 at Leeuwarden open house
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4. Sometimes taking a gamble pays off: the other side of the runway
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5. Dutch Apache demo
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6. 1050mm handheld at 1/250s
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7. Head-on
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8. MiG29
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9. Jordanian falcon landing
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10. BAe Systems Skyhawk
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Re: Your Top 10 of 2011

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My contribution (random order);

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Re: Your Top 10 of 2011

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Random order:

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Re: Your Top 10 of 2011

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Let's give it a try: in random order my Top 10 of 2011:

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Re: Your Top 10 of 2011

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My 2 cents:

(From 10 to 1)


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Re: Your Top 10 of 2011

Post by Spooky »

Hi all,

Not much chances this year to do aviation photography, so my highlights are from Cambrai and Leeuwarden.

Starting at Cambrai

1. Czech Gripen at Cambrai, just turning at the right moment.
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2. Greek F-16, the only way is up.
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3. Hornet's row...
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4. Potugese F-16 with burner
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Leeuwarden

5. RAF Tucano
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6. Nothing beats a pair of Tumansky's
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7. Finnish power....
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8. Bombs away...
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9. Hitec in his orange lion
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10. Last but not least, the Italian Typhoon
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Re: Your Top 10 of 2011

Post by jeff_LTT »

some real great photo's here guy's! :respect:

I've had a great year at Gilze, so only one photo is taken somewhere else :P

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Grizzly in the evening sun @ slopes north.
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Grizzly in the evening sun @ slopes north.
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Grizzly crossing the sun.
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First flight of the porcupine after phase maintenance.
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Head on with a redskin leaving runway 28.
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Redskin on confined south.
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Rodney leaving the platform for an test flight.
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Black cats @ KLU open day's
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Redskins come in for fuel.
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Porcupine on the platform.
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Re: Your Top 10 of 2011

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Hello @all,
after my come-back to the hobby "planespotting" in the middle of 2010 i must say that 2011 was a good year for me. Now i wanna present you my Top 10 of 2011 and i would beginning with Nr. 10 and goes up to Nr.1

10. Royal Air Force / Lookheed L-1011-385 TriStar / ZD951 / 10.04.2011 / HAJ
Nice to see a beauty like this because the era of the treeholders goes to end in the next years.
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9. Qatar Cargo / Boeing 777-FDZ / A7-BFA / 15.01.2011 / HAJ
Only 30min with sun on this day and in this time my favourite colour sheme arrive @ HAJ.
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8. Atlas Air / Boeing B747-47UF / N492MC / 06.03.2011 / HAJ
My favourite take-off shot in 2011
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Nr. 7-5 are some shots of the highlight 2011 in HAJ, the "St.Petersburg-Dialog" brings some nice and classic visitors from Russia to Hannover. Nice to see some of these beauties in Western Europe.

7. 224th Flight Unit / Ilyushin IL-76MD / RA-78817 / 19.07.2011 / HAJ
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6. Rossiya / Ilyushin IL-96-300 / RA-96016 / 19.07.2011 / HAJ ... what a great morning light
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5. Rossiya / Ilyushin IL-62M / RA-86467 / 19.07.2011 / HAJ ...wow, i never thought that i would became a IL-62 after my come-back in 2010
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4. starling Aviation / Boeing 727-076(WL) / VP-CJN / 24.05.2011 / Paris-LeBourget
And the next classic airliner in my collection - Paris-Tour 2011
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3. Tower of Hannover-Langenhagen HAJ/EDDV / 23.09.2011
I love this special colours @ night, my best nightshot in 2011
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2. Saudia / Boeing 747-SP-68 / HZ-AIF / 23.05.2011 / Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Our first picture on this trip. Thanks to by friend Sebastian for this nice trip.
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and now i wanna show you my favourite picture of the year 2011. This wouldn`t be an aircraft, it would be a memorial. For me it was a special moment to stay there. 11 years, 2 month and 1 day before on this place the Air France Concorde F-BTSC crashed after departure on Paris Charles de gaulle at this place where i was standing. This incident brings the end of the era of this Supersonicjet.

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Re: Your Top 10 of 2011

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Here is my contribution, in random order:

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Best regards/vriendelijke groeten,
Walter

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Re: Your Top 10 of 2011

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Great shots gents !!
Here is my contribution. Been to Japan this year so it's all Japan for me.
The highlights over there where unmistakenly Hyakuri and Atsugi.

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Re: Your Top 10 of 2011

Post by Flygvapnet_Viggen »

:respect:
High quality selections this year! Well done all!! It is a pleasure to go through the photos so far.

Although for me 2011 was not a really photo-intensive year it was definitely filled with highlights!
Here is my top 10 of 2011:

The highlight of the year was for sure our trip to Japan in May!
#1 The Phantoms of Hyakuri, this time wet ones!
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#2 Sunset at Akeno was just an unforgetable moment
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#3 Which was followed by night flying activities
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#4 Line up of Japanese F15s at Nyutubaru, excellent photo opportunities!
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Second moment of the year was when the year just started: the 4th of January when the slopes at Gilze-Rijen were actively used by all based types.
#5 Apache attacking the spotters under a nice winter sun
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Thirdly, the airshow at Turku, Finland makes it into the top 10 with a few too. Just awesome (bad)weather and unique aircraft!
#6 Very good performance by the Finnish Border Guard helos
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#7 The Midnight Hawks in nice contrasts
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#8 A dripping wet Finnish Hornet
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Then another amazing moment was sun rise at Stockholm-Bromma airport the end of January
#9 Amazing colours during sun rise
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The last cool moment was during a Swedish airshow at Örebro Airport during late summer.
#10 This Il76 was part of the static and departed half-way the show but not before performing an amazing low pass!
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Greetings and good luck to all in 2012!!!
Corné Uittenbogaard
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I'd rather depict atmosphere and the 'heat of the moment' making a catchy photo than to reflect the real situation and real colours showing a boring photo.
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Re: Your Top 10 of 2011

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#2 good shot!
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Re: Your Top 10 of 2011

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Re: Your Top 10 of 2011

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Hi all,

My Top-10 of 2011 is mainly photographed during my Miami and Quito trip in November 2011 and is a spotters Top-10, no arty-farty or something like that, although I really like those shots. I also have far more than 10 which I liked, but I had to make a decision. Here it goes, not in a particular order:

1. Redwings Tupolev TU-204 RA-64046 at Mallorca 8/2011

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2. Avior Boeing 737-200 YV495T Avior Airlines at Miami, FL 11/2011

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3. Aerosur Boeing 767-200 CP-2659 in Sharko colours at Miami, FL 11/2011

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4. Transaero Imperial Boeing 737-500 N14655 (to become EI-UNH) at Opa Locka, FL 11/2011

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5. SRX Aero Antonov 12B UK11418 at Opa Locka, FL 11/2011

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6. Aires Colombia DeHavilland Canada DHC8-200Q HK-4509 at Fort Lauderdale, FL 11/2011

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7. Hawaiian Boeing 717-200 N486HA at Miami, FL 11/2011

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8. TAB Cargo McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F CP-2555 at Miami, FL 11/2011

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9. Fuerza Aerea Ecuatoriana Bae748 FAE-743 at Quito 11/2011

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10. Aviación del Ejército Equatorina Casa-Nurtanio CN-235 AEE-502 at Quito 11/2011

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Brgds, Peter
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