Wittmund Spottersday 30 July 2008 50 Years F-4 Phantom

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Wittmund Spottersday 30 July 2008 50 Years F-4 Phantom

Post by Flanker27 »

A great day, a bit harsh light, and shooting the flightwave against the sun, but well organized by the Germans. Hey we know 450 people don't fit in 5 buses.
Here my first selection of pics, comments are welcome, and I am sure there are loooooads more.

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7. Sth for the friendly pilots topic:
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Post by Bassie76 »

Some pictures taken from the other side of the runway that day:

1. WTD61 Phantom during its 'sneaky' takeoff and therefore caught most of us by surprise.
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2. Of course the 'ordinary' grey F-4s taking off.
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3. And the 38+58 again, leaving some rubber on the runway
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4. A-4s
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5. For a relative small jet they make a lot of noise
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Post by flieger28 »

Not really a photo
But Spotter's Live - some persons are .....

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ki5wOB8Q2E0[/youtube]
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Spotterday Wittmund 30 July

Post by Tomcat01 »

Nice event, did not stay long on base because of the bad light for flight ops. Felt like going back in time with al those Phantoms and Skyhawks.
Here are some of my shots, hope you enjoy them

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Post by topgun1984 »

nice pics, but wasn't there already a topic about the spottersday??? :roll: ... (a little hint check HERE)
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Post by Ghanz »

And some from me from my first ever spottersday visit. And it was a great one for me. Thank you JG-71!

Only static though, as I am not satisfied with the quality of the flying ones :wink:

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Hope you like them, comments are welcome.

Greetz,

Hans.
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Post by PatrickV »

Already some nice photos,

Was a realy nice (small) event.


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Post by Stephan Lodewijks »

Nice ones everyone!!

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The much debated fence under construction:
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Best regards,

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Post by DJMikey »

I'd like to join up with some of my shots. Hope you like them.

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Grt, Mike.
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photo's spottersday wittmund

Post by mudmover »

Here are some of my pictures. For the first time i used the HDR-technique for some static shots. Because i have a trial version of the software there is a watermark in the photo.

1. The Bf.109 look a like
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2. CL.13B
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3. The good old Starfighter
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4. Starfighter head on
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5. Skyhawk
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6. F-4F Phantom Flyout JG 74
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7. F-4F Phantom 50 jahre Phantom
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8. F-4F Phantom in a different angle
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9. Some people wanted to get personal with the aircraft
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I hope you enjoy the photo's as much as i enjoyed this day.

Gr.

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Post by Tomcat01 »

You are completely right, overlooked that one.
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Post by Flygvapnet_Viggen »

Great try on the HDR images Bert! Besides the bit fainty look they come out okej (maybe some different tone mapping?). The airplanes are missing a bit of contrast or is that just my screen??

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http://WWW.FVPHOTO.NL/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; --- Check out my photos of this spotting season on my website!

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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Post by Felipe »

Much of the same, but hey.. I thought a contribution would maybe nice..

Very much thanx for the organisation for the perfect oppurtunity!!

On with the spookies..

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Maybe a large selection, but it was a nice day..
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Post by kiwi »

Good lord, 3 special c/s Phantoms within meters of each other? How could I have missed this!?
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Post by Key »

Tomcat01 wrote:You are completely right, overlooked that one.
Merged, as I think you are in favour of that.

Erik
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