Battle of Britain

Challenge #24 in the The sky is the limit series. Hosted by alex326.

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"Never was so much owed by so many to so few" - Winston Churchill. Upload a picture related to the famous Battle of Britain - the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces in 1940. Both sides, British and German can be represented: people, aircraft, places, memorials.

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Announced:

Friday, 15th February, 2013 (GMT)

Submissions:

Friday, 22nd February, 2013 – Thursday, 28th February, 2013 (GMT)

Voting:

Friday, 1st March, 2013 – Thursday, 7th March, 2013 (GMT)

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Preferably just basic post processing: crop, brightness, contrast, saturation, white balance.
HDR is admitted.

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No restrictions.

Additional rules:

No composite images.
Provide a title and a short description, including the type of the aircraft and/or the name of the place where the picture was taken.
Images with full EXIF.
No old pictures / negative scans - only images taken with digital cameras.
Upload only pictures that you have taken.

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A Few of the Few

by Private Custard

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P7350 (bottom), the last airworthy Spitfire from the Battle of Britain, is joined in formation by PA474 (one of only two airworthy Lancasters) and PM631, a Mk PRXIX (holder of the piston-engined altitude record @ 51,550ft). Shot from the Friends of the Fighter Collection members area, Duxford Flying Legends, 2012.

Camera:	Olympus E-3
Lens:	Sigma 50-500mm F4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM
Submitted:	Friday, 22nd February, 2013 00:04 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 30th June, 2012
Focal length:	50 mm
Shutter speed:	1/400 sec
Aperture:	F10
ISO:	200
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Galleries:	View this photo in Private Custard's gallery

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