Flying down to Newquay in a Cessna

[Auster Pilot]

Been a while since I posted here but I bought a 16mm F2.4 for my NX100 and manage to try it out on a flight in my Cessna down to Newquay Airport in Cornwall where I also visited the Classic Air Force museum. (I do like aviation a bit!)

So here are a few of pics I took. I used the 16mm on the way there, mostly the 16mm at the museum and swapped to the 30mm F2.0 on the way back.


East Devon (while these clouds might look a bit threatening they were considerably higehr than the ones over Wiltshire and Somerset that were much lower)


Roadford Lake, Devon


An Auster (I've actually sold the share in the one I used to Fly) next to a BAC 1-11


Canberra Bomber


Looking towards the higher parts of Dartmoor


One of the big Quarries in Somerset

There are a number more in my Gallery or more on Flickr here:

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I have to say I do like the NX100 + Primes when flying. While flying I can't afford to be messing about with zooming a telephoto but still want good quality glass, and the NX100 + these primes is spot on for this.

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Neil....
The Sky is a Beautiful Place

 

[TJL LTFF]

Wonderful use of the 16mm lens. Thanks so much for posting.

 

[MGJA]

Outstanding images. So interesting to see this perspective.

One suggestion: have you tried to run them through a clarity filter in post processing? The cockpit window and the long distances rob them of a bit of contrast.

 

[Ian Leach]

That was a great post and flickr set. I love aircraft related stuff but sad to say only from the ground, I tend to imagine the worst. I was impressed by the passenger who landed a light aircraft today when the pilot became sick.

 

[Auster Pilot]

MGJA wrote:

Outstanding images. So interesting to see this perspective.

One suggestion: have you tried to run them through a clarity filter in post processing? The cockpit window and the long distances rob them of a bit of contrast.

Thanks for the kind comments.

Quite a bit of clarity has been applied in PP. I find it's always a bt of a balancing act to get such aerial images adjusted to perfection. Pushing the clarity/contrast too far results often results in some strange colours (typically greens get way too green). With unlimited time I could improve many further still but I don't have the time with the number I need to process.

The one disadvantage of the Cessna over the Auster I used to fly was that the Auster had windows that were able to slide open to allow a 12" square uninterrupted view on each side. It didn't prevent the loss of contrast due to the long distances through the air, but it did help.

 

[Auster Pilot]

Ian Leach wrote:

That was a great post and flickr set. I love aircraft related stuff but sad to say only from the ground, I tend to imagine the worst. I was impressed by the passenger who landed a light aircraft today when the pilot became sick.

I too was very impressed with the passenger that got that aircraft on the ground. It's such a shame the the incapacitated pilot didn't survive what ever illness had struck him.

Believe it or not I don't like "flying" as a physical experience very much and am extrememly nervous before my first flight of the day. To put it politely I spend much time wrestling with my insides before I take to the air. I'm much worse as a passenger in a commercial aircraft.

So why do I do it? The view....

 

[Ian Leach]

Auster Pilot wrote:

Ian Leach wrote:

That was a great post and flickr set. I love aircraft related stuff but sad to say only from the ground, I tend to imagine the worst. I was impressed by the passenger who landed a light aircraft today when the pilot became sick.

I too was very impressed with the passenger that got that aircraft on the ground. It's such a shame the the incapacitated pilot didn't survive what ever illness had struck him.

Believe it or not I don't like "flying" as a physical experience very much and am extrememly nervous before my first flight of the day. To put it politely I spend much time wrestling with my insides before I take to the air. I'm much worse as a passenger in a commercial aircraft.

So why do I do it? The view....