PAW 23A - more warbirds & aerobatics

The Hawker Sea Fury was just a little too late for WW II. It was all engine with a 5-bladed prop attached to a super-light plane. The Russian Yak-9 was faster than the legendary P-51D Mustang below 10,000 feet where only one of the Mustang's turbos would operate. (This shot at 1/800 second and reasonably sharp with slight prop blur. Light's still pretty hard at midday, and there's a little JPEG artifacting in the sky.):
http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/California/Airshows/DLC-WAT-FLY-IN0067-5.htm

Speaking of P-51D's, here's one against the mountains at a shutter speed just slow enough to show a little prop blur - there's some JPEG artifacting in the sky again in the web-sized file not present in the original:
http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/California/Airshows/DLC-WAT-FLY-IN0087-5.htm

And Canon's EF 16-35mm f/2.8L may cost a bit more but has really good flare immunity in this aerobatic smoke shot with a Pitts Special doing the work:
http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/California/Airshows/DLC-WAT-FLY-IN0128-5.htm

All comments welcome.

(Leica shots from the airshow to come!)

Mark Bohrer
www.mountain-and-desert.com
Adventure travel and wildlife photography 


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