Two takes on a Spitfire

wardie · **Posted:** Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:04 am

Re-visited an air show shoot where I basically wrote off all shots due to the weather being dark and stormy and found this shot which grabbed my attention.

After some comments from fellow photographers it morphed to this.

What do ya'll think?

Wardie

k5083 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:27 am

The original shot is good, near-perfect in fact. Every single thing that you then did to it made it less good. The final result is overcooked and very contrived. Just IMO.

August

Bluedharma · **Posted:** Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:31 am

Wardie,
Thank you for your post.

I also agree with k5083. I like the original shot. The original is not bad at all. IMHO.

Best Regards

skybolt2003 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:25 am

The first version is good – doesn't need the contrivances. Crop it quite a bit with the spit ending up toward the lower rh side and it becomes much more dynamic.

Bill Greenwood · **Posted:** Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:39 am

What I think is that I wouldn't want to be flying a Spitfire in that kind of weather, probably not much else either.

wardie · **Posted:** Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:39 pm

Thanks all, I too prefer the original.

The comment was made that a gun camera style might enhance it so the second came about.

Thanks for looking and commenting.

Wardie

PS. Bill G - maybe this is better flying weather.

Old SAR pilot · **Posted:** Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:47 pm

I'll join the "ayes" for the first pic...."A bomber's worst nightmare"... :wink:

And, Bill...

Hows about flying a Spitfire AWAY from that kind of weather?? :wink:

Sasquatch · **Posted:** Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:21 pm

HEY!!

How'd that sharkmouth fall off a P-40 and end up on a Spit?? :snakeman:

I know how much you guys like P-40s with shark mouths...isn't this an outrage??!! :wink:

Mudge · **Posted:** Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:39 pm

I gotta' go with the first pic too. Good composition. Dramatic effect.

Mudge the aesthete :roll:

Jim MacDonald · **Posted:** Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:31 am

I agree, the 1st one is better

Mudge,

It probably would be better if you keep your religious preferences out of your responses "Mudge the aesthete", if you don't want to get flamed. :twisted:

Now before I get flamed...just pulling Mudge's leg.

Mac

hahnej · **Posted:** Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:46 am

Would be so much more graceful....... :twisted:

wardie · **Posted:** Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:04 am

Sasquatch - I know you're only joshin' but I prefer my shark mouths on Mk.VII Spits and my P40's plain.

This Spit is marked up as the personal mount of Wing Commander Bobby Gibbes leader of the "Grey Nurse" squadron flying Mk.VIII Spitfires in defense of Australia's northern most city, Darwin.

Bobby Gibbes also flew the P40 in the Western Desert and one of the P40's flying in Aust carries his markings that does not include a sharks mouth.

Wardie

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