Ohio Dawn Patrol Fly-In

[Lucky Dog]

Joe, Paul and all of the Cinn. Aeromodelers that helped out .... What a great weekend it was! Wonderful venue, people, sponsors and participarts. And what a great field to shoot pictures from! Looking forward to next year!

Here are a my better shots. Sorry that I didn't get everyone. Just to not possible to when your there to fly, watch and scmooze as well. :)
I'm also not so good at names, so I apologize if it's not listed.

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Sam Parfitt's 1/3 scale Nieuport 28

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A few of Paul Westrich's 1/3 scale Fokker DVIII

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[Lucky Dog]

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Nice looking SR Batteries Eindecker

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SR Batteries 1/4 scale Eindecker.

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Feerless Leader Art Shelton having some fun (or was it the heat?). :)

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Joe Westrich's 1/3 scale Pup coming in against the hazy hills.

[Lucky Dog]

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Art Shelton's "nekkid" 1/3 scale Pup

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Joe's again. On the down side of a loop.

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Russ Kuhn's BUSA .90 Eiendecker in Turkish markings.

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Greg Emerick's 1/3 scale BUSA Pup looking sharp!

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[Lucky Dog]

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Dave Johnson's 1/3 scale Albatros DVa. Dave took second place at Top Gun with this gorgeous machine.

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Smoke On!

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Gary "Bird Man"'s fine looking GTM 1/3 scale Dr1

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[Lucky Dog]

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Dave Johnson's Nieuport 28

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Smoke on with Sam Parfitts' N-28

[SCMc]

Beautiful planes, and very impressive photos. How do you manage to get such sharp closeup photos of planes in flight?

Steve

[Lucky Dog]

Hi Steve,
Thanks! I use a Nikkor VR 100-300mm (on a DSLR it's a 150 to 450mm) zoom lens on my D80. The lens does have image stabilization (VR), an that does help a lot. Plus, I try not to waste too many shots if the lighting isn't good, and wait until they're in fairly close if I can.

That field was exceptionally nice for photography too. And many of these werew 1/3 scale birds, and that helps.

I do take most of them into PhotoShop after, but don't do whole lot to them there usually. Mostly just minimal cropping, and tweaking the lighting and contrast a little. I have been doing this for about 30 years too, so that helps a little. :)

Glad you liked them!

[VNulk]

A great collection of photos - I wished I had made it to see them in person. Keep up the good work,

vern