Have a look on Youtube, just put NYMR into the search, and you'll get a few ideas. For a south bound train if you want to catch the loco working hard just north of Goathland looking north towards Darholme Bridge is a superb spot, and the Beckhole area is also good.

David

Have a look at http://www.parcel2go.com/

I've not used them to send anything but have had things sent to me and they seem OK.

I should have added - My cousin who lives in Melbourne goes mental when she gets a spider in her door mirror. Apparently they have poisonous ones out there!

I've got a spider travelling with me in the door mirror. How do I get rid of it, prefereably not by dimantling the mirror!

The irritating thing is that I probably lost it while window shopping at SRS!

Hardgravity, flattery will get you nowhere though when I was at a school reunion a couple of years ago my form teacher recognised me and remembered my name - after 45 years.

Fabulous shots, especially of the 109, with the pilot looking slightly to his left (should that be port?). I don't think I'd fret about not enough propelor blur, it's difficult enough getting the aircraft sharp even at 500th. Did you know that the 109 has a Merlin engine? What are things coming to?!

Thanks, btw for your comments about my Duxford stuff. Both of these were there as well as 15(!) other Spitfires. Fantastic.

David

I've just lost my bus pass!

Interesting comments, thanks, just the sort of thing I was looking for.

No. 1 is a crop and like 3 is orientated as I shot them.
No. 2 is one of a sequence of 25. The aircraft did indeen continue to cross in front of me. I chose this one as it has the aircraft in a good position to the blue sky, but here's a later one and I see what you mean. A tighter drop still might distract from the etherial image that I was trying to achieve. (The focus is also going to pot). Even later in the sequence there is too much reflection on the Lancaster fuselage and it burns out.

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Here also is a tighter crop on the Yaks, any more and I think you'd lose the context given by the smoke trails.

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gartmore, thanks for the tips on sharpness, contrast & saturation.

David

I'd be grateful for constructive comments on the compositions here. I am aware of the technical deficiencies, (camera shake, poor focussing, incorrect shutter/aperture choice to name but three), my main excuse is that I don't normally 'do' moving things - especially when they are going like the clappers at 400mph!
The weather was nearly perfect, with the sun over my right shoulder, and in the BBMF pair I think the patches of blue sky make the pictures.
All with the K10D and Sigma 18-200.

Spitfire MkVb from the BBMF.
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The BBMF, Hurricane, Lancaster, Spitfire.
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The Aerostars Yak Display Team.
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Here's the B&W conversion, which I don't like much. The sky is even more flat, and it looses the colour in the cliffs. Interesting to try though. This is the automatic conversion in Photoshop Elements editor, I did fiddle around but didn't improve it much (mainly due to my inexperience!).

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Thanks again for the input, a useful learning exercise.

David