Plane & Pilot proudly announces the finalists for this year’s Plane & Pilot Your Flying World Photo Contest. Finalists were selected from among hundreds of entries, and while there wasn’t a bad shot in the bunch, these images shone through.
And as usual, there was a wide range of subject matter in this year’s battle of the airborne lenses, with everything from bucolic panoramas of natural beauty to studies of the finer details of the flying machines we love so much.
Enjoy these outstanding submissions, but be sure to tune in next week when we announce the winners of this year’s Plane & Pilot Your Flying World Photo Contest!
I'd just gotten back to Thun Field (KPLU) from a wonderful flight near Mt. Rainier, or what we locals call, simply, "The Mountain." I was getting some video footage to help fill in some gaps for a video I was working on for my YouTube channel (You may notice some cameras on the plane. There was one in the cabin and there were five mounted on the exterior.) I'd brought along some gear for still photos, too, and had hoped to get this exact shot when the flight was done. After I landed, I taxiied onto the grass and parked. I had to move the tripod a few times and drag the Luscombe back and forth in the grass to get the framing I wanted, and this is what I came up with. One of the challenges was hiding the wind tee. It's behind the plane in this photograph. It prevented me from getting the exact framing and alignment I wanted, but I think I got the best overall result by hiding that distraction and showing only the main two subjects in the shot. I bought this plane in the fall of 2019 and got my Private Pilot Certificate in it in July of 2020. We have since flown all over creation together. I'm documenting those adventures on YouTube (just search on my full name, Jay Philip Williams). Camera, lens and other equipment used Sony A7III, Minolta 200m f/2.8 G, Bogen aluminum tripod Exposure data (shutter speed, aperture, ISO) Shot at f/2.8, 1/200, ISO100
