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!
This magnificently restored T-6 Texan was photographed at the 2015 Prineville Fly-In located in my home town of Prineville, Oregon. On display and a regular at the air shows in the area, this WW 2 trainer posed several problems to get the photograph I had envisioned. First, was the crowds of people, and secondly was the background with other planes, buildings, cars and people in it. I decided that shooting up from the ground was the only way to achieve the desired look thereby conveying a powerful story. I lay down on the ground and my friend kept the people from walking over me and in front of the shot. In post processing the shot, I knew that I needed to add some drama to the skies (which were clear blue in the original) and I had taken a beautiful shot from my backyard previously and it was a match. Because of the skies and the T-6 Texan with its huge engine cowling and the history of this storied and venerable WW 2 trainer, Olâ Thunder was the logical name for this photograph.
