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!
- Camera, lens - Nikon D3X, Nikkor 70.0mm-200.0mm f/2.8, Sony Digital film - Exposure - Focal Length 120mm, 1/60 sec, f/5.0, ISO 100 Shutter priority - Story behind the shot ⢠I had been shooting landscapes with film using a Hasselblad V system until digital for black and white had overcome the main problems (b&w my passion). Satisfied with the conversions to b&w, I had re-equipped with Nikon digital equipment about 4 weeks before this shoot. ⢠I started photographing aircraft when I was twelve years old. Living and growing up in SE London, a neighbor asked my parents if I would be interested in going to a Battle of Britain airshow at the old Biggin Hill Battle of Britain Station. I borrowed my fatherâs 35mm fixed lens camera and that was it! ⢠This shot was taken on my first air-to-air mission. It was flown out of Falcon Field in Mesa, AZ flying around Red Mountain at sunset. Not only had I managed to master the difficulties of shooting at a slow shutter speed in order to get the prop circle but also the fact that if the photographersâ platform aircraft dipped, the momentum of the camera made the camera âshootâ up, but I had starting to make the compositions I wanted. This image of P-51 âCripes Aâ Mightyâ was one of my favorite results. [Sean Hoover SEATâs at Night Image] Sean Hoover SEAT at Night Two SEATâs parked on the ramp in McCall Idaho. Part of a personal project to photograph the different aircraft used in aerial firefighting operations. Technical info: Camera: Sony A9 ISO: 100 Lens: Sigma 14mm f stop: 16 Shutter: Varied Roto Light NEO attached to a 20 ft extendable paint pole
