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!
Story behind the shot: This Chinook helicopter, Boomer. Owned and operated by Billings flying service, was stationed in McCall Idaho for several weeks during the summer of 2021. My son and I thought it would be fun to do a personal project of photographing the fire fighting aircraft based in McCall, but in a way that was different from the traditional photos. We decided to do a light painting of the different aircraft. It also made it easier for us to get access to the aircraft, since the aircraft were usually in service during the day, but parked at night. Technical info: Camera: Sony A9 ISO: 200 Lens: Sigma 14mm f stop: 9.0 Shutter: varied Roto light NEO attached to a 20 foot extendable paint pole
