Duxford Air Festival 25-05-2019

[andygolfer]

some photos from Duxford's first show of 2019....

G-THUN (549192) P.47D (Nellie) & G-TFSI (414261) Contrary Mary P.51D Duxford 25-05-2019 1646 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

tiger moth formation team, Duxford 25-05-2019 0727 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-ACGZ DH.60 Moth, Duxford 25-05-2019 0763 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-AOJK Tiger Moth, Duxford 25-05-2019 0825 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Blades aerobatic team, Duxford 25-05-2019 1428 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-BWDS (XM424) Jet Provost T.3, Duxford 25-05-2019 1179 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-RSAF & G-SOAR BAC 167 Strikemastes, Duxford 25-05-2019 1208 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-SOAF BAC 167 Strikemaster (saudi scheme), Duxford 25-05-2019 1239 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Breitling Jet team, Duxford 25-05-2019 1945 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Breitling Jet team, Duxford 25-05-2019 1903 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and a couple of military ones to finish.....
ZA708 Chinook RAF, Duxford 25-05-2019 0966 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

ZK432 Typhoon RAF, Duxford 25-05-2019 0661. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

loads more in my flickr album, C&C welcome
Andy

[Paultojo]

Nice selection Andy however the edits look very washed out to me

[andygolfer]

Nice selection Andy however the edits look very washed out to me

thanks Paul, I thought they were slightly so your comment bears that out and now I've looked again it seems more noticeable.
I tried to lighten the shadows (using a shadow highlighter) because of the harsh summer light which was making them very contrasty but I have probably overdone it due to my lack of skills. I use it sometimes on photos in dull weather when the undersides are also very dark but I find it a bit hard to judge. I'm surprised it's taken so long for anyone to comment on it.

Any advice on how much highlight adjustment (if any) I should add would be welcome.

As an aside, I was at Lakenheath on Thursday and most of my later pics around midday were only fit for the trash folder as the sun was almost directly above and straight down the runway so the F.15s were almost black underneath but surfaces exposed to the sun were very bright, They would take exceptional editing skills to recover them - something I don't have

[Paultojo]

Hi Andy I tend to use the dehaze filter in Lightroom to boost the contrast after upping the shadows and then pull down whichever colours get blown with the HLS saturation filters

[andygolfer]

Many thanks Paul. I haven't got lightroom but will have a browse to see if I have an equivalent when I'm back home on my pc