Ready for a Dog Fight!

Thank you for taking a look.

Stephen

My favorite WWII fighter, the F4U Corsair! Great photograph!

Cheers,

~H~

Very nice geometric study of the Corsair.

 

There seem to be some strange blurry patches on the ground under the airplane though. Did you do a little retouching of shadows/details there to make the picture cleaner?

 

Also there's kind of a halo effect around the edges of the horizontal stabilizer and wings where they would otherwise blend into the dark background. Is this more post-processing?

 

 

I like the shine off the body of the plane. So when can I take a ride? ;) nice shot. elisabeth

Under the plane was a very nasty shadow. Tried to smooth it out.

Stephen

Yeah, I thought so. Maybe you should have left a faint trace of it. It does look a bit weird that the bird casts no shadow at all.

 

Great eye - the photo really exposes the unique shape of the Corsair to a good adventage! Even the single auxuliary fuel tank seems to balance out the radar pod of this Korean-era night fighter model! Top marks for composition. I am not crazy about the black and white, at least the way it shows on my screen, it looks somewhat artificial and lacks the depth and tonality that makes good B&W. Perhaps this one would look better in colour?

very nice! how in the hell is this rating below a 5, i give it 6/6.