Flyin!

Any Comments or critiques welcome!

 

Gary

nice framing,but whats the chance it could be sharper? bare in mind i have yet to take pics of airplanes flying using a telephoto, but thats the only thing i feel i can submit.

nice job.

A bit more focus would be great if possible! Can't tell from the markings, is it an SNJ, Harvard or AT6? Pretty early model from the looks of it. Great restoration job on the old bird!!

Gary, this is a nice dynamic shot of the old girl. Even in color it looks good, (this from a B&W kind of guy). Bill, I am not expert on the T-6/SNJ, but she wasn't built as a Harvard; note the short exhaust stub. The canopy glazing seems to be that of the later -F or -G series, but who's to say she hasn't undergone a major re-build from an earlier production run. It is that fairing behind the canopy that has me confused.

Not fair to conclude that a picture this small is unsharp, I think. I assume it has been drastically reduced in size from the original, and that process will generally soften the pic unless it is sharpened afterwards.

 

Seems to me like a competent ground-to-air snapshot. I don't know what type it is either. Could be a Harvard IV canopy but the short pipe, spinner, landing gear covers and mast aerial would not be typical of a Harvard. All these things can easily be switched around during restoration of course.

 

Thank you for your interest and comments on this photo! I've enjoyed reading the discussion about the aircraft type and such. It sounds like I need to study up on sharpening - I've experimented a little but don't have a good grasp of it yet. I'm including a version cropped even more (with an attempt at sharpening) and the full uncropped version. This was also taken at the maximum focal length of my lense (400mm). Thanks much,

Gary

Here's the full version.

thats a lot better, now it really pops out.

For what it's worth, the enlarged version that Gary posted with the legible registration number allowed me to look up what type this is, and it is a Harvard Mk.IV.