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Vintage Planes on display at the American Air powers Museum in

Farmingdale NY

There often is an unconscious tendency when photographing taildragger airplanes to tilt the horizon in the direction of making the plane appear level, resulting in a photo that makes it seem to be rolling down hill. You got bit by this tendency in this shot, and to a lesser degree in a few others from the same occasion. When shooting, you have to be on guard about this. If there is enough room around the subject, however, you can rotate the pic about 2 degrees to correct.

 

 

I never even realized that, I was squeezed between two other people at the front of a hanger pushed against a steel barrier and the plane was moving and at my extreme right, I was luckey to even get it focused.

Bill, I know exactly what you mean, I was squeezed into that spot last year! They don't exactly accommodate viewers/photographers at Farmingdale that weekend, do they? There's room for about four aggressive photographers to elbow everyone aside and get a shot; everyone else has to look at their heads. You did well just to get the pics.