Festival of Flight at the Shuttleworth Collection 01 The DH.88 Comet was built during the period between the World Wars where the aircraft industry and the public were focussing on racing. The Comet was built in 1934 for the England to Australia MacRobertson Air Race. The development of the Comet was seen as a prestige […]
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Jul 14, 2024 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Color Images, Historic planes | Tags: #NikkorZ100400VRS, #NikonLove, #nikonnofilter, #NikonZ8, #Pistonpowered, #ZCreators, de Haviland DH.88 Comet, DH.88, England, England-Australia Race, Festival of Flight, Nikkor Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S, Nikkor Z TC-1.4*, Nikon Z 8, Old Warden, Shuttleworth Collection, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
I know that I blogged too little last year. With our adventure to Alaska and then through the Yokon, Northwest Territory, British Columbia and Alberta back South there really were too few bad weather days (yes a strange sort of complaint) in order to process images, update photography websites and blog! I also struggled with […]
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Feb 20, 2017 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Black and White Images, Color Images, Warbirds | Tags: #RAF Red Arrows Display Team, #RIAT, #Royal International Air Tattoo, Air Show, Black & White Images, Colour images, Dasault Mirage 2000N, F-22 Raptor, F-35A Lightning II, Heritage Flight, Lexar Digital Film, Nikkor 80mm-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VRIII, Nikkor TC-14 EIII, Nikon D4S, P-51D Mustang, RAF Fairford England, Richard King Photography, Warbird images, www.richardkingphoto.com/blog, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
I recently received and watched the BluRay “Reunion of Giants”. It is an incredible feature of a truly unique event. It is the story of how the Avro Lancaster Mk. X owned and operated by the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (CWHM) was readied and flew to England in order to fly in formation with the only […]
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Feb 20, 2016 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Black and White Images, Color Images, WArbirds | Tags: #Aviation Photography, #AvroLancasterflying, #blackandwhitephotogrpahy, #colorphotography, #Warbirds, available for licensed use, Avro Lancaster "Thumper" Mk. 1, Avro Lancaster Mk. 10 "VeRA", Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, BBMF, Britain, Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, CWHM, Eastbourne Airshow, England, Lexar Digital Film, Nikkor 80mm-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VRIII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikon D4S, Reunion of the Giants, Spitfire Escorts, Supermarine Spitfire, Two Avro Lancaster Bombers Flying Together, UK, United Kingdom, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
I am at the TICO Warbird Airshow. I have finished the static shoot as there are now too many people milling around. So I am back at the car leisurely swapping wide angled lenses for telephoto lenses, there is no rush. It is 11:00 am. with flying due to start at 12:30pm plenty of time […]
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Apr 10, 2013 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Color Images, Warbirds | Tags: aerobatics, canvas gallery wrap for sale, colour photographic print, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, formation flying, jets, Lockheed-Martin, military aircraft, photograph, Richard King Photography, The Thunderbirds, TICO Warbird Airshow; Titusville, United States Air Force Demonstration Team; F-16 Fighting Falcon, USA, warbirds, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | 2 Comments »
All good images have their anchor points which give you the context for the whole image. However, I am at the TICO Warbird Airshow, the air show flying hasn’t started yet, but there is a magnificent Florida Sky! I call them Florida skies because I have only seen them in Florida, there appears to be […]
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Apr 08, 2013 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Black and White Images, Color Images, Warbirds | Tags: AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter, amazing sky, bright sunlight, canvas gallery wrap for sale, cloudscape, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, god beams, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Nikkor 70mm-200mm f/2.8G ED VRII, Nikon, Nikon D4, Richard King Photography, Titusville, USA, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
It is not often these days you get an opportunity to see an F-104 Starfighter – twice! Yes it performed the first two days at the TICO Warbird Airshow, unfortunately on the third day it was too windy so the F-104 performed along the taxiways for the appreciative crowds. I certainly hadn’t seen a Strfighter in […]
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Apr 06, 2013 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Warbirds | Tags: aerobatics, canvas gallery wrap for sale, color photographic print, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, Jet plane, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-14e II, Nikon D800, rapid rate of vertical climb, Richard King Photography, TICO Warbird Airshow, Titusville, USA, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
So I am back on the trail shooting warbirds. Because this could be the last airshow the Thunderbirds perform at this year ( because of Sequestration, thanks to those wise men in Washington – the Party that Likes to say NO to common sense) I have been at the TICO Warbird Airshow in Titusville Florida. It has […]
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Mar 24, 2013 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Color Images, Warbirds, WArbirds | Tags: A-4 Skyhawk, color photograph, explosion, Explosions, fine art print, fire, flames, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, low pass flying, military aircraft, Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8G ED VRII, Nikkor TC-20 III, Nikon D4, photograph, Richard King, Richard King Photography, smoke, TICO Warbird Airshow, USA, war plane, Warbird | Leave A Comment »
Often, as a child, airplanes were referred to as the “big silver bird”. This description was aimed at civilian commercial airliners rather than military ‘planes (the military always applied camouflage schemes to make their aircraft less visible to the enemy). However, recently, with the restoration of old warbirds (such as the P-51 Mustang, B17 Flying […]
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Apr 16, 2012 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Black and White Images, Warbirds | Tags: "Maid in the Shade", air to air, Arizona, AZ, B-25 Mitchell, black and white, D3X, Falcon Field, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Mesa, military aircraft, monochrome, Moose Peterson Workshop, Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8G ED VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikon, photograph, Richard King Photography, silver bird, T-6 Texan, USA, war plane, Warbird | 5 Comments »
The Black Diamond Jet Team are a rare commodity in our skies inasmuch as they are civilian owned. During the 2012 season they are fully sponsored by United Bank Card, Inc. Thank you United Bank Card, Inc. The Arctic Camouflage is a very bright scheme albeit in black, white and grey, but to me as […]
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Apr 11, 2012 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Black and White Images, Warbirds | Tags: Arctic Camouflage, black and white, black and white print, Black Diamond Jet Team, clouds, D3X, Fine Art Prints, FL, Florida, Florida International Air Show, formation flying, L-39 Albatros, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Mig-17, military aircraft, monochrome, Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 VRII, Nikon, photograph, Photography, Punta Gorda, Richard King, Richard King Photography, Russian, United Bank Card Inc., USA, war plane, Warbird | 2 Comments »
Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 G VRII AF-S Having made the decision to move away from shooting film in my Hasselblad “V” series cameras I spent over a year agonizing “do I go Hasselblad H4D or Nikon D3X?”. A key reason for choosing the Nikon path was that I could (eventually) get long lenses and return to Wildlife […]
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Apr 03, 2012 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Birds, Color Images, Gear, Warbirds, Wildlife | Tags: (Ardea alba), (Ardea herodias), Arctic Camouflage, Beechcraft, Black Diamonds, Blue Angels, Blue Sky, Boeing, clouds, color, Common Egret, D3X, dawn, F-4U Corsair, F/A-18 Hornet, F8F Bearcat, fine art print, FL, Florida, Florida International Air Show, formation, Golden Hour, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Great White Egret, Grumman, Korean War, L-39 Albatros, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, mating plumage, Mig-17, military aircraft, Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 VRII, Nikon, photograph, Photography, Punta Gorda, Richard King Photography, Russian, spring, sunrise, The Rookery, Trainer, Twin Beech 18, U.S. Navy, United States, USA, Venice, Vought, war plane, Warbird, WWII | 1 Comment »
Up in the air, bouncing around in the back of a Short Brothers’ Skyvan with the back door open, on a Moose Peterson workshop, and I think this guy wants to come aboard and join us! The air behind the Skyvan is very rough as it is not an aerodynamically shaped design – roughly square […]
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Mar 22, 2012 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Color Images, The American SouthWest, Warbirds | Tags: Arizona, AZ, CAF, color, Commemorative Air Force, Cripes A' Mighty, D3X, Falcon Field, fighter plane, Fine Art Prints, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, military aircraft, Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8G ED VRII, Nikon, P-51, P-51 Mustang, Photography, pilot, Richard King, TC, USA, war plane, Warbird, World War II, WWII | 3 Comments »
This beautiful aircraft in polished metal finish just cries out to me BLACK & WHITE ! So here is the first crop (pun intended, although I don’t crop!) of the images for the T-6 Texan trainer. (Taken on an Air2Air workshop with Moose Peterson). Hope you enjoy!
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Mar 21, 2012 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Black and White Images, WArbirds, Warbirds | Tags: Air 2 Air, American SouthWest, Arizona, AZ, black and white, CAF, Commemorative Air Force, Commercial Use, D3X, Editorial Use, Falcon Field, Fine Art Prints, Licensed Use, military aircraft, Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8G ED VRII, Nikon, photograph, Richard King Photography, T-6, T-6 Texan, TC-17EII, Trainer, USA, Warbird, Warplane | 1 Comment »
I arrived at Falcon Field in Mesa a day before my photography workshop began (another story to follow). To get a feel for the location I headed into the Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) to look around and get some “static” images of their aircraft. I was surprised to see this Ural […]
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Mar 18, 2012 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Color Images, Warbirds | Tags: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8, American SouthWest, Arizona, Aviation, AZ, CAF, Commemorative Air Force, D3X, Falcon Field, Mesa, military aircraft, Museum, photograph, Photography, Russian, Ural Sidecar Motorcycle, USA, Warbird, Yak 52 | 3 Comments »
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