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03-JUL-2007

Lansdown Monument and Hercules

Calne, Wiltshire

Just caught the briefest of late sun between the storms.
A Hercules plane from RAF Lyneham was practising circuits.
I have to own up to a little PS jiggery-pokery though to have got the two together!!

Canon EOS 30D ,Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/500s f/8.0 at 100.0mm iso500 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time03-Jul-2007 20:26:50
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 30D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length100 mm
Exposure Time1/500 sec
Aperturef/8
ISO Equivalent500
Exposure Bias-0.67
White Balance
Metering Mode (-1)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Guest 10-Jul-2007 17:56
Excellent job! Nice warm lighting gives it a lot of mood!
Yiannis Pavlis09-Jul-2007 19:27
It is an attractive scene with lovely origin environment
Guest 04-Jul-2007 04:48
Superb light, excellent timing and composition.
Guest 04-Jul-2007 03:49
Nice shot I almost missed the plane!
Robin Reid04-Jul-2007 01:06
Great light and I always approve of a bit of PS jiggery-pokery.
Susan Leigh04-Jul-2007 00:50
A great image JW, well done! v
Cindi Smith03-Jul-2007 23:59
Looks like you got a bit of a faint rainbow in there too! Beautiful shot, John! Fabulous and has my vote!
J. Scott Coile03-Jul-2007 23:44
Woderful color and mood John!
joanteno03-Jul-2007 22:49
Very nice.
nordic03-Jul-2007 22:08
a folly after my own heart!
Guest 03-Jul-2007 22:04
Which function key is the "jiggery pokery" action?
Victoria03-Jul-2007 22:00
Amazing composition, beautiful ,votes
Thierry Lucas03-Jul-2007 21:56
Beautiful.
V.
Stephen Ware03-Jul-2007 21:56
Whatever you did in PS worked well, nice composition and light.
Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography03-Jul-2007 21:18
Beautiful, very nice light and composition, Vote.
Ray :)03-Jul-2007 20:51
A very autumnal shot!
Guest 03-Jul-2007 20:46
wow,love the plane.
Zak03-Jul-2007 20:42
it must be training day, we've had jets flying about over here all day! nice shot
Linda Alstead03-Jul-2007 20:23
circuits and bumps eh? nic pic
Johnny JAG03-Jul-2007 20:08
Great navigation point. Nice catch.