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Published: 2009-07-29 01:41:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 604; Favourites: 11; Downloads: 0
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Edited version of [link]AirVenture 2005 in Oshkosh Wisconsin
I forgot to upload this at the time...oops!
Enjoying Warbirds, I believe the best time to capture them is at sunset, as it is a bygone era, but still holds the romanticism of dogfights of the old days.
(c) Collegekid
Some things that I would enjoy feedback on:
Composition: Is the angle unique with the horizon and background?
Editing: Did I Oversaturate the colors TOO much? Should I edit out the "Control Tower" on the left side? Should I try this with a different filter (B & W, Sepia, Canotype)?
Overall: Any comments that may help me improve on capturing aircraft. Thanks!
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I really like the colrs, the pink and the aquamarine sky look great above the dark emerald green grass, and the cobalt bue tinge of the plain stets the whole thing off.Overall I really enjoyed this peice.
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Beautiful picture 
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Thank you very much! ^^
I've actually been thinking of calming the sky down just a touch so it's not so stark.
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Love this! Pictures of old airplanes always fascinate me, because they're so much more free and birdlike than the airplanes we have today.
Love the colours in the sky, the clarity of the logo in paint, and the angle. Looks like he could take off any second, and still feels peaceful.
And yes, get rid of the control tower. It's distracting.
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Beautiful sky, I wish I saw more of it! XD
Strong colours are absolutely working at their best in my eyes. (:
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Wow, when I looked at this photo, all I could think was that the bird was watching the sunrise and having a sense of nostalgia about the old days....
I think that to complete that effect, this picture shouldn't be so saturated, but that's all I can come up with. ^.^"
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Ah yes, the old days where planes had character.
Thank you, I've been toying with the idea of toning it down a bit.
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Really lovely
Other than that, it's just really cool
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Wow. I love the concept of this photo. The way of saying, more or less, at peace. Its beautiful really. And the sky is just amazing. Great job at capturing this. However I would suggest editing the aircraft so it appears brighter. Also, I would keep the tower in the picture, it adds the look of an Army base. But in all, good job!
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I really like this capture. I like the coloring saturated this way I look at the other picture and I think it really adds to the picture
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woah this's good... barely any criticism, the colours are amazing and the angle of the aircraft is interesting and easy viewing, I agree with you that editing out the wallpaper might add to it, you'd really just have to try it and see,and I also agree that those old war planes are wonderfull! ^_^
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;3 so pretty.I like how you edited the sky it makes me focus on the plain and adds a happy filling to it
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Ah, Dawn Patrol.
If you can, that tower can be edited out, unless you have a version with the Aircrafts (P-47 Thunderbolt, right) full wingspan showing. A landscape, rather than profile (left to right rather than up and down) would have suited this aircraft better.
Colors are good also. Sunrise or sunset very nice.
Keep it up.
R/
Howard
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The composition is really good, I like the angle, but it could include a bit more sky and less ground, so it's like the plane is watching the sky
the tower is a bit distracting, but the colors are good, not to oversaturated, but the plane could be darker, more silhouette like
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Well my first impression was sky!It's beautiful and colors are amazing.
Composition also looks good.Everything seems to fit to it's place.
And I don't think tower should be seen here at all.But you can make two versions and see how it works!
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Ps, took another closer look at the fullview, and your highlights did get a bit blown out in the clouds. A little distracting. Maybe if you have the original, or the PSD (or such like thing) you can tone it down.
Also, just a general photo editing tip, use adjustment LAYERS, because you can edit them, and then if you don't like it, you can edit that exact layer. Great for if you surpass the history limit or want to change it later. Just make sure you save the PSD, or else it'll flatten and you'll lose the layer information.
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Editing out the tower might be hard; the easiest move by far is to just (in the future obviously) keep aware of exactly what's in the frame, and move to get rid of distracting objects.
I think I also would have gotten less of the ground. You can fix both of those with a crop, actually.
And I love the colors in it. I don't notice any banding, at least not right off, and that's the main thing to look out for. If there's banding, you did to much.
Hope that helped.
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try it with a sepia filtre on another new piece of work, it would be really interesting
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This would make a cool silhouette! If you blacked out everything except the colours in the sky, it would look nice! I like it as it is too.
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Awesome job. 
I don't think you need to edit out the tower, I didn't really notice it until you asked. Also, I think this shot (or any shot of an aircraft) would look interesting in black and white, but obviously you shouldn't get rid of the colours of this spectacular picture, it's just something to keep in mind in the future.
Lastly, just a little thing, I think the propellor would look better if it wasn't completely parallel to the ground. 
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First of all, great job~ love the picture!
You could take out the tower and such if you'd like however, I wasn't really distracted by it until you pointed it out.
I love the colours of the sky, you could even try to take the shot on a greater angle to make the effect more dramatic.
I think my favorite part is the amazing colours so I think it would take away from the picture if you were to lose those colours in a B&W or sepia setting.
The saturation is a tad bit strong but it's not too too bad.
Keep up the good work ^^
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I like the angle and the framing of this. I do think you should edit out the tower. The colours are oversaturated, but I love how they look. This is entirely subjective. This image would look great on any wall.
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nice picture! i like the colours in the sky, but i feel that the sky is a little overexposed, while the plane is a little dark. perhaps you can tone them slightly? but just slightly, because right now the photo is pretty as it is. i actually think that w/o the control tower will give the photo a better focus, right on the plane. dont worry about the saturation, im loving the colours!
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Very nice colours on the sky there!
Just love it, awesome shot
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