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LN Night Shift - 08.09

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 8:43 pm
by James Cutting
Managed to get a couple of hours at Lakenheath Tuesday evening after work for the first night of night flying. Haven't been in 3 years at Lakenheath for nights and forgot how good an experience it was :thumbs: Reapers ruling as usual - though I left too early for the vipers :Oops: Not my best set, but happy with what I got - nice to catch an AV in some lovely light!



1. ImageLN F-15C AF86-0166 493rd FS, getting kitted up by James Cutting, on Flickr




2. ImageAviano F-16 AF89-0178 returning in the golden hour, RAF Lakenheath by James Cutting, on Flickr




3. ImageAviano F-16 AF89-0178 returning in the golden hour, RAF Lakenheath by James Cutting, on Flickr




4. Image2 493rd FS F-15C's on the arming pad by James Cutting, on Flickr




5. Image493rd FS Grim Reapers arming up for night flying by James Cutting, on Flickr




6. ImageLN 493rd FS F-15C taxies to the runway by James Cutting, on Flickr




7. ImageLN F-15C AF86-0160 493rd FS takes off on night ops by James Cutting, on Flickr




8. Image493rd FS Heritage Jet taxies out during Lakenheath's night operations by James Cutting, on Flickr




9. Image493rd FS Heritage Jet waiting on runway 24 before departure by James Cutting, on Flickr




10. Image2 LN F-15C's from the 493rd FS await departure by James Cutting, on Flickr

Re: LN Night Shift - 08.09

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 8:44 pm
by Thunderbolt II
That's great work in low light- really like the burner shot.

Re: LN Night Shift - 08.09

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 8:48 pm
by James Cutting
Cheers! :D Honestly, that was shot at 1/20th handheld I think :lol: the tripod was there but I forgot how cumbersome it is when they move :Oops: Great night though.

Re: LN Night Shift - 08.09

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 8:55 pm
by jalfrezi
Good stuff, really like the first F-16 shot with the forest backdrop, I'm guessing you were up a ladder to get that?

Re: LN Night Shift - 08.09

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:11 pm
by James Cutting
Thanks Nick - I wasn't for that, shot through the fence, opposite last chance/EOR (not sure on proper name)!

Re: LN Night Shift - 08.09

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:59 pm
by Tiger 1
Cracking set there James in difficult light... favourites are shots 6 and 9 but all are superb.πŸ‘

Tim

Re: LN Night Shift - 08.09

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2020 9:02 am
by James Cutting
Cheers Tim, was certainly the challenge!

Re: LN Night Shift - 08.09

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2020 2:06 pm
by Imac
Cracking set James :P Nice work on the detail in those shots considering the low light, top man :thumbs: Thanks for posting :thumb:

Re: LN Night Shift - 08.09

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2020 2:29 pm
by James Cutting
Cheers mate, appreciate the comments :D

Re: LN Night Shift - 08.09

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2020 4:22 pm
by Seacat192
Very good set James πŸ‘πŸ»

An evening well spent!


Roger

Re: LN Night Shift - 08.09

Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 8:03 am
by XWP29
Can’t beat night shots James 😎 see you soon πŸ‘

Re: LN Night Shift - 08.09

Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 9:02 am
by paddyboy
Hi James :P

Awesome Reaper pics, matey :thumbs:

Thanks for posting :thumb:

Hope to see ya soon ;)

Paddy :clap:

Re: LN Night Shift - 08.09

Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 11:06 am
by pg1610
Good set these, like the head on "c"

Re: LN Night Shift - 08.09

Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 5:27 pm
by matt e
nice set,especially #5 and 9

Re: LN Night Shift - 08.09

Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2020 7:49 am
by James Cutting
Seacat192 wrote: ↑
Fri Sep 11, 2020 4:22 pm
Very good set James πŸ‘πŸ»

An evening well spent!


Roger
Thanks mate, it certainly was!!
XWP29 wrote: ↑
Sat Sep 12, 2020 8:03 am
Can’t beat night shots James 😎 see you soon πŸ‘
Certainly can't, looking forward to it!
paddyboy wrote: ↑
Sat Sep 12, 2020 9:02 am
Hi James :P

Awesome Reaper pics, matey :thumbs:

Thanks for posting :thumb:

Hope to see ya soon ;)

Paddy :clap:
Thanks mate, thought you'd appreciate the Reapers ;) fingers crossed!
pg1610 wrote: ↑
Sat Sep 12, 2020 11:06 am
Good set these, like the head on "c"
Thank you :)
matt e wrote: ↑
Sat Sep 12, 2020 5:27 pm
nice set,especially #5 and 9
Cheers Matt

Re: LN Night Shift - 08.09

Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2020 2:03 pm
by Martin T
A very good set of shots

Re: LN Night Shift - 08.09

Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2020 6:10 pm
by James Cutting
Thanks Martin

Re: LN Night Shift - 08.09

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2020 8:53 pm
by Boneyard1
Just caught up on these brilliant shots! Well done,James! Excellent!πŸ‘

Re: LN Night Shift - 08.09

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2020 9:41 pm
by Knife 04
Not bad I guess - at least it was not the β€˜Boris Jet’ you shot at Fairford!

Very nice Jimbo and well jealous of the opportunity! Seem to get better the darker they got πŸ‘πŸ‘

Have a good trip over in the week

Darren (β€˜back in the 80sβ€˜)