Having not being run last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this year's Air Festival on the south coast of England was something to look forward to. I have taken few photographs during the summer, and it was time for my telephoto lens to get some use.
As always, such events are at the mercy of the weather, but I didn't think for one moment that the shot above would turn out to be the only useable image I liked the look of for the entire weekend. Taken on day one, it was a casual approach - both in time spent and the chosen spot to work from - thinking that since the weather forecast for the remaining three days was favourable I would get better images then.
How wrong can you be? Although a high pressure system sat on top of the UK for the duration, producing fine, settled conditions, the resulting atmospheric haze and humidity reduced visibility to under 2 miles. Any photography was meaningless as displays disappeared into the murk, and in some cases visibility made worse by their own smoke trails.
Photo- The Red Arrows
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