Swansea bay airshow 2022 part 3

 These are the last of the airshow photos.  With most of the aircraft so far away I haven't even bothered trying to crop them as the quality will get even worse than some of those posted.

Wet flowers (F)

 

 Well I have a really fun day planned for today.... I'm going to spend it touring the various disability shops in my area... Thrilling or what!!  No wait? Actually a totally boring miserable crap bloody day, like most of the others.

More wet flowers.

 

Swansea bay airshow 2022 part 2

 

 Swansea bay airshow... or giant seagull attacks Lancaster bomber....  As father Ted said, "one is big a long way away, the other is small and close up Dougal"  You get the idea.

Wet flowers (E)

 

 Yet another batch of flowers, on the plus side theres more airshow to come too.

 

 

Swansea bay airshow 2022

 

 Well I've been to this years airshow.  While a decent show and selection of types the show suffers a major problem.  Most of the aircraft are way too far away from the crowd to see properly.

 Being serious the smaller aircraft were dots in the sky from the crowd line, seriously, they were way further away than the current regulations as issued from the CAA (I chcked) For example the standard for light aircraft and helicopter displays is 150 metres, the spitfire as an example was probably at least 700 metres and a lot further than that most of the time.  Even large fast jets are only required to be 450 metres away.

 An airshow is a great family day out, but the public needs to be able to see the aircraft without a telescope.

 This is the first of three batches of pics, all are large crops from a long lens.  I've reached the conclusion it's frankly not worth going just to take photographs unless you have something like at least a 600mm lens, and then you'll be cropping in.  I honestly dont think I'll bother going again.

Just walking.

 

 This chap was just walking along minding his own business when I spotted him as pretty much the only thing in focus.  It looked a good pic so I snapped him.

 Shot on the old camera with my 18-250mm walk around lens.

 

 

Wet flowers (D)

 The next batch of wet flowers.  And an umbrella...