Friday 30 July 2010

Sunderland Air Show 2010

We got there on the Saturday, the weather could have been better!

Click on any photo to see it enlarged.



HMS Westminster leaving the river Wear.



The current front line RAF plane, the Typhoon or Eurofighter



and one from the past, the Spitfire



Marines about to land



Miss Demeanour - Hawker Hunter



The Harrier making waves



and from closer up



The Royal Netherland's Air Force F16



Dakota



USAF B17 bomber

I took the Canon 5D and 450D with 70-200 and 100-300 lenses. Most of the shots were taken with the 100-300 on the 450D.

Monday 5 July 2010

Step This Way at Washington Old Hall

For the second successive year the Appalachian style dance team Step This Way were invited to perform at the 4th July celebrations at Washington Old Hall (UK).





This year the organisers had erected a marquee in the grounds, great to keep off the rain but not so good for photography!



Completely airborne!



Women!



Colin always makes a good subject!

Sunday 4 July 2010

Sunderland Kite Festival

Or, to give it its proper title, the Sunderland International Friendship Festival. Click on any image to see a larger view.



I waited for ages to capture the bear inside the colourful ring!



Bollywood Brass - great entertainment from this London based band, made me want to go to see some Bollywood movies!






The expert at work, Kite Flyer Ohye Makoto flies the kite shown directly above.

Canon 5D