Well I got a rare outing from the office today - managed to be invited to the British Army Combined Arms Firepower Demonstration on Salisbury Plain! Was a great afternoon with lots of big toys wizzing about, ranging from Quad bikes, through to Challenger 2 Main Battle Tanks and Apache helicopters.
Needless to say I took the camera along, although the grandstand wasn't great for photo ops, since it was quite a shallow and cramped grandstand. However I did manage to get loads of shots, allbeit 80% had people's head in.....the lighting was also pretty tricky, with a grey but bright sky and dull terrain. Got absolutely covered in dust, since the plain is damn dry at the moment and the Apache hovering overhead kicked up a sandstorm.
Anyway, here are a selection of photos - not by best by any means, but they capture the action well. Let me know what you reckon.
And one last one BOOOOOOMMMM!
There are some more on my Flickr account
Needless to say I took the camera along, although the grandstand wasn't great for photo ops, since it was quite a shallow and cramped grandstand. However I did manage to get loads of shots, allbeit 80% had people's head in.....the lighting was also pretty tricky, with a grey but bright sky and dull terrain. Got absolutely covered in dust, since the plain is damn dry at the moment and the Apache hovering overhead kicked up a sandstorm.
Anyway, here are a selection of photos - not by best by any means, but they capture the action well. Let me know what you reckon.
And one last one BOOOOOOMMMM!
There are some more on my Flickr account
