Air International 2007-05
AIR International Aviation Photographer Of The Year Competition /Photography competition/
Danny Bowie used a relatively slow shutter speed and panned his camera to blur the background of this low-flying Tornado GR.4. The high speed has been further emphasised by the vortices streaming off the wingtips.
Adam Kendall photographed this flyglobespan Boeing 767 as it departed from Manchester Airport's runway 27L into an amazing sunset.
AIR International's 2007 Aviation Photographer of the Year Competition winner is Geoff Spinks, for his dynamic, colourful and perfectly composed photograph of a Swift's display team MiG-29 at the Al Ain airshow.
Although the F-111 is quite small in the picture, Anthony Woolley has emphasised it by framing it within dark clouds and cropping his photograph into a letter box format. It is aptly titled 'Dump 'n' Burn'.
Because of the wide contrast range of the cockpit and exterior Hicham Hobeika has merged two photographs, taken within seconds of each other. The Global Express business jet is on approach to North Bay Airport, Canada.
Could this be a future pilot in the making? Jose Enrique Gonzalez posed his 12 year-old son Enrique for this portrait, which exemplifies 'a passion for aviation'.
Old Warden airfield forms a timeless backdrop for this pastoral view of a Tiger Moth taking off. Eric Grey has captured the theme of 'a passion for aviation' in the look of glee on the face of the passenger in the front cockpit.