For the final blog post about this year’s Malta International Airshow I’m sharing a collection of photos for the headline act – the display from the Royal Air Force aerobatic team, the Red Arrows. Click on any of the photos to use the gallery viewer. Continue reading RAF Red Arrows
The penultimate set from this year’s Malta International Airshow shows the Swiss Air Force PC-7 TEAM, an aerobatic team of the Swiss Air Force, based on the Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer aircraft. These were much easier to track, as of course the turboprop engine doesn’t really compare with a jet engine. Personally, I find propeller aircraft to be much nicer than jets. But then I … Continue reading Swiss Air Force PC-7 TEAM
I still have a handful of photos from the Malta International Airshow earlier this autumn, which I would like to share before the year is out. I said I’d write more frequently to get these posts out, but it has taken three weeks for me to actually start doing so… Today I’m sharing two photos of Solo Türk, the aerobatic team of the Turkish Air … Continue reading Solo Türk
Lately it seems I’ve started making photos again. Due to a shortage of partners I haven’t gone climbing this last week, which is a bit of a pity of course. But it also meant that I had time to dedicate to other interests. In this case, I went for a photo outing, shooting another country chapel, and exploring another one which is a bit out … Continue reading Swiss F/A-18C Hornet
For a few weeks I’ll be continuing with photos from the Malta International Airshow, held in early autumn this year. I’m sure that for many aircraft enthusiasts and airshow visitors, the highlights tend to be the jet fighters. While their planned function is at best a sobering reality, there can be no doubt about the engineering ingenuity involved in their design and production. I recall … Continue reading Rafale C
I thought I’d start this week with a few initial photos from the Malta International Airshow, which took place a month ago, mostly on the waters above St Paul’s Bay. For this event I headed up to Xemxija, and the cliffs of Rdum Irxaw, on the opposite side of the bay. I figured the point of view would be as good as I could hope … Continue reading Malta International Airshow
It’s getting to a point where the recent photos I’m sharing are not too far removed from the throwback ones. Mostly, of course, this is due to the inevitable fact that I tend to shoot much less over summer. And with the situation as it is, I haven’t been travelling either. Well, perhaps the former is not entirely true, but the photos I’ve taken recently … Continue reading Luna
I’m continuing this series of throwback photos from a walk in Il-Majjistral last autumn, this time with a view north towards the well-known red tower in Mellieħa. In the foreground one can see the headland enclosing Il-Prajjiet, possibly better know as Anchor Bay, where there remains the “Popeye Village” set from the 1980 Disney film, now a tourist attraction. (This explains the houses with pitched … Continue reading It-Torri ta’ Sant’Agata
I’m starting this week by sharing a couple of photos, taken within a short time of each other, on one of our short ambles along the Dingli cliffs over the last few weeks. I don’t often take sunset photos, not because they’re rather cliché, but simply because I find it hard to translate the sense of the experience into a photograph. Sometimes I do come … Continue reading Sunset
For this week’s throwback post I’m sharing another photo from that walk in Il-Majjistral last autumn. I remember I had my long telephoto lens fitted, looking for details in the landscape, when this horse and rider showed up along the path we were soon to walk. With such a beautiful beast I just couldn’t resist, and barely had time to compose before the angles would … Continue reading Horse Riding at Il-Majjistral
The last month or so has had me more active again on the drone front. I finally went through the A2 Certificate of Competency examination process, which now allows me to fly the Mavic 2 in subcategory A2 (i.e. closer to people, primarily). I also had my first flight in a restricted area, after going through all the necessary procedures to obtain permission. It’s a … Continue reading Sunset Drone Flight
Last Saturday I set up an early alarm to wake myself up in time to shoot the moonset. It’s something I have not done in a very long time. Too long, in fact, for once one gets over the mental confusion and general grumpiness of waking up so early, it’s all a rather enjoyable experience. The sweet morning air, the sense of quietness around as … Continue reading Moonset Over Lija Church
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