Reconnaissance Spitfire
by Chris Lord
Title
Reconnaissance Spitfire
Artist
Chris Lord
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
The Spitfire in this picture is the world’s only airworthy PR.XI, PL965/R G-MKXI, owned by Peter Teichman and kept as part of the Hangar XI Collection at North Weald.
Of all the roles undertaken by the Supermarine Spitfire, one task in which it excelled was photographic reconnaissance (�photo-recce� or �PR�). The final variant of the Spitfire family to be built specifically as a specialist photo-recce aircraft, optimised for flight at high speed and high altitude, was the Spitfire PR Mk XIX. Of the total of 20,341 Spitfires produced only 225 were built as PR XIXs and some might argue that these are the most elegant-looking of all Spitfires. Today, there are only four examples of this ultimate Spitfire in the world in airworthy condition.
This photo was made with a 50 mp full frame Canon EOS 5DSR on "Battle of Britain Day" during a recent trip to the UK. Further work was accomplished in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.
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September 29th, 2015
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Comments (6)
Chris Lord
Much thanks to LENORE SENIOR for a FEATURE for this image in the group "OLD MASTERS - PHOTOGRAPHERS AND DIGITAL ARTS"
Chris Lord
Very pleased to be able to thank JEFFREY MIKLUSH for the kindness of a FEATURE in the group "AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS"
Jeffrey Miklush
Congratulations, your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a Feature on the home page of the Amateur Photographers – 1 per Day Limit group !!
Chris Lord replied:
I'm just delighted to see this featured already, thank you so much Jeffrey, it's hugely appreciated. Cheers
Meg Shearer
It's wonderful Chris! L/F!
Chris Lord replied:
Hi Meg, I had another great year at the airshows over the pond except the one day that the Hawker Hunter crashed on the road and killed a bunch of folks. Lots of rain too but ended up with some terrific new shots to work with. Thank you very much indeed. Cheers
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