Lord Of The Fliers

Can I Jump In the Back For A While?

Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON

This is one of three US Navy Super Hornets off the USS Kitty Hawk. They were sitting on the ground at the Air Show and I was trying to work the best camera angles from the perimeter of the cordoned-off area. I was directly behind this aircraft when I noticed the chopper making a stately approach in the background. Because of its leisurely approach, I was able to take the best angle available and I was lucky that I wasn't shooting straight into the late-afternoon sun. If I had been, it would have negated the brilliant colours of this shot.