All great captures of the airshow Terry, but for me the last one would be the choice. Reason? I like the inclusion of the sea as well as the sky, and it is an unusual viewpoint. The ones against the sky itself are probably too cliched – one of the guys in my club has many similar photos in his flickr gallery for instance from Sunday. But the last one just has something a bit different. Whether it would do well in competition, I dont know…..the diagonal in number 3 is very strong, and it might fare better? dunno. lol
What I thnk of these: I like them, not something you see everyday (for me anyway!)
If I had to pick one & why: Number 3, nice composition, and all seem sharp and I like the sun catching the cockpits (or maybe its vomit? :P )…. I like the last one too, but it lost me due to the “messy” sky – specifically the trails from previous manouvers…. otherwise it would get my vote. You should have asked them to do it again on some clean sky!
Last one for me too, the sea and landscape help give the scale.
I was playing a football match on Sat in Belfast and these red arrows roared over the pitch (albeit a few hundred feet above). Both teams stood and gasped at the speed of them :-)