Aviation Photo #0455125 Panavia Tornado IDS - Germany - Navy

Although a still you can almost see, feel and hear the action in this shot

I wonder how many people will realize what they are seeing in this photo! Taken in 2003......it's now 2010....auto-focus lenses were just introduced around that time! And here we see a very powerful, very fast, very high performance jet fighter/bomber, at "eye-ball altitude", blasting off right in front of a huge crowd, ( who are all out of focus ); it was obviously taken with a fairly long focal length lens, from at least 100 feet or so..........yet the Tornado is RAZOR SHARP ! Folks, you are looking at a World-Class photograph, taken by a World-Class photographer ! There are not enough adjectives to do this photo justice ! Bravo, Simon !

Charley

I have to agree with the visitor from the U.S. Expertly photographed in a challenging situation. Impressive work.