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[Daz]

I've got a thread going here so replies would probably be better there.

I was at IWM Duxford yesterday and took 300 photos exactly.
After I weeded most of the duplicates (the lighting in alot of the museum is a nightmare so I had quite a few dark versions then light versions of things) it came down to 267 photos which I've uploaded here.

They're mostly in the order Hanger 1, 2, etcetera then the American Air Museum and the Land Warfare Hall, though we did a second loop of the Land Warfare Hall and American Air museum because my dad realised he'd left his camera on manual and all the pictures since had been nearly totally black and we revisited Hanger 1 on the way out.

I'm certainly not fantastic with a camera and this is the first time I've really used anything remotely complicated, combined with the bad lighting and awkward positions of some of the display pieces there's a couple of ropey pictures in there.
The camera was a Fuji 9600 (9 megapixel) for the people who like to know these things, though the pictures are down to 1024 from 3488 resolution because of Photobucket.

If anyone spots any clearly visible faces in the pictures can you please let me know the DSCF number so I can fix it.

Duxford was an RAF base between 1918 and 1943 operating F.2Bs, Sopwith Snipes, Bristol Bulldogs, Hurricanes, Spitfires and Typhoons. In 1943 it was assigned to the USAAF and known as "Station 357 (DX)" operating P-39, P-47c and P-51 aircraft. In December 1945 the airbase was returned to the RAF and went on to operate Meteors and Javelins until the airbase was abandoned in 1961. In 1968 Duxford was used for the filming of Battle of Britain and one of the original WW1 hangers was destroyed. The base has been used by the Imperial War Museum since 1977 as it was looking for a location for pieces too large to display in its London headquarters. It is now the home of a number of static and usable aircraft and military vehicles.

Here's a set of thumbnails, obviously not of all the pictures:

[Mig Eater]

Thanks I've only been to Duxford once for an air show & didn't get a chance to look around. There are a few there that could be good as cameos too BTW

[Daz]

No worries.

Good point, I've added a note about that in the post (to say it's allowed).