Skip Stewart and Prometheus Aircraft Aviation Photo
Skip Stewart and Prometheus Aircraft Aviation Photo
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Aerobatics pilot Skip Stewart flies his plane, Prometheus, a modified Pitts Special biplane on a knife edge maneuver with the whole plane sliding from right to left across the frame with the nose pointed to the upper left and tail to the lower right. White smoke trails toward the right as the plane seems to hang in mid-air. The black, red and black & white checkered paint scheme contrast nicely as blue skies serve as a backdrop.
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Skip Stewart and Prometheus Aircraft Aviation Photography Information
Goal of the Photo
Renowned air show pilot Skip Stewart performed a series of amazing aerobatic maneuvers while flying at the 2021 Decatur 75th Anniversary Air Show. This maneuver showed off the knife edge flight capabilities of his modified Pitts Special called "Prometheus". With this photo I wanted to show off both the power and agility of the aircraft as well as a different perspective than one might see in a more typical aviation photo.
With this photo a combination of power and agility is captured. The smoke trailing off to the right and the blur of the spinning propeller give the viewer a sense of movement, however the nearly top-down perspective shown adds interest as a moment frozen in time. It is left up the the viewers imagination as to what happens next.
Photo Post Processing
While in Adobe Lightroom, this photo had the highlights and blacks taken down, shadows and whites raised up along with an increase in exposure. Tint was slightly lowered to balance out the colors and contrast. The Corcoran Studio logo was added in the lower right in Photoshop and the photo was exported for the web.
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