The photos are just so so. None of the guys at the field are very proficient with a camera. Of the dozens of photos taken yesterday only a handful were in focus and only a handful of those were more than tiny specks in the sky (despite the fact that the camera had a 300mm lens). Of the resulting compositions above are the result of my extensive cropping.
And it's not just the photographer's fault. It's very hard to take interesting photos of a model that's just flying in level circles. I would have needed to be making more aggressive type turns cutting at 45 degrees to the flight line, more dives and climbs, more everything. And I would need to bring the model lower and slower...both of which I was hesitant to do yesterday.