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Eleven years after my previous visit, I got to spend three amazing days in Rodrigues.

As I copied files off the D200, I realised that I had not used the Nikon since January. The keepers make me glad that I forced myself to shoot the Farnborough Airshow 2014 fly-bys.

This photo was taken with the D200 and a vintage manual Sirius 70-210mm f/4-5.6. I had to check the metering frequently because the light kept changing. The trick, I found, was to spot-meter on the clouds at +2 EV — as per the zone system — and to let the exposure take care of itself in the rest of the frame.

I am impressed with Photo Ninja. It fixed this picture, which was under-exposed by about 2 EV. It also removed much of the noise that was produced when recovering the shadow details.