I shot this one at an Air Show.
planes.CR2 (22.5 MB)
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I like planes, right up there with trains…
I see the same sort of challenge I’ve faced wtih trains, nice detail lost in shadow because the subjects are so big you can’t move them around in the light 
. So, I may have the math wrong, in rawproc I tried a poor-man’s tonemap by first adding -1.0 exposure compensation, then setting the black/white points. A bit of curve just to mess with it, then crop, resize, and sharpen.
Very nice examples shown. I must say that B/W does seem to suit that plane.
Here is a more interesting plane and composure, I think…
SpeedPlane.CR2 (20.1 MB)
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Rhymes too.
So sleek and beautiful!
I think the second photo is great as is. Here is my attempt for the first one.
darktable: planes.CR2.xmp (4.0 KB)
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Nice job msd, I like it.
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Here is an attempt to isolate the main subject from the background distraction using the latest photoflow 20180821_1454 developed by @Carmelo_DrRaw.
planes1.jpg.pfi (40.0 KB)
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The white one eating the dark one. Gluttony !
I’m more of a nose guy, but the fit and finish on the speed-plane is delicious.
planes.CR2.pp3 (10.7 KB)
SpeedPlane.CR2.pp3 (10.8 KB)
Both in RawTherapee 5.4-dev
I would like to contribute a b&w version, too. I have tried to make it look like film 
darktable: planes_01.CR2.xmp (3.3 KB)
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