Why?

Steps not needed for this one. 😮

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2253449/Plane-spotting-enthusiasts-come-inches-death-military-aircraft-misses-runway.html

:p

I can ban people you know?

Moggy 😀

Didn’t need a stepladder (or lights) for my last photo shoot……:p

light painted bell jetranger… 30 secs on kit lens lit with car headlights etc etc etc…

And at the end of all that work you have picture (all be it a good one) of a bloody eggbeater 😉

Moggy

Idiots & a right royal pain in the ar5e to boot, nothing screams complete & utter tool more than these buffoons wandering around an air display looking like they’re about to paint the ceiling.

I can wholly endorse this book Dr, and by a fine author, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/U-K-Airports-and-Airfields-A-Spotters-Guide-by-Tim-Laming-Paperback-2000-/261094781430?pt=Non_Fiction&hash=item3cca7631f6

Is that what constitutes an apology for my “wild Assumption” then?

I guess not.

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i believed there was none needed for either side !! as it is just healthy debate !!

How does one compete in photography? Surely judging just becomes a matter of taste (snobbery)?

Why would snobbery come into it? I’ve judged competitions, and never treated anyone with contempt; also, as far as I’m concerned, I have nothing about which I can be snobbish.

Is that what constitutes an apology for my “wild Assumption” then?

I guess not.

Nice picture BTW. Not my cup of tea as it looks contrived and unnatural but well done all the same.

light painted bell jetranger 30 secs on kit lens lit with car headlights , flash , blue gel on flash fired into cockpit to compliment the blue colours on aiframe and to contrast with its opposite colour on the colour wheel ( orange ) given off by the street lights main airframe placed on rule of thirds lines intersection

1/20th sec is the obvious 20 secs is your wild presumption a gently flowing stream would be a smooth blur at that shutter speed !!

canooist fully manual f22 @ 20 sec handheld on 70-300 @300 end ( breathing optional )

Well? Not really a wild presumption; rather a simple reading of your post.:)

1/20th sec is the obvious 20 secs is your wild presumption a gently flowing stream would be a smooth blur at that shutter speed !!

1/20 sec I can just about believe but 20 secs? It would hugely overexposed even at f32.

As far as aircraft photos are concerned and the fact that very few seem to meet your high standard, maybe you could post some of your own so we can judge for ourselves?

It’s this one that has me stumped, how do you get that face pin sharp at that speed and focal length, is the canoe cemented to the river bed:diablo:

as the video demonstrates although paddlingupstream there are moments when the canoe and paddler are still in the water

as said it is a matter of observing your subject and knowing what you want to achieve because of the shutter speed used even at the lowest iso it was still overexposing so f22 was the only option as i had no ND filter to loose a few stops as i was travelling light on my bike

http://youtu.be/6Gsy30C0BzQ

exactly but photography is so much more than blindly following sharp focus some follow that end missing the shot because they didn’t view it as perfect focus

i don’t enter comps that have the same staid judges every time ( you get to know what individuals want to see and you blindly follow what they want )

comps i enter are judged by the previous weeks winner

as far as equipment goes there is a lot of bull**** sold by companies selling you gear i have won and been placed using a second hand 3mp fuji s3000 baught on ebay for 25 quid ( not a brilliant camera ) but used in the right conditions with a realy nice 100 ISO setting it could give superb results and beat off many 1000’s of quidsworth dslr owners

i go to my anual photographic clubs exhibition and many exhibit year after year slightly difrent shots from the same shoot , this doesn’t tell me they are a good consistent all round photographer it tells me they knew one subject in one type of lighting and had one good afternoons shooting

irony sees these hopeless togs winning club events as no doubt they are fantastic shots but they have learned very little but how to do one subject in one light on one setting !!

and that is the difrence it is laughed by most of these guys using step ladders good photography practice is exploring all options it may only be a little difrence but that marginal difrence can make a difrence

for instance i waas stood in a multi story building when discussing this subject originaly and was experimenting with views of objects and it is suprising how small a movement can give totaly differing views over distance

there was a church obscured by a closer building but a move sideways revealed it movement ( less than 2 ft )

what a lot forget as well is just because it is at hieght doesn’t mean it will be one type of view they may also experiment against slightly difrent cloud formation and slightly differing exposures

i look at a lot of the aircraft shots on here ( most are fantastic quality ) but few are what i class as good photographicly !! why ?? because most cater to only one group aviation fanatics so most follow being superb reccord shots with very little photographic art !!

but as said they are terrific work towards thier purpose

i think personaly i have only seen one shot that filled both areas brilliantly and that was a small in the frame mono looking spitfire take off shot with superb tones and a superb surrounding landscape and perfect lighting as happens it had great focus too but in all fairness on that image that was a small considderation as everything else was leaps and bounds above most others !!

How does one compete in photography? Surely judging just becomes a matter of taste (snobbery)?

T64, What were the min and max F stops on your 300mm lense?.
I dug out an old Canon 300mm EF lense, and at the max range, hand held, you could see distortion at the edges.Certainly not as good as the I.S. Lense I have.
Jim.
Lincoln .7

tamron 70-300 f4 f5.6 also goes down to f32 , distortion has never been an issue for me certainly never been an issue when it has beaten more expensive gear in competition

ppp

So it’s YOU I see at airshows, flogging these products.:D

Jim.
Lincoln .7

A new tool in the war against step ladders…

and a new tool in the war against windbreak fortresses…

T64, What were the min and max F stops on your 300mm lense?.
I dug out an old Canon 300mm EF lense, and at the max range, hand held, you could see distortion at the edges.Certainly not as good as the I.S. Lense I have.
Jim.
Lincoln .7