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Cherskiy
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 3701 Location: near Amble, Northumberland
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:26 pm Post subject: (Not so) freezing cold and windy - again |
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Popped down to Wales for the day yesterday to try out my new Canon 40D - rather impressed with the 6.5 frames per second rate of fire. Worth the hours spent driving from and to Newcastle!
I've already had one of the pilots in touch for a copy of the relevant photo.... _________________ Author: “To the Ends of the Earth: A Snapshot of Aviation in North-Eastern Siberia, Summer 1992”
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Spanners
Joined: 05 Jan 2008 Posts: 169 Location: Lincolnshire
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Cherskiy
Yet another set of fantastic photos. My grandson will be over the moon when I show them to him.
Spanners _________________ Useful for tightening nuts. |
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RockitRon
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 7646
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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Excellent photos, I envy you (I think I've said that before), although perhaps not the long wait for something to come along.
Your turn of phrase about the Canon 40D just popped a thought into the old head - if you can get such close and finely detailed shots has anyone considered the security risk involved? _________________ Ron |
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Cherskiy
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 3701 Location: near Amble, Northumberland
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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RockitRon wrote: | Your turn of phrase about the Canon 40D just popped a thought into the old head - if you can get such close and finely detailed shots has anyone considered the security risk involved? |
I don't think so, since any new bit of kit are usually hidden under fairings, bumps or panels - we might surmise as to what something new is hiding but as to what the new kit is, then until it's released into the public domain officially, then your guess is as good as mine.
If you're talking about someone wanting to shoot one of these things down, they could do that equally as well from somewhere within sight of the approach to an airfield - I've always maintained that security at airports doesn't allow for someone with a SAM trying to shoot down an aircraft on take-off or landing.... If someone was standing on a hillside trying to do that, they'd have a long walk up with the gear and a long walk back down again - too long for a getaway.
As for the Canon 40D, the rate of fire helps me to get more pictures of a single pass - whereas I could get maybe three or four with the old 350D, I can obtain twenty or thirty with the new body. In the end, though, your camera is really only as good as the lens bolted on the front. _________________ Author: “To the Ends of the Earth: A Snapshot of Aviation in North-Eastern Siberia, Summer 1992”
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Barkingbiker
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 2313 Location: Lincolnshire
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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Tremendous photos Cherskiy, I just find it so hard to believe you are stood on terra firma when you take these wonderful aircraft photos, truly amazing.
BB _________________ Old Bikers Never Die, our leathers just get tighter! |
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Briant
Joined: 02 Jun 2007 Posts: 964 Location: Liverpool England UK
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Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:27 am Post subject: Question..... |
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Agreed, great photos! Do you 'pan' when taking these shots? I would think so given the blurring of the background. |
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Cherskiy
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 3701 Location: near Amble, Northumberland
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Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:09 pm Post subject: Re: Question..... |
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Briant wrote: | Do you 'pan' when taking these shots? I would think so given the blurring of the background. |
Yep, it's all in the panning technique - something that sounds easy in theory but in practice can be extremely difficult (especially if you're battling the elements too).
A few more pictures from Wednesday, including a quick self-portrait, taken at 0900 when the cloudbase was still quite low:
_________________ Author: “To the Ends of the Earth: A Snapshot of Aviation in North-Eastern Siberia, Summer 1992”
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John W
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK
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Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, you've got a big one Cherskiy
Truly fab photos.
So, the HQ spot you on their radar and send all these planes out to wave at you? |
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Cherskiy
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 3701 Location: near Amble, Northumberland
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Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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John W wrote: | So, the HQ spot you on their radar and send all these planes out to wave at you? |
Something like that, John.... I'm entitled to something back for the taxes I pay! _________________ Author: “To the Ends of the Earth: A Snapshot of Aviation in North-Eastern Siberia, Summer 1992”
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Barkingbiker
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 2313 Location: Lincolnshire
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Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:11 pm Post subject: Re: Question..... |
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Cherskiy wrote: |
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If you're going to have one, have a big un; and boy is that a big un!!
BB _________________ Old Bikers Never Die, our leathers just get tighter! |
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gfloyd
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 4861 Location: Here, There, Everywhere.
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Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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Yet again some fantastic photos!
Btw what is the propellor plane doing in the midst of all the jets? _________________ His name was ernie ........ and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west..... |
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Cherskiy
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 3701 Location: near Amble, Northumberland
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Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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gfloyd wrote: | Btw what is the propellor plane doing in the midst of all the jets? |
It's a 45[R] Sqdn King Air doing a multi-engined training sortie - the second of two to fly through the "Loop" that day, and only the third I've ever photographed at low level. Chances are the trainee pilot will end up on a Hercules squadron and end up doing the same mission at some stage (in a much bigger, four-engined aircraft).
RAF King Airs are routinely allowed down to 250 feet in certain areas on low flying sorties - here it was probably at around 300 feet.
One final shot from the day out - almost worth the four hour drive in the morning and the five hour return trip alone!
_________________ Author: “To the Ends of the Earth: A Snapshot of Aviation in North-Eastern Siberia, Summer 1992”
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