David Ashby Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Just thought I'd start a new thread in this, the new photography section for that photo/s of which you're most proud. It may not be technically brilliant, you may have got lucky, it may be a favourite model? Tell us the story..... Edited By David Ashby - RCME on 29/06/2012 16:04:25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn K Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Just to kick this off - with a non model related image.... I used to be heavily into Exhbition (pictorial/art) photography. This was taken with an Olympus OM-2 on probably HP5 film and processed and printed in my home darkroom. The lighting was dreadful, the image was slightly solarised (post flashing half way through development) and then lifted with a little bleaching. The full size image is 12"x16". I appreciate that this sort of stuff is not everyones cup of tea, but for me this was one image that I worked through from conception to processing and the result is more or less what I "visualised". A week later, the shanty houses were all demolished. Martyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby Posted June 29, 2012 Author Share Posted June 29, 2012 I'll kick off with this one.......three. Popping up to Bickley to shoot the TJD lads flying their warbirds a couple of years ago. John Mason's lovely P-51 had just taken to the air and was scooting around. It was, and is (since repair), a lovely machine. I've cropped some of these. So here it was doing passes......looking very pretty. Then the elvator failed and it belly flopped into the deck.....I had the posh L series lens on a D400 body and was looking away (so not down the viewfinder) and just turned round and pressed the button hoping I'd get lucky. A rubbish shot just caught the moment of impact. I kept the finger down..... ...and just got lucky. I think the lens helped really. Now you might say that this is a terrible shot to be proud of? Well, I'm not really proud as such but it's a lesson in luck and always having the camera on the rapid fire 'sport setting' just in case. It's kind of eerily fascinating too though. Amongst other things, you can pick out a servo in flight. John repaired the model and it's presently hanging from the ceiling in the shop. Edited By David Ashby - RCME on 29/06/2012 16:19:49 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn K Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 That is amazing for a 'lucky' point and shoot. I am also amazed the pilot didn't eject as everything else seems to have done. Fantastic Martyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclicscooby Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Posted by David Ashby - RCME on 29/06/2012 16:16:41: John repaired the model and it's presently hanging from the ceiling in the shop. For sale - P-51. Good condition, one careful owner... !! LOL... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eck Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 This one was taken by Mrs. Eck at our Open Day last month. She used a Canon Eos D300 with a Canon 55-250mm zoom lens. Cropped in Photoshop. The model, which belongs to Graham from the Aberdeen Club, is now under repair and will fly again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Well I had some perfect light one day at Ashbourne, and funnily enough some of my favs come from that day. similar vein to Davids This last one reminds me of an Airfix box top... Cheers Danny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby Posted June 29, 2012 Author Share Posted June 29, 2012 Lucky is the word for that one. I like the shanty house Martyn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclicscooby Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Danny's last one is brilliant... Every shot I take, no matter how 'arty' I get, doesn't have any soul, for want of a better description.. I put this down to the point n shot camera's that dont have the settings mentioned in the camera post... The one's I like aren't going to impress, especially on a flying site, but they're the only ones that I think have a 'mood'.... All too dark, and the forth isn't even in focus.. !! Close ups of my 1/8 Landy, after I 'scaled' it.. Which i'm really chuffed with.. They work, for me, as a 'teaser' to a full pic, plus I like the 'dazzle' from the lights.. . . . Luv Point-n-hope Chrisie.. xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concorde Speedbird Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 It's not a great picture, but here it is. That is my Funfly on her maiden flight. This is my Mum who caught the Funfly just after take off. Very satisfying. If you want to see my favourite picture, it would probably be this one. CS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby Posted June 29, 2012 Author Share Posted June 29, 2012 Very nice CS, very satisfying to see your own creation taking to the skies. Re Concorde, great pic but we're looking for pics you've taken yourself, unless you took that one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouncebounce crunch Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 @D Ashby i see a bounce a bounce oh crunch! cap for readers choice? maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dav84 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Not Rc but still a fav i took at Goodwood Revival Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Posted by Cyclicscooby on 29/06/2012 16:40:25: Danny's last one is brilliant... Thanks Chrisie, I sat and waited for hours for the models to allign perfectly like that Chrisie..........not! its just luck as others have said at least 20 - 1 ratio. I took 1300 pics that day........ side on is probably going to be boring try and get a shot when the wing is raised nearly always looks good. Cheers Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouncebounce crunch Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 @Eck -that is an absolute disgrace, those Americans were well short of the threshhold and you just stood there in the tower and watched them fall short, shame shame shame! by the way was there any icecream on the day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concorde Speedbird Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Posted by David Ashby - RCME on 29/06/2012 16:50:22: Very nice CS, very satisfying to see your own creation taking to the skies. Re Concorde, great pic but we're looking for pics you've taken yourself, unless you took that one? I wish I did... Danny's last model one is brilliant, two in one! Just like an Airfix kit! CS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Look closely at the rigging in third one too CS....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclicscooby Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Do on-board aerial pics count..?? These tell a story in five pics... I recently made an error, and came out of a spin, downwind, on a V. windy day, resulting in a 'scraping' with the ground, and loss of key-fob camera.... Here's it's view of the incident.. Ground approaching.. FAST.. . Hitting the deck... . Followed by 2 seconds of black n white lines..!!! A camera equivalent to seeing stars I suppose.. . Then Blurry, Too close, Grass for 2mins, before I found it... . Finally, my curious face, as I found it... Complete with Head-cam, before you ask.. Luv Chrisie.. xx Edited By Cyclicscooby on 29/06/2012 17:26:36 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouncebounce crunch Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Now Chrisie if you are going to be looking down on us like that after smoking grass there might be a problem? hehehmmm. no offence -key fob photo? -please help. thank you. bbc Edited By bouncebouncecrunch on 29/06/2012 17:50:13 Edited By David Ashby - RCME on 29/06/2012 19:33:11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bott Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 I like the Landy one Chrissie, very nice. Here's one of my favourites, from Duxford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eck Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 @BBC - no ice cream, just the usual burgers and bacon rolls! Graham, the pilot, hadn't noticed that the fence isn't parallel to the runway but cuts across it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclicscooby Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Absolutely none taken BBC... Key-fob, is a small video n stills camera that looks like a car alarm key-fob.. It's for covert serveilance, like the pen and button camera's, etc, but we attach them to planes, cuz they're cheap (£30 GB) light, and small... Mines only half-HD @ 720p, but full HD versions are available online.. I'd love to post a pic for you, but it already looks like 'Chrisie's Slide Show', so I'll refrain.. HTH's.. Luv Chrisie.. xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Reeves Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Photos taken at Catton Hall 2011 on a very windy day, apart from the Tornado which took a nose dive on being launched. Edited By Chris Bott - Moderator on 29/06/2012 19:54:28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 I would love to be a landscape photographer but I know I never will be. However once in a blue moon I see a picture and take it. Just occasionally I take one that I am pleased with. I really like this, especially because the clouds mirror the cart track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclicscooby Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 The Corsair looks cool with the dark cloud above it.. Or is that a filter.?? Cart track Pete..? Thats a runway.. Luv Chrisie.. xx Edited By Cyclicscooby on 29/06/2012 18:34:30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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