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by volvosneverdie » 19 Jan 2009 05:46 pm
God damn you and your deadly deadly knowledge!
I thought spitfire would be a bit obvious, and hurricanes aint far off really. And for some reason id convinced myself that "the cadilac of the sky" was a p57 'bolt. Fail! Mustang all the way.
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by redline » 19 Jan 2009 06:59 pm
signs of a misspent youth Im afraid
when I was about 14 the scouts introduced an air spotters badge and I was the first scout in the country to get awarded one
Hurricane has a more pronounced cockpit hump and the thunderbolt was a right fat arsed plane compared to the sleek profile of the mustang
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by redline » 19 Jan 2009 07:04 pm
hurricane
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by volvosneverdie » 19 Jan 2009 07:07 pm
wel you learn something new about old-fashioned planes every day.
Or so the saying goes.

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by jtbo » 19 Jan 2009 08:44 pm
Perhaps you guys could help me a bit with sudden problem I happen to have, you see I'm pretty sure my jaw is here nearby as I just dropped it
Awesome pics, keep them coming
Chris, you have snake branch in your pic
He has some nice videos on that site, hard part is remembering those tips when taking photos...:
http://www.dslrtips.com/
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by Chris_C » 19 Jan 2009 08:59 pm
Now you mention it Mick...
Didn't include it orig as it's blurred and underexposed, but hey
Woodoo, the drift and bike crash are both superb!
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by jtbo » 20 Jan 2009 11:08 pm
This photo is not mine, I did just found it from google photos search when searching errr... something
But I think photo like that might be quite interesting and of course challenging to take, but we have only those west european hedgehogs that are really afraid of man these days, very difficult to find one to take photos at, especially at winter when they sleep in pile of leaves or something like that. But certainly I need to try to find such at next summer.
I have bats upstairs, but them are too clever to be seen, many times I have tried to take photo of them, but no, they disappear right when I start pointing camera towards them, very disturbing, like they would be camera shy

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by jtbo » 10 Feb 2009 08:27 pm
Lot to improve, shaked camera a bit and moon was quite brightly illuminating sky, good clear weather without moon and I should get quite nice photo from it

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by jtbo » 10 Feb 2009 08:55 pm
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by Chris_C » 10 Feb 2009 09:19 pm
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by jtbo » 10 Feb 2009 10:01 pm
It was -15 when I took those photos, no gloves and jacket still open, spend more than 3 hours fiddling with adjustments while my fingers started to stop moving one by one
RS200, very nice

Good photos there too, very good sharpness in moving cars, while still capturing movement. Shutter priority and around 1/60s ?
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by jtbo » 10 Feb 2009 10:10 pm
Oh yes, Chris I took those photos within 50 meters from road where are lot of streetlamps, of course there are lot more glow near cities in UK, but give it a go anyway, then you see if pics do have brown or black background
Here it is very much depending from weather if streetlamps are problem or not, sometimes weather is very clear and dry, then those are less of a problem, but I guess it is not very dry in UK at winter as sea is close at all times

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by Chris_C » 11 Feb 2009 01:21 am
jtbo wrote:It was -15 when I took those photos, no gloves and jacket still open, spend more than 3 hours fiddling with adjustments while my fingers started to stop moving one by one
RS200, very nice

Good photos there too, very good sharpness in moving cars, while still capturing movement. Shutter priority and around 1/60s ?
The RS200 was gorgeous. It was having huge troubles though, and didn't complete a stage from memory

Spot on with technique... I find following the car for a distance before and after the shot helps get it stable.
jtbo wrote:Oh yes, Chris I took those photos within 50 meters from road where are lot of streetlamps, of course there are lot more glow near cities in UK, but give it a go anyway, then you see if pics do have brown or black background
Here it is very much depending from weather if streetlamps are problem or not, sometimes weather is very clear and dry, then those are less of a problem, but I guess it is not very dry in UK at winter as sea is close at all times
Those are near street lamps?! Wow, that surprises me. Might give it a go tomorrow then if there isn't any cloud. Tonight I made a spirograph out of a laser, and took pictures of small things

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by jtbo » 11 Feb 2009 01:58 am
RS200 often has trouble, I think I remember such car (maybe the same?) having trouble before too, well it is a Fix or repair daily
Hmm, Lion of Scotland, but background is all wrong for it to be one pound coin, can't really tell what that is, necklage?
I guess second one being five pounds, you probably would not have tenner in pocket
Very impressive macro shots
First I thought that laser thing was screen saver

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