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Challenge: Photograph Becomes a Painting (Expert Editing)
Camera: Nikon D7000
Lens: Sigma 100-300mm f/4.0 EX IF HSM for Nikon
Location: SAAF Zwartkop Museum AFB, Centurion, South Africa
Date: May 11, 2013
Aperture: f/14
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125s
Galleries: Sky, Transportation
Date Uploaded: May 16, 2013

 As a child I grew up building model aircraft, mostly warplanes and on the box were paintings of the models in dog fights, attacking high with the sun behind them. Many of the images were really top notch and could have passed for a photo. That inspired this image and the sun flare, that had to be painted in as it is too perfect to be a photo.

Many artists paint WWI and WWII war-planes in action.

A friend and former fire-fighter colleague turned artist from the Sandton FD in Johannesburg South Africa Paul Treleven paints aircraft both military, commercial, civilian.

A slightly different edit of this shot was chosen as Outdoor Photo's May Week 4, 2013 Weekly Choice (Sports and Action)

My first entry where I used Topaz Labs exclusively to edit. In Focus, Adjust 5 Heavy Pop Smooth, Star Effect, the New Clarity, Rotated, Resized, SFW.

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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L II
 05/23/2013 03:22:57 AM
love the image - interesting point the lens flare only came about as a result of the invention of photography - so its a photograph inspired by paintings (war comics is my guess) - inspired by photography :D I like the recursive aspect of that.
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Canon EOS R6
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 05/17/2013 06:33:19 PM
I like the photo. For a painting,I'm not sure. Seems to have the main element take up too little of the canvas.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 05/17/2013 12:23:16 PM
That's perfect flare!!!
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Olympus OM-D E-M5
Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 8-18mm f/2.8-4 ASPH
 05/17/2013 06:28:30 AM
Great stuff! Love that glint on the wing....Tally-ho!
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