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Challenge: Too Late (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Sigma 50-500mm f/4.0-6.3 EX APO RF HSM for Canon
Location: Cape Town
Date: Dec 3, 2005
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/2000
Galleries: Humorous, Sports
Date Uploaded: Dec 5, 2005

 Air Show at Ysterplaat AFB in Cape Town. This was part of the show. The announcer had spent half the morning warning the 'driver' of a blue Cortina that his car was blocking an entrance. The Oryx helicopter was despatched to pick it up and 'because' of Cape Town's high winds the rope 'broke'. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

Obviously the shutter speed was way to fast and there is no blur on the blades. But I was shooting jets just before this and had not made the adjustment.

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Statistics
Place: 11 out of 168
Avg (all users): 5.9953
Avg (commenters): 6.1111
Avg (participants): 5.6167
Avg (non-participants): 6.1419
Views since voting: 1459
Views during voting: 414
Votes: 215
Comments: 12
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/14/2005 12:34:25 AM
An image that stayed with me for quite a while. Amazing! Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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Nikon D50
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 12/11/2005 02:11:58 AM
Yeah that's going to leave a dent. Nice capture. I always have issues reconciling the unnatural look of stopped rotors on a helicopter regardless of how many times I've taken the shot myself.
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Nikon D200
Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Nikon
 12/10/2005 10:36:28 PM
Can't wait to hear about this photo....

It would be nice if you could show a little motion on the helicopter blades and still stop the car but, admittedly, that would be tough.

Nice shot.
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Nikon D70s
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 12/09/2005 09:49:40 PM
Incredible shot, how'd you get that? That must have made a pretty good impact. Nice catch!
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/07/2005 09:06:03 PM
LOL. This is both funny and worthy of a second look.
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Canon EOS-5D
12/07/2005 04:59:02 PM
wow would have loved to see that live
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Sony DSC-W1
 12/07/2005 02:33:58 PM
wow...good timing! funny message, awesome job!
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Fujifilm FinePix S5100
 12/07/2005 01:32:03 PM
The capture alone is worth a high rating. Excellent shot!
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5D
 12/07/2005 11:35:03 AM
is it faked? That is a crzy picture. 7
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 12/07/2005 11:27:30 AM
Without the title, I'd never guess that this image had anything to do with the concept of "too late"
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/07/2005 08:00:56 AM
right place right time for this one?????
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Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS STM
 12/07/2005 06:28:48 AM
Good capture.
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