perfect timing for this challenge ..
i went out to try to find Saturn & was just dicking around
just prior to it getting dark .. the sky was quite blue
um .. crop usm & curves
going to submit proof right away because I can barely believe the luck
i've calculated the plane moved 4-5feet (1.5-2 meters) while the shutter was open ..
Post challenge: sigh ..
right out of the camera shot .. the moon was moving very fast out of the frame ..
Saturn that evening ...
It would have been very difficult to have stopped/frozen the plane - as the lens is a fixed f11 i could have only upped the ISO .. this shot was 1stop low to start
there are about five frames of Just the moon prior to this pic. - i looked up & saw the plane coming . had that fleeting thought.. "gee... i wonder if it is going to pass in front of the moon" ... as it got closer i was not looking thru the view finder but looking at the moon bare eye'd .. pressed the remote at what i thought was the right time .. looked back instantly at the camera realizing i had the delayed expoure on (.4 second delay between mirror up & shutter) !!!! gack !!!!
but then glanced at the view finder & saw it perfectly aligned :) .. i would have screwed up if the exposure delay was not on ... ...
& i was bouncing up & down my driveway inviting the neighbor over to have a peek & etc ;)
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ooo i see
i guess i could say im exceptionally jealous of your zoom power
lol i bet you could sell this to the airlines. that'd be gnarly 2 see walking through the airports :P
Excellent capture. Best I would have done, even with a perfect lens, is probably an out of focus moon behind a moving blur of a plane. Amazing.
And for my rant: People, stop voting low because they think "it's not real" and judge the photo for its artistic qualities and how well it fits the challenge. Even the title of the image includes Luck. Leave the technical stuff to those in charge. It's a real photo, and the few voters scoring it very low stripped it of the ribbon it should have received.
What an incredible pic. Luck may have played a part in this shot, but like someone else said, you make your own luck. I didn't join in time to vote, but I'd have given this a 10.
Just an awesome shot! They say you make your luck and I'm sure you deserved this moment. Congrats on the top 5 and who the heck would vote this a 1 , 2 or 3 ??????
This photo just blew me away the minute I saw it first! It is incredible and I'm amazed that it didn't win a blue ribbon. You must have thought you died and went to heaven when you saw that plane scoot across the moon and realize you CAUGHT it in your photo! How cool is that too for it to happen during a challenge where you can use it! It really should have ribboned, but congratulations on an honorable mention!
Wow, that was close! The plane almost crashed on that ball!!! ;-P
Excellent capture and composition! (I guess was too much asking to have the plane on sharp focus too).
Excellent. I just saw a similar shot being featured on the front page today at eyefetch by bobdaveant but it was from 2006. Strange to come across two like this on the same day.
Dude, what the hell focal length were you using... a 800 w/ a 2x TC?!?!
At first glance looks like a comp. but if not, cheers to your patience and good fortune. Very cool shot.
Oh my word, what a fantastic photograph. I cannot even comprehend how you have got the moon so fantastically zoomed and yet you have not lost either the jet or even its vapour trails.
You say luck but I am sure it is the old adage...the harder I work the luckier I get
Is this for real...I mean...WOW...I couldn't imagine trying to get this perfect. I even like the plane looking slightly blurred. The trail is awesome. One of the coolest images on the site.
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