I could hardly believe that this fairly simple shot of a plane might bring me a ribbon, let alone a blue!
Thanks to Magnumphotography, for taking me to this location with you as you tried to capture that incredibly tricky shot! Love you Ryan!
We were at the end of a runway, on the public side of the barrier, by the rack of lights used to help guide in the planes. It was about 8:30 am when we got there on a pretty cold and windy morning. Once we could see a plane in the distance as a tiny speck, we'd have the time to get out of the car, cross the road get set up. I decided to put the D90's 4.5 fps to work, and that coupled with panning the Sigma, helped me capture this.
Huge thanks too to Team Suck, whose members have offered nothing but tons of support in all forms, humour, and friendly camraderie. Never fear, I STILL have an average under 5!
Oh and the green circle? Lens flare, to the best of my knowledge, as I don't have a lenshood for the Sigma. But I will soon!
PS: Nope, we weren't wearing earplugs. You don't hear the afterburners until the plane is about 5 seconds away, behind you, then it goes screaming overhead.
PPS: Nope, did not *assume the position* for which I am best known. Though I believe I tried a few shots from that angle, but found it too cold. I may have been hunkered down, though, so that's pretty close :-)
PPS: Ryan's right...I was staring at the top row of images for Things that Count, and Perspective VI was the second row, he did literally point out the shot to me :-)
Thanks everyone for all the great comments!
Statistics
Place: 1 out of 163 Avg (all users): 6.9851 Avg (commenters): 8.6429 Avg (participants): 6.6308 Avg (non-participants): 7.1533 Views since voting: 7741 Views during voting: 379 Votes: 202 Comments: 88 Favorites: 13 (view)
Holy Cow!!! Snaffles what an amazing shot. I've never seen a jet from this perspective before. Congrats on your Blue. ----I've decided to go through all my comments and look at their profiles. This might take a few weeks as I'm writing Exams and report cards right now. I want to get to know this community better, and thank everyone personally. You're at the top of my comments, so I'll start with you. I have been living in Taiwan since 1996 and have only returned home once in all that time. Out of touch with planet Earth. Take Care, bye for now.
Congratulations on the fantastic finish! It was so nice to see your face on roll over. Even better, you did not notice your image, till I pointed it out. Oh my God, I got the blue ribbon! lol Priceless....
So here's to many more fantastic shoots with you Snaffles. You are truly, one special women.
A truly wonderful image. well worthy of its' placement at the top of the heap.
Your photography has improved by leaps and bounds from the days when I first met you at the library and am proud to say that I knew you when you first started out. Very nicely done, and I have no doubts that, given your drive and devotion, that you will astound us with your creativity and talent.
Susan, this is just marvelous! Congrats on your blue, your PB, and just in general the way your photography has come alive these days. An image of impressive impact, creative and well shot, and it's no surprise to me that when you did get your first ribbon, that it'd be in this astonishing way. Keep on keepin' on, girl! W00t!
As per Bear_Music's comment regarding the absence of afterburners on commercial aircraft, I would like to also offer that the engines are near idle or just above it on final approach. So, the noise is subdued and highly attenuated compared to a departure shot of the same plane with the engines spooled up to maximum thrust. Sorry, the pilot in me makes me say these things.
A super shot well executed. It has me turning my head and twisting about to see this pic from all angles. Nice on Rotating it making it really an eye catcher
Congratulations on the blue ribbon!!! This is such a cool shot! I like the shiny belly of the plane!
I took a shot like this last year at Frankfurt airport - but with a fisheye which made the plane look so far away that all that roar that you should feel, looking at it, disappeared.
Your photo still has this feel of airplane sound, and the interesting tilt really makes this look like an acrobatic maneuver :)
First impressions are that this is an impressive shot that makes the plane look like it is upside down!?
Technically this is good. Composed well. Exposed well - you haven't killed it with post processing. I do find the skin of the plane to look a little glossy - maybe we don't clean our planes in NZ as much as you guys ;) There seems to be some noise visible in the engines - is this from some shadow/hilight processing perhaps or a topaz filter? The crop works well for the shot. The green circle is a bit of a shame but it seems you are off to address that :)
Artistically this has a "wow" factor that DPC likes but you know this because you won the blue with it. The sky is a bit full of clouds for my liking but that's a minor nitpick.
In summary a good shot for the challenge as the voters have already told you. The funny thing is that in a Free Study I'm not sure this would score much above a 6, it's just that it fits the challenge well so in context it rocks.
Really really cool shot. I like the weird angle, I would've never thought to have it rotated that way. Also great tones, decent composition... you deserved it!
Wow...at this angle it looks like this jetliner is coming in for a crash landing. I presume you flipped the photo for effect. It works and has dramatic perspective. Nice detail and reflections on the jet's hull. 7
really really awesome!, hope you wore earplugs. only thing i am wondering is what is the green circle by the engine? light flare maybe? or maybe *gasp!* a ufo? ;)
Plane of perspective
Add photograph to your favorites
Add photographer to your favorites
Photographer found comment helpful.
