R2OK! Forum Index R2OK!
Contact R2OK! admin

Click here for R2OK! Website


 
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

(Not so) freezing cold and windy - again

 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    R2OK! Forum Index -> Coffee Bar
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Cherskiy



Joined: 08 Dec 2006
Posts: 3701
Location: near Amble, Northumberland

PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:26 pm    Post subject: (Not so) freezing cold and windy - again Reply with quote

Popped down to Wales for the day yesterday to try out my new Canon 40D - rather impressed with the 6.5 frames per second rate of fire. Worth the hours spent driving from and to Newcastle! Very Happy











I've already had one of the pilots in touch for a copy of the relevant photo....
_________________
Author: “To the Ends of the Earth: A Snapshot of Aviation in North-Eastern Siberia, Summer 1992”
(Free to read via Kindle Unlimited)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Spanners



Joined: 05 Jan 2008
Posts: 169
Location: Lincolnshire

PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Cherskiy

Yet another set of fantastic photos. My grandson will be over the moon when I show them to him.

Spanners Very Happy Very Happy
_________________
Useful for tightening nuts.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
RockitRon



Joined: 07 Dec 2006
Posts: 7646

PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Excellent photos, I envy you (I think I've said that before), although perhaps not the long wait for something to come along.

Your turn of phrase about the Canon 40D just popped a thought into the old head - if you can get such close and finely detailed shots has anyone considered the security risk involved?
_________________
Ron
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Cherskiy



Joined: 08 Dec 2006
Posts: 3701
Location: near Amble, Northumberland

PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

RockitRon wrote:
Your turn of phrase about the Canon 40D just popped a thought into the old head - if you can get such close and finely detailed shots has anyone considered the security risk involved?


I don't think so, since any new bit of kit are usually hidden under fairings, bumps or panels - we might surmise as to what something new is hiding but as to what the new kit is, then until it's released into the public domain officially, then your guess is as good as mine.

If you're talking about someone wanting to shoot one of these things down, they could do that equally as well from somewhere within sight of the approach to an airfield - I've always maintained that security at airports doesn't allow for someone with a SAM trying to shoot down an aircraft on take-off or landing.... If someone was standing on a hillside trying to do that, they'd have a long walk up with the gear and a long walk back down again - too long for a getaway.

As for the Canon 40D, the rate of fire helps me to get more pictures of a single pass - whereas I could get maybe three or four with the old 350D, I can obtain twenty or thirty with the new body. In the end, though, your camera is really only as good as the lens bolted on the front.
_________________
Author: “To the Ends of the Earth: A Snapshot of Aviation in North-Eastern Siberia, Summer 1992”
(Free to read via Kindle Unlimited)


Last edited by Cherskiy on Sat Mar 01, 2008 10:00 pm; edited 1 time in total
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Barkingbiker



Joined: 11 Dec 2006
Posts: 2313
Location: Lincolnshire

PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tremendous photos Cherskiy, I just find it so hard to believe you are stood on terra firma when you take these wonderful aircraft photos, truly amazing.

BB Twisted Evil
_________________
Old Bikers Never Die, our leathers just get tighter!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Briant



Joined: 02 Jun 2007
Posts: 964
Location: Liverpool England UK

PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:27 am    Post subject: Question..... Reply with quote

Agreed, great photos! Do you 'pan' when taking these shots? I would think so given the blurring of the background.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Cherskiy



Joined: 08 Dec 2006
Posts: 3701
Location: near Amble, Northumberland

PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:09 pm    Post subject: Re: Question..... Reply with quote

Briant wrote:
Do you 'pan' when taking these shots? I would think so given the blurring of the background.


Yep, it's all in the panning technique - something that sounds easy in theory but in practice can be extremely difficult (especially if you're battling the elements too).

A few more pictures from Wednesday, including a quick self-portrait, taken at 0900 when the cloudbase was still quite low:






_________________
Author: “To the Ends of the Earth: A Snapshot of Aviation in North-Eastern Siberia, Summer 1992”
(Free to read via Kindle Unlimited)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
John W



Joined: 07 Dec 2006
Posts: 3367
Location: Warwickshire, UK

PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 3:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow, you've got a big one Cherskiy Laughing

Truly fab photos.

So, the HQ spot you on their radar and send all these planes out to wave at you? Smile
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Cherskiy



Joined: 08 Dec 2006
Posts: 3701
Location: near Amble, Northumberland

PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

John W wrote:
So, the HQ spot you on their radar and send all these planes out to wave at you? Smile


Something like that, John.... I'm entitled to something back for the taxes I pay! Very Happy
_________________
Author: “To the Ends of the Earth: A Snapshot of Aviation in North-Eastern Siberia, Summer 1992”
(Free to read via Kindle Unlimited)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Barkingbiker



Joined: 11 Dec 2006
Posts: 2313
Location: Lincolnshire

PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Question..... Reply with quote

Cherskiy wrote:




If you're going to have one, have a big un; and boy is that a big un!! Wink

BB Twisted Evil
_________________
Old Bikers Never Die, our leathers just get tighter!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
gfloyd



Joined: 07 Dec 2006
Posts: 4861
Location: Here, There, Everywhere.

PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yet again some fantastic photos! Cool

Btw what is the propellor plane doing in the midst of all the jets?
_________________
His name was ernie ........ and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west.....
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Cherskiy



Joined: 08 Dec 2006
Posts: 3701
Location: near Amble, Northumberland

PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

gfloyd wrote:
Btw what is the propellor plane doing in the midst of all the jets?


It's a 45[R] Sqdn King Air doing a multi-engined training sortie - the second of two to fly through the "Loop" that day, and only the third I've ever photographed at low level. Chances are the trainee pilot will end up on a Hercules squadron and end up doing the same mission at some stage (in a much bigger, four-engined aircraft).

RAF King Airs are routinely allowed down to 250 feet in certain areas on low flying sorties - here it was probably at around 300 feet.

One final shot from the day out - almost worth the four hour drive in the morning and the five hour return trip alone! Very Happy


_________________
Author: “To the Ends of the Earth: A Snapshot of Aviation in North-Eastern Siberia, Summer 1992”
(Free to read via Kindle Unlimited)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    R2OK! Forum Index -> Coffee Bar All times are GMT
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group. Hosted by phpBB.BizHat.com