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Landing Light Fake Or Real?

Gocaps16 From Japan, joined Jan 2000, 4298 posts, RR: 23
Posted (11 years 11 months 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 1257 times:

Hey, what do you think of this picture, it's not my picture tho.
Look at the funny white dot on the nose of the plane. The photographer told me it's the landing light and maybe it is but it looks fake. Whaddya think? fake or real? Or maybe it was the camera, i beleive a digital which made it look "fake"

Kevin/DCA

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NikonF100 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 1, posted (11 years 11 months 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 1177 times:

That's real. The Dash-8 has a light on the nose.

Gocaps16 From Japan, joined Jan 2000, 4298 posts, RR: 23
Reply 2, posted (11 years 11 months 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 1157 times:

Check out this Dash-8. Do you see the landing light on the nose? I don't. I see them on the nose-wheel.

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Photo © Gary Watt

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Photo © Glenn Alderton

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Photo © Paul Dopson
That may look like thel anding light on the nose.

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Photo © David Kelly

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Photo © Pawel Padewski

Kevin/DCA

Gocaps16 From Japan, joined Jan 2000, 4298 posts, RR: 23
Reply 3, posted (11 years 11 months 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 1146 times:

It's pretty hard to tell but I found one that shows it.

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Photo © John Davies

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Photo © Frank Schaefer

Kevin/DCA

Thomasphoto60 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 3723 posts, RR: 25
Reply 4, posted (11 years 11 months 2 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 1146 times:

I just don't get it! Why do certain individuals feel the need to make proclaim a photo a 'fake', just because it looks a little odd. The recent tirade against certain photos taken at HKG and now this. Heaven help me if I should submit a photo that looks a little strange.

I do give you credit though, at least you communicated with the photographer first before making this topic, I hope he gave you permission to post the photo here in order to accuse it of fakery.

Thomas

"Show me the Braniffs"

Flygga From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 5, posted (11 years 11 months 2 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 1142 times:

Here are couple of better shots that show the location of the optional landing light.

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Photo © Glenn Alderton

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Photo © Chris Waser

Planeboy From India, joined May 2005, 199 posts, RR: 1
Reply 6, posted (11 years 11 months 2 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 1134 times:

I like digital images - they are getting better all the time. One thing though - one must be careful with the saturation of color - fore sometimes the colors can be blown way out of proportion. You know what I mean?

Planeboy From India, joined May 2005, 199 posts, RR: 1
Reply 7, posted (11 years 11 months 2 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 1131 times:

I like the top photo you posted here. Look below the prop - those are not fake - they are real !!!!!

Love

Love the -8

Flygga From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 8, posted (11 years 11 months 2 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 1126 times:

Oh thanks for pointing those out. I was so busy looking at stupid light that I missed them. I too have to agree that they are real.

Flygga From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 9, posted (11 years 11 months 2 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 1123 times:

Also check out the captain in the photo

Gocaps16 From Japan, joined Jan 2000, 4298 posts, RR: 23
Reply 10, posted (11 years 11 months 1 week 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 1088 times:

Thomas,

Yes, I did ask his permission to post them in here.

Kevin/DCA

LGW From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 11, posted (11 years 11 months 1 week 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 1085 times:

Why on earth would you bother to put a landing light on the a poor photo of a nose of a dash 8 ?!!!

LGW

Thom@s From Norway, joined Oct 2000, 11949 posts, RR: 50
Reply 12, posted (11 years 11 months 1 week 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 1053 times:

"I just don't get it! Why do certain individuals feel the need to make proclaim a photo a 'fake', just because it looks a little odd. The recent tirade against certain photos taken at HKG and now this. Heaven help me if I should submit a photo that looks a little strange."

I agree 100% with you. It's bad enough to call a picture fake, but even worse if there is a clear reason that makes it real.
The fact that someone think a picture of a Dash-8 with a nose-light must be fake, just prooves their lack of knowledge about that aircraft. (No offence.)

Thom@s

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