JohnKrist From Sweden, joined Jan 2005, 1339 posts, RR: 5 Posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 1844 times:
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Hello all
Thought I'd spare myself the grief of another rejection and air this one here. Rather difficult shot but I do like it.
Took it this morning at 4.20 AM, the sun is just warming the sky, the morning mist/fog lingers over the runway and UPS 767 makes an early take of, witk som light wing condensation and wing tip vortexes. This would definately fall under the dark/dusk/dawn category, but is it Anet worthy at all?
Thanks, Johnny
7D, 17-40 F4 L, 70-200 F2.8 L IS, EF 1.4x II, EF 2x III, Metz 58-AF1
AirKas1 From Netherlands, joined Dec 2003, 3844 posts, RR: 57 Reply 2, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 1812 times:
I'd say quality, and I also think that according to the new "dark" rules, this photo doesn't fall under it.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong though.
Lanas From Argentina, joined Aug 2006, 977 posts, RR: 14 Reply 3, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 1805 times:
John
Your picture is too soft. Quality is an issue because the contour of the aircraft isn´t well depicted in some places (for example, on the right wing). A tad more contrast might be needed, too.
Quoting AirKas1 (Reply 2): I'd say quality, and I also think that according to the new "dark" rules, this photo doesn't fall under it. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong though.
I believe that when the sun is up then the 'dark' category doesn´t apply.
Cheers
Lanas.-
"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." J.R.R. Tolkien
JohnKrist From Sweden, joined Jan 2005, 1339 posts, RR: 5 Reply 4, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 1785 times:
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Quoting EK20 (Reply 1): 4.20?!!!! Are you an insomniac or something lol?
Lol, my gf seriously doubted my sanity when I went up at 2.45, and took my 14 month old daugher with me
But she really enjoys spotting, this image is from this morning at 4 AM
But what can you do, if you wanna catch the freighters it's up before the devil puts his shoes on.
Quoting Lanas (Reply 3): Quality is an issue because the contour of the aircraft isn´t well depicted in some places
The reason for that is the mist/fog combined with the condensation. It actually came out a bit clearer than I thght when I took the photo.
Quoting Lanas (Reply 3): I believe that when the sun is up then the 'dark' category doesn´t apply.
Well the sun wasn't up, it was just starting to make the sky orange
It would be more apparent if I hadn't adjusted levels and curves, but then it really would have been a nono.
Thanks for the replies guys.
7D, 17-40 F4 L, 70-200 F2.8 L IS, EF 1.4x II, EF 2x III, Metz 58-AF1
SNATH From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 3232 posts, RR: 24 Reply 7, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 1732 times:
Quoting JohnKrist (Reply 4): Lol, my gf seriously doubted my sanity when I went up at 2.45, and took my 14 month old daugher with me Big grin
But she really enjoys spotting, this image is from this morning at 4 AM
Super cute!
If only you could convince my girlfriend that spotting is cool too....
Tony
Nikon: we don't want more pixels, we want better pixels.
JohnKrist From Sweden, joined Jan 2005, 1339 posts, RR: 5 Reply 8, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 1667 times:
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I've been doing a lot on this one in order to adress the things you've said here, and this one is sharper, but I lose some of the fog that was there and I'm not sure the image can take that much sharpening.
7D, 17-40 F4 L, 70-200 F2.8 L IS, EF 1.4x II, EF 2x III, Metz 58-AF1
JohnKrist From Sweden, joined Jan 2005, 1339 posts, RR: 5 Reply 10, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 1596 times:
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EK20, as I said, the fog makes the wings soft, and the fuselage is above the thin layer, but as you say it probably is a lost cause.
I definately have to save up for a faster tele lens for those morning spots. Sigma will soon release their new 70-200 2.8 for KM/Sony and at $1500 it's reasonably priced I think.
Next time I go spotting that early, which happens once a month or so I will concentrate on watching instead of taking pics. I have realized that I see all aircrafts through the eyepiece of my camera
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