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RE: The "New" Professional Photographers

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RE: The "New" Professional Photographers

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RE: The "New" Professional Photographers

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RE: The "New" Professional Photographers

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RE: The "New" Professional Photographers

Well seeing as I have in the past taken some good creatives I say they were as hard/easy to take as the side-ons. I find creatives to be much more opportunistic, and they don't always work out because of the unpredictability. That's the key word there - unpredictability. That's what makes them diffi...

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RE: The "New" Professional Photographers

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RE: The "New" Professional Photographers

Well put it this way, if I snap 300 shots in one airport visit, they don't all come out like that! I find it pretty difficult to get them exactly in the middle, full-frame, or maybe I'm just a crap photographer? Presumably every side-on you take is perfectly in the middle, full-frame then, is it? Yo...

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RE: The "New" Professional Photographers

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RE: The "New" Professional Photographers

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RE: The "New" Professional Photographers

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RE: EMA Heavy Movement Times

I've been sitting and waiting at <acronym title="Nottingham - East Midlands (Castle Donington) (EMA / EGNX), United Kingdom">EMA</acronym> for the past 5 years (not in the same visit though!) and sometimes I've had some luck. Russian stuff is very unpredictable but also pretty frequent these days, s...

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RE: The "New" Professional Photographers

...And when I said 'rotation', I meant more like this... <center><table align=center BORDER=0 width=650 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 STYLE="border: 1px black solid;"><tr><td><a href="/uf/view.file?id=536894305&filename=11604821888Qxznu.jpg" target=_blank><img src="/uf/536894305/middle/11604821888Qxzn...

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RE: The "New" Professional Photographers

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RE: The "New" Professional Photographers

well if that 747 is about to rotate it used all but 12ft of runway!!! And by the angle of the nosewheel it might just rotate in the viewing park!!! The mounds are <acronym title="CSA Czech Airlines">OK</acronym> but I prefer action side-ons, such as those available from Joe's Field or the triangle b...

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RE: The "New" Professional Photographers

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RE: The "New" Professional Photographers

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RE: The "New" Professional Photographers

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RE: The "New" Professional Photographers

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RE: The "New" Professional Photographers

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RE: The "New" Professional Photographers

There's no sour grapes at all. I'm simply trying to put what Joe said into some kind of perspective before he gets an earful..... I agree with some of his points but disagree with others. To some, Photoshop is a taboo. To others, it is a way of digital life. No-one's right and no-one's wrong, each t...

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RE: The "New" Professional Photographers

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RE: The "New" Professional Photographers

I agree but disagree. I don't upload to A.net for two main reasons: 1) I can't use photoshop (becuase I'm a photographer not a graphic designer!) 2) I submit a lot of my work to the aviation press and I'm not sure they'd like my pics plastered all over the internet I have been blasted in these forum...

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RE: DFW Cop Says Photography Illegal....(yawn)

My responses are not cop-bashing, as you put it, but comments concerning a few over-zealous officials, one of whom it appears you met at <acronym title="Dallas / Fort Worth - International (DFW / KDFW), USA - Texas">DFW</acronym>. From what I can gather, she was out of line and you've now exposed th...

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RE: DFW Cop Says Photography Illegal....(yawn)

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RE: DFW Cop Says Photography Illegal....(yawn)

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RE: DFW Cop Says Photography Illegal....(yawn)

Just on a final note, I always expect to be spoken to, and have no problem answering a few questions. However, if the officer is rude to me from the offset without me having even said a word, then I will retaliate in a similar manner.

Cheers,

Karl

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RE: DFW Cop Says Photography Illegal....(yawn)

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RE: What A/c Type

May I point out that CO aircraft don't have blue engines, meaning it certainly wasn't CO.

Karl

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RE: Cathay From MAN (UK)

Shame as the route was to be operated by an A340-300. Last time CX flew pax out of MAN they used a 747-400.

Karl

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RE: DFW Cop Says Photography Illegal....(yawn)

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RE: DFW Cop Says Photography Illegal....(yawn)

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RE: DFW Cop Says Photography Illegal....(yawn)

I also tend to stand up for myself at airports. The fact is I'm doing nothing wrong and I'm on the right side of the fence, so what's the problem? I don't ever recall a camera bringing an aeroplane down. It really amuses me when they tell you you can't be in a certain place or that you're too close ...

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RE: Question About Phuket

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think that's taken from a hill adjacent to the runway, which I believe is no longer accesible.

Karl

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RE: Has The An-225 Departed EMA Yet?

I understand it's been to <acronym title="Nottingham - East Midlands (Castle Donington) (EMA / EGNX), United Kingdom">EMA</acronym> before but I reckon if it were to return to <acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom">MAN</acronym> (as if after that disaster!...

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RE: Has The An-225 Departed EMA Yet?

Yeah, first visit but I would have thought folks would have been equally excited at <acronym title="Nottingham - East Midlands (Castle Donington) (EMA / EGNX), United Kingdom">EMA</acronym> because there was the chance of some sunshine, which when it first-visited last year there was not. Oh well......

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RE: How Much Have You Been Out?

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RE: Getting The Sky Blue - How?

Tim, the two pics you display are interesting. I have noticed that the general colour in pics I take depends a lot on what colours I'm actually shooting. Like you, I shoot mainly at <acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom">MAN</acronym>, and by the looks of ...

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Has The An-225 Departed EMA Yet?

Thought it was about time for a new thread regarding this one. What I can't believe is the lack of attention this is getting. When it dropped into <acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom">MAN</acronym> last week it caused quite a stir, with people speculatin...

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RE: Are There Any 747s At BHX?

BHX can handle 747s and has done so many times in the past, although fully-loaded examples are a different matter. PIA and Atlas Air were regulars in the late '90s/early '00s, and some of last years Hajj flights were operated by <acronym title="Saudi Arabian Airlines">SV</acronym> 744s. The Corsair ...

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RE: Getting The Sky Blue - How?

Another thing no-one's mentioned... The further you zoom into the subject the less depth-of-field you have, and I find this usually results in slight colour distortion. I imagine this could well be due to the horizon issue suggested above. When we take a nice wide-angle shot of a landscape and a blu...

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RE: Are There Any 747s At BHX?

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RE: Are There Any 747s At BHX?

PIA used 747s to <acronym title="Birmingham - International (Elmdon) (BHX / EGBB), United Kingdom">BHX</acronym> in the late 90s/early 00s but there are no current scheduled or charter services operated by the aircraft. 747Fs have been known to visit <acronym title="Birmingham - International (Elmdo...

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RE: An225 News

I have ladders and a 300mm zoom - that sufficient? Also, if they're on 27 tomorrow, won't the best place be the little mound (to the right of the original Aeropark) at the threshold? As far as I can remember, 'graphing it from the north side of the field will be useless becuase if the sun shines it'...

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RE: An225 News

Is it possible to get a good clean shot at it from the Nag's Head lane? Or anywhere near the DHL building, for that matter?

Cheers,

Karl

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RE: Cannon EOS Digital Rebel XT?

My in-camera sharpening is set to 0, so this is the result that setting achieves. Funny it may be, but I assure you they are untampered with. Why do you not believe? Why wouldn't they be fresh from the camera? I'm simply trying to illustrate what the 350D does in its rawest form, if you like, which ...

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RE: How Much Have You Been Out?

It's all about passion, and some folks are VERY passionate, like myself. I missed an Aeronova SWM at <acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom">MAN</acronym> in early September (because I chose the wrong moment to pop to the bar) and I'm still kicking myself. ...

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RE: Emirates A-340 With Only Two Engines?

I know of an A340 with 2 engines - it's called an A330........

Sorry, just couldn't resist!!!

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RE: Cannon EOS Digital Rebel XT?

I guarantee you 110% they are straight from the camera. The credit for the sharpness surely must go to the quality of my lenses and not Photoshop. Ivan, your eyes for an edited (i.e. sharpened) photograph are not as good as you claim. I'm still convinced it's all in the glass..... Getting aircraft c...

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RE: How Much Have You Been Out?

I work only 3 nights a week so I'm usually at <acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom">MAN</acronym> every sunny day. Weather round here has been pretty awful but I've managed a mad burst of late due to the An-225 and the AIA DC-8. To be honest, I have so mu...

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RE: Golf Course In The Middle Of Bkk Airport

Not really an airport as such but RAF Wooford (Cheshire, UK) has a posh golf course at the runway threshold. Woodford is still an active RAF base although not much goes on there. It also housed the final assembly line for the BAe 146/Avro <acronym title="Royal Jordanian">RJ</acronym> series of aircr...

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