Dutch fireworks

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• Mitch (699)
• [2009-06-29 9:40]

My turn to see the airshows very soon Hans.
RIAT 2009 is on 18/19 July. Who knows, you may be there.


Nice work here. Always good to see the flares fired during the displays.
I know how you'd have to work for this one. He'd have been fairly high before he set off the flares, so to get such a good image at that distance is testament to your camera skills.

I don't think getting a new lens would prove anything.
Look at the challenges before you criticize yourself.

Shooting a very fast moving object, against a bright sky with additional light form the flares, trying to maintain the subject in frame, panning a fairly heavy set of gear etc etc.

All in all, i think you did a pretty good job.


Cheers,

Martin

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• roges (4459)
• [2009-06-29 9:40]

Hallo Hans !
Super image!
Made and played excellent.
Have a pleasant day,
Adrian

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• mvdisco (34919)
• [2009-06-29 9:41]

Bonjour Hans,
WoW! a great action caught of view of this Falcon F-16 of the Royal Dutch Air Force.
Excellent picture taken at the good moment.
goods colors and sharpness.
CHAPEAU..Hans.Supers
Michel

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• Ejtaan (11229)
• [2009-06-29 9:51]

wow... dit ziet er wel heel spectaculair uit!!!
Uit de exif info wordt ik niet veel wijzer... daar staat bij de sluitertijd Sec....?
Iso 320 en F5.... betekent dit dat het zo donker was, dat je echt je sluiter lang hebt open gehad?
Niet zo gek, dat je dan bewegingsonscherpte hebt...
Dat is zowiezo niet zo raar, als je bedenkt dat zo'n apparaat heel snel vliegt! toch?
Ok.. het is geen superscherpe foto, maar ik denk, dat wanneer je echt bij een show als deze haarscherpe foto's wilt maken dan zul je eerst een lens moeten aanschaffen van pakweg een paar duizend euro..... en DAT zie ik nog niet zo snel gebeuren...

Ik vind het een mooie plaat, ondanks dat ie niet haarscherp is.

Gr.,
Anneke

P.s.: misschien hef je al wat van de onscherpte op als je wat ruis verwijdert..?

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• WhiteKnight (7487)
• [2009-06-29 10:06]

Nice timing with the flares - I always miss the darn things. This guy is pulling some serious 'g' looking at the mist of the main part of the wings and the angle of the smoke off the wingtips!!

You're right in that there is a little blur - I say monopod for moving objects like this. Gives great support with the long lens..

I'd love to fly one of these babies - but I'm too damn tall :(

Cheers
David

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• moli (11882)
• [2009-06-29 10:08]

Hello Hans.

Good moment captured and well presented.
Maybe sharpness is not 100% bang on to me still images looks very well.
Regards
Janek Kloss

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• lisapw1 (8300)
• [2009-06-29 11:58]

Hi Hans, I think that is a nice photo of the colorful plane. You have timed it just right with the flares too. The bright orange coloring is a nice contrast with the blue sky.

Well done! Lisa

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• shelbeesmom (47712)
• [2009-06-29 12:01]
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**wink wink** Become a C*N*N girl! Ok...here is first problem. F stop! F5 is TOO OPEN... I would have put this on F7.1 up to F16 depending upon the time of day, or available light. The F5 is too soft. IT's not motion blur, it's softness!
I would have run this at shutter priority first..and if I was still having problems, I would have switched to Apeture priority.
ALSO...what is the F on your Sigma?? 2.8?? If it's higher than that, get a new lens! Anything above that is useless, for me anyways.
B-)
Does that help? If not, come to Niagara in September, I give you lessons! HAHA!
B-)
XOXOXO
Linda
Still, all in all a great capture considering the speed and motion of this bird.

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• sela (3750)
• [2009-06-29 14:05]

Hi Hans, this is a sensational capture of this great event.Very good work.
Lieben Gruß Rose

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• timtim (9568)
• [2009-06-29 16:31]

Nice capture
good comp and exposure
TFS

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• Sharpshooter (6920)
• [2009-06-29 17:14]

Hi Hans,
Awesome shot! You caught it at a great moment. I did notice the slight lack of sharpness due to the motion blur but it's nothing too serious. Well cropped.

TFS,
Scott.

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• linus (10739)
• [2009-06-29 18:45]

Hi Hans,
A great action shot. As you say, may be lacking in sharpness a wee bit, but that does not matter.
Sunil

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• kickback (11295)
• [2009-06-29 22:40]

hello hans, first of all i shoot pentax but we wont go there either! hahaha! (the trick for me was a new lens by the way-that changed everything!) this is still a spectacular image, so much excitement to it, perfect timing, wonderful colors too, i guess a little fuzzy and the light on your back probably wasn't the best pov to get but still i get the point of the shot and i do like it a lot,
thanks scott

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• jjcordier (3208)
• [2009-06-29 23:43]

Hans
Excellente prise de vue avec une très jolie composition en prime. très beau travail!
Amicalement
JJ

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• norenastramus (23336)
• [2009-06-30 2:23]

Hi Hans,
Excellent action shot and details.
Great capture.Well done my friend.TFS.
Greetings
H.Ayhan

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• jimmyjimmy (878)
• [2009-06-30 4:09]

Hello Hans

Great job on this image. I think if you turned the contrast and sharpness up a notch, it would bring the outline of the aircraft out nicely and compensate for some of the worrys that you have about the image. The POV is Excellent. I think that you have a wonderful image.

Regards
Jimmy

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• Juliet (13408)
• [2009-06-30 6:23]
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Hi Hans,
BEAUTIFUL ! I went to an airshow this weekend and was thinking about you. This is a really good action photo and well composed shot. Excellent details, very tough to capture, perfect timing. BRAVO and TFS Julie

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• Emma (10151)
• [2009-07-01 12:44]

Hello Hans,
Wonderful collected moment with good sharpness. The organization is outstanding here. Beautiful colors.
Best regards.
Eva

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• abidin (241)
• [2009-07-05 23:10]

Very nice capture, with different angle, please watch this same shot by neldesco, member of TL i think its neldesco or nildesco any way TFS...Regards
Tahseen

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• jjanczyk (2650)
• [2009-07-07 3:42]

Hello,
Captain Ralph (Sheik) Aarts is really good and the air show in Reims is also excellent! Maybe next year will go there :)
Stunning shot!
TFS

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• urs0114 (4509)
• [2009-07-08 3:07]

Bonjour Hans.
Belle démonstration de prise de vue instantanée ou le bon reflex prime.
Le moment du déclanchement est parfaitement choisi pour aboutir à cette belle image. Bravo.
Bonne journée.
Urs

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• rminkow (15060)
• [2009-07-14 22:18]

Hi Hans..nice shot...well composed..great colors and tones.

Roger

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• Travelcam (10171)
• [2009-09-20 0:58]

WOW!

Hi Hans,

How are you?

This photo has plenty of cation going on. Must have been quite a blast! Awesome capture of the jet and those 'fireworks' look wicked too. Awesome! TFS.

Martyn