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Copyright: John Cannon (tyro) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 220 W: 79 N: 828] (3929)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-04-24
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF-S 10-22 mm f/3.5-4.5 USM, Tiffen 77mm UV Protector
Exposure: f/4, 1/5 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-04-27 2:02
Viewed: 611
Points: 16
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is a picture of the flight deck of Concorde G-BOAA which is now preserved in the Museum of Flight, East Fortune, East Lothian. You can read more about the museum and Concorde here and here.

Not surprisingly, the public are not allowed to enter the flight deck and fiddle with all the knobs and buttons and switches: you have to look through a perspex screen. There is, however, a 5cm hole you can peer through but the front of my lens was too big and so I had to crop out quite a bit of vignetting round the sides of the picture. Without the ability to use a tripod here, I increased the ISO to 400 and pressed the front of the lens against the perspex around the hole - this was the sharpest of several pictures.

Shot in RAW and converted and edited in PSE6.

All comments/critiques/advice welcome!
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To Derona: Thank you, Derek!tyro 2 05-02 01:40
To rewind: Thank you, Les!tyro 1 04-30 15:05
To bucanas: Thank you, Ralf!tyro 1 04-30 14:56
To toucan1967: Thank you, Andy!tyro 1 04-30 14:56
To trampas: Thank you, Brian!tyro 1 04-30 14:54
To jonathanhart: Thank you, Jonathan!tyro 1 04-30 14:50
To harry007: Thank you, Harry!tyro 1 04-30 14:49
To chefcop: Too tall.............!tyro 1 04-27 14:19
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hi john, thats some machine huh...very good note....not easy sometimes huh.

good pov, gives the feeling of actualy being in there, cropping doest seem to affect this...

good detail and colours...well composed and presented...nice1.

tie,..harry

John, I had a visit to this myself last year and tried the same shot. I failed miserably, but I certainly never noticed the hole, which didn't help.

You have the shot I was after, well done.

Peter

funny title, interesting shot showing how complex it was to pilot a concorde
regards
jo

hi john,
nice shot. i never knew there was so many buttons and knobs in a flight deck.

this is why i dont fly. all it needs is one of those buttons to go pop and......
i rest my case.

a great pic even though it scares the hell out of me.
Brian

Hi John,
Great sot of the flightdeck, I tried and failed when we visited the Fleet air arm museum an Yoevil in Somerset, they have the first Concorde there and it was not built for big guys like me, as Peter Chefcop said "you have the shot I was after".
Nice work, well done
Regards Andy

Hi John,
Very nice shot,good light,good note.
Best regards,
Ralf

(:

John, wonderful capture of a beautiful machine, shame they don't fly them anymore!
Best regards,
Les

Hi John

I did not realise how small the cockpit of Concorde was, it looks like they have to climb over the seats to get in.
Good note and title.

Regards Derek

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