Photo(s) that made you go WOW!

45272455674 · Fri Sep 29, 2017 2:20 am

Miguel1982 wrote:
I could easily fill this thread with Keiichi's night shot collection.

Too late, I probabaly alright have done. Keiichi is very, very talented.

I'll add this one from Timo:

Well done getting the northern lights.

JanetteHarkins · Fri Oct 06, 2017 6:06 am

Thanks for sharing great pictures.

zachary165 · Wed Oct 11, 2017 2:40 am

I'm a sucker for sunset pics

notaxonrotax · Thu Oct 19, 2017 10:57 am

Wow enough for you?

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Miguel1982 · Sun Nov 05, 2017 5:39 pm

It made me go wow. More than once.

HarryLi · Mon Nov 06, 2017 3:27 pm

Miguel1982 wrote:
It made me go wow. More than once.

Yeah it is !!! You posted what i want to post Hahah :lol:

To be honest , it looks like the advertising video of some games or Movie !!! Very impressive especially the light condition and the angle!!! Like it so much ! :hyper:

airkas1 · Mon Nov 06, 2017 5:12 pm

Talk about in your face..! Really cool photo.

310815 · Tue Nov 07, 2017 10:03 am

I am normally not too much into silhouette sunset / sunrise shots, but I really like this one

45272455674 · Tue Nov 07, 2017 10:24 am

The Mirage photo is superb.

That's a nice shot too, crisp panning photo.

trevisan26 · Wed Nov 08, 2017 12:25 am

While I'm not a fan of military aviation, this one looks fantastic.

angad84 · Wed Nov 08, 2017 8:03 am

Holy moly!

45272455674 · Wed Nov 08, 2017 11:38 am

angad84 wrote:
Holy moly!

Breathtaking.

Miguel1982 · Thu Nov 09, 2017 6:36 pm

IMO, one of the best shots lately when it comes to making the viewer feel like being there. Pissing wet under the rain, waiting for the Hornet to taxi...

45272455674 · Thu Nov 09, 2017 10:07 pm

Miguel1982 wrote:
IMO, one of the best shots lately when it comes to making the viewer feel like being there. Pissing wet under the rain, waiting for the Hornet to taxi...

I know what the weather can be like over there when the clouds roll in. Pretty unpleasant. I got stuck in not just heavy, cold rain, but snow. Not good.

I'll nominate this photo - it has an almost apocalyptic feel to it:

WingsFan · Mon Nov 20, 2017 3:26 pm

So much detail!

Miguel1982 · Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:15 am

Who doesn't love some Spitfire?

And something that you just cannot plan. Right place, right time.

angad84 · Thu Nov 23, 2017 8:06 am

WingsFan wrote:
So much detail!

Wow, I don't think I've ever been on this thread (or any of the older editions) before!

Miguel1982 wrote:
And something that you just cannot plan. Right place, right time.

Definitely a "wow" shot, because it was on the front page when I fired up a.net yesterday and I literally said "oh WOW" out loud.

310815 · Sat Nov 25, 2017 9:46 pm

Thanks Miguel and Angad.
Actually I've never been on this thread (or any predecessors) neither and never thought any shot of mine would ever appear here. :-)

The shot was actually more difficult as it might look, as I couldn't see the airplane in the moments before, so I followed with the cam more or less by feeling.

45272455674 · Sun Nov 26, 2017 1:09 am

1966 photo? Amazing:

angad84 · Mon Nov 27, 2017 1:16 pm

Are you freaking kidding!?

45272455674 · Tue Nov 28, 2017 1:05 am

angad84 wrote:
Are you freaking kidding!?

Yeah, that photo is absolutely beautiful, the landscape, the positioning of the planes, everything. One of the great photos.

And he's got a whole lot more in the database.

The third one is stunning.

SRQKEF · Fri Dec 01, 2017 1:06 am

One that seems to have slipped under the radar, but I really like the composition:

spompert · Fri Dec 01, 2017 9:37 am

SRQKEF wrote:
One that seems to have slipped under the radar, but I really like the composition:

Thanks, always nice to hear feedback like this. Greets Stefan

HarryLi · Fri Dec 01, 2017 2:58 pm

spompert wrote:
SRQKEF wrote:
One that seems to have slipped under the radar, but I really like the composition:

Thanks, always nice to hear feedback like this. Greets Stefan

Great job Stefan !!! Also congratulation to your Top !

jovelson · Thu Dec 21, 2017 7:12 am

airkas1 wrote:
Speechless

Awesome! One of the best pics. Perfect timing and color.

airkas1 · Wed Dec 27, 2017 11:10 am

WHAT a shot. Prime bucketlist material for me and this guy just nails it. Great motivation to keep trying!

Miguel1982 · Wed Dec 27, 2017 11:28 am

Absolutely brilliant result. What one does not see is the photographer standing in the pissing rain, soaked cold, discarding shot after shot as they are all blurry until... "uhm, this might be THE one".

Well done Wael.

angad84 · Wed Dec 27, 2017 11:38 am

airkas1 wrote:
:eyepopping:

WHAT a shot. Prime bucketlist material for me and this guy just nails it. Great motivation to keep trying!

Holy hell, YES!

vishaljo · Mon Jan 01, 2018 11:33 am

angad84 wrote:
Are you freaking kidding!?

Some say, he's a living drone.
Others have argued about the benefits of too much Red Bull :cloudnine:

surfpunk · Fri Jan 05, 2018 11:06 pm

This was taken out the window of a Cessna. Amazing pic.

Full article, including context from the photographer in what he had to do to get the shot: https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/549545/

airkas1 · Sat Jan 06, 2018 1:56 pm

Great quality for the size!

Miguel1982 · Mon Jan 08, 2018 3:04 pm

airkas1 wrote:
Great quality for the size!

I have cameras that show more noise at ISO100 than that one does at ISO5000! Amazing result indeed.

I liked this one very much. Make sure to open the large-size version. And get yourself a hot beverage

vikkyvik · Mon Jan 08, 2018 3:54 pm

surfpunk wrote:
This was taken out the window of a Cessna. Amazing pic.

He has uploaded several of those shots from previous years to A.net. I was hoping to see this year's shot too (actually I'd love to see last year's shot as well).

airkas1 · Mon Jan 08, 2018 3:59 pm

I didn't encounter any in the queue either.

notaxonrotax · Tue Jan 09, 2018 9:49 am

Miguel1982 wrote:
Absolutely brilliant result. What one does not see is the photographer standing in the pissing rain, soaked cold, discarding shot after shot as they are all blurry until... "uhm, this might be THE one".

I actually started a thread about that very subject.
The things that go on behind the scenes.

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1364295

As for WOW.....how about one from our own headscreener??

The devil in the detail is that KLM stopped flying the Fokker recently.
Very nice atmosphere shot.....recognizable for anybody that knows AMS.

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Miguel1982 · Thu Jan 11, 2018 10:56 am

No-light, middle of nowhere night photography? Check.

airkas1 · Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:29 am

Aw shucks, thanks for the kind comments on both photos :blush:

McG1967 · Thu Jan 11, 2018 9:05 pm

Kas, that shows that the 5DII in the right hands is still a capable camera for its age.

airkas1 · Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:24 pm

Thanks Mark! I agree it's still a great camera, but in these conditions I'm noticing more and more that I'm pushing the camera to the limits (mainly in terms of noise/ISO).

WingsFan · Fri Jan 12, 2018 3:47 pm

Love everything about this photo. The lighting is perfect and the puddle splash gives it a dynamism that is unexpected.

HarryLi · Sat Jan 13, 2018 4:18 am

WingsFan wrote:

Love everything about this photo. The lighting is perfect and the puddle splash gives it a dynamism that is unexpected.

This one is very stunning no matter from which perspective !!! Hope can set it as my laptop's desktop !!!

45272455674 · Sat Jan 13, 2018 8:00 am

Miguel1982 wrote:
airkas1 wrote:
Great quality for the size!

I have cameras that show more noise at ISO100 than that one does at ISO5000! Amazing result indeed.

I liked this one very much. Make sure to open the large-size version. And get yourself a hot beverage

And I think there are even better cameras around than that one. Not just the ISO, but the quite low shutter speed and absolutely crisp details. All in all, a really well done shot. It's not that easy to do that at night.

Miguel1982 wrote:
No-light, middle of nowhere night photography? Check.

That's a tough shot to pull off with older cameras and their noisier images. That 5D II isn't the fastest camera around either**, I used to use them at work. Well done Kas, did that one well.

**We tried to photograph the Formula 1 in schools thing, it was near impossible - the little scaled cars were far too quick.

HarryLi · Sat Jan 13, 2018 9:55 am

airkas1 wrote:
Aw shucks, thanks for the kind comments on both photos

Hi Kas,
I like this one very much

!

I am using 5D2 now most of time but i seldom take night shot like this one. May i know that what lens did you use in this shot ? And would you you please share some detail information ? Like is it necessary to use tripod or handheld , and what kind of focusing way is suitable? As i hope can have a try to it in the future ! :cheerful:

Cheers,
Harry

airkas1 · Sat Jan 13, 2018 10:23 am

Thanks guys!

The SQ A350 was with my 135 f2 lens. It was handheld and actually a very windy morning with gusts up to 40-55kt. I *think* I focused on the lights (when the aircraft was a bit further out) and continued to track it as it came closer. I just tried to keep myself steady, keep shooting calmly and hope for the best.

45272455674 · Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:15 am

Keichi again shows us how it is done:

That's a tough shot to do, unless you have a very modern camera, but even then you still need to know how to pull it off.

And this one is pretty damn stunning too:

airkas1 · Tue Jan 16, 2018 6:28 pm

My ultimate goal is to achieve night photos with the quality that he produces. Great inspiration and I'm a huge fan of his images.

45272455674 · Tue Jan 16, 2018 9:15 pm

airkas1 wrote:
My ultimate goal is to achieve night photos with the quality that he produces. Great inspiration and I'm a huge fan of his images.

His trick is using the available light. In nearly all of those photos he does - although it is dark - there are plenty of objects that are bright, such as background lights from cities or the airport or whatever else. And he is very good at it.

I also love his photos and I do like that style of photo and always have done. Wish it was easier to do something like that around Sydney airport. There is only one location where you can do it, but it'll end up looking more like Motoki Nakano's photo above.

Indeed, very beautiful photos from Keiichi.

airkas1 · Mon Jan 29, 2018 10:25 am

BEAUTIFUL!

notaxonrotax · Thu Feb 01, 2018 5:17 pm

Talk about timing.....

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vikkyvik · Thu Feb 01, 2018 9:24 pm

This one should have far more views. Amazing:

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