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ptrjong wrote:
The story behind this one is at least a little odd. :
ptrjong wrote:By the way, sorry for not having followed up on your invitation to visit. I should have dropped you a note at least, ny apologies!
Peter
JKPhotos wrote:Ironically I am currently out for a few weeks with a fractured / broken wrist....from a bike accident (not at the Airport though this time )
but luckily these two were my only bike accidents in the past 15 years or so..
frippe wrote:Thank You for an interesting subject!
Perhaps I dare to participate although I have nothing very brave or exotic to add.
But this aircraft is very difficult to spot since it is used only indoors for teaching purposes at Flygteknik Technical School at NYO. This afternoon I could see it parked outside, but had to climb a rusty evacuation ladder outside a building far away to avoid that the perimeter fence be visible. Long telezoom was needed and a steady hand in low light. Today I would never have taken such a risk, having added many kilos in weight...
HarryLi wrote:
My first time to see an Active DC-3... well the hardest thing should be the process that i took this one. It landed in Macau but i was a Guangzhou Spotter it cost me a lot of time to get there also expensive transportation cost. And.... it was raining for a long time before it arrived, i stood there with rain for more than 6 hrs.
JKPhotos wrote:Not as extreme as your examples, but I fell off my bike before (nothing broken back then, but quite a few scratches) and was still significantly blooding when taking this shot.
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planespot wrote:
For the Miracle on the Hudson shot, I had been following the convoy from NJ into Delaware, and had scouted this location out on Google Maps the night before, as it was one of the few overpasses that didn't have fencing and had the right angle for good light. I missed an earlier photo op further north in Delaware, and raced to get to the overpass. I had to park and run about a quarter of a mile to get to the spot, which I did with seconds to spare.
planespot wrote:JKPhotos wrote:Ironically I am currently out for a few weeks with a fractured / broken wrist....from a bike accident (not at the Airport though this time )
but luckily these two were my only bike accidents in the past 15 years or so..
Get better soon, Julien!
For the Miracle on the Hudson shot, I had been following the convoy from NJ into Delaware, and had scouted this location out on Google Maps the night before, as it was one of the few overpasses that didn't have fencing and had the right angle for good light. I missed an earlier photo op further north in Delaware, and raced to get to the overpass. I had to park and run about a quarter of a mile to get to the spot, which I did with seconds to spare.
airkas1 wrote:Proooooooobably this one:
Took me a couple of evening of trial and error and I only had 1 chance every evening. Eventually, a bit of luck and skill/practise worked out great. And I got lucky that A.net was actively advertising that they wanted more creative photos. I still consider this one to be one of my (if not the) best image on A.net. I hope I can perfect it and try with other subjects as well in the coming winters.
A good second may be the elusive Peter Max. Back when I was young and without a car, I chased this bird for months. An A.net user kept a thread in civ.av current with the whereabouts of the bird, but I always seemed to miss it. But on this gorgeous January day, I finally got it. Had to take a bus from the airport train station and then still walk for 20-40 minutes, but I made it just in time. And it seemed as if the whole spotting community was out there on that day, you will find plenty of photos from this location and day in the DB
spompert wrote:Nice stories and interesting to read! For me it`s probably this nightshot with a thunderstorm. Never maneged to get a night shot accepted before. I was on my way to Kathmandu when somewhere above India I saw this storm with lightning out of my window. I remember trying lots of different settings on my camera and new it would be hard to catch the lightning and I did not have much time. I used an acceptable shutter speed in the end (1/13s) so it was doable heldhand. Also used low aperture (3,5) a high ISO (3200) but not too much because of possible quality loss. Than I just tried a lot of shots (around 35) so I would get a lightningstrike in one of them. I finally succeeded and afterwards had to do a lot of editing too. I was rewarded with an acceptance and with one of my personal best photos. I am very into extreme weather and stormchasing so this is for me the perfect combination!
canyonblue17 wrote:Had to fly to Belize from the States. Rent an SUV. Drive six miles up a dirt/gravel road into the jungle. Walk about a half-mile through the jungle. Cross about a 50-yard wide creek and then take a decent enough shot in poor lighting while being ravaged by mosquitos.
canyonblue17 wrote:
Had to fly to Belize from the States. Rent an SUV. Drive six miles up a dirt/gravel road into the jungle. Walk about a half-mile through the jungle. Cross about a 50-yard wide creek and then take a decent enough shot in poor lighting while being ravaged by mosquitos.
canyonblue17 wrote:
Had to fly to Belize from the States. Rent an SUV. Drive six miles up a dirt/gravel road into the jungle. Walk about a half-mile through the jungle. Cross about a 50-yard wide creek and then take a decent enough shot in poor lighting while being ravaged by mosquitos.
acontador wrote:[...]
acontador wrote:I have a few that were difficult in different ways:
This one (and many more from these flights) took me about 4 years to finally get all the clearances, many meetings, lot's of study and preparation work, and a 3 hour briefing prior to the flight! But it was worth it
Cheers!
United_fan wrote:
Not too exotic,but there's this creapy road you have to walk down,then along a fence. And Maxton is in the middle of nowhere . On the weekend,there is nobody around.
United_fan wrote:. It's cool to see the red paint bleach out over the years,there .