Ramstein AFB - Feb 08, 2008

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Ramstein AFB - Feb 08, 2008

Post by USAFE »

Hi gents,

spent a few hours in the 08 approach yesterday:

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Hope you like them.

Cheers,
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Post by andel »

Yep i like them 8)
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Post by Warthog 71 »

Hej Johnny,

Nice shots, how about the shots with the other lens?


Grtz,

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Post by USAFE »

Lens? You´re kidding! You mean monster!
Nice, clear images, love this gear, would kill for it (next time)! :-)

Thanks again for this experience! :D
Aaaaargh...
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Post by ZeroOtto »

Veri nice herky foto............
:lol: 08
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Post by Frank »

Nice to meet you up there Johnny. See you next time at the Bismarkturm.

Here some of my images of last Friday.

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Post by Key »

Nice stuff, Frank. Although the distance does give me a 'detached' feeling, you got some neat compositions in there. I like the first KC a lot! And indeed picked the right weather for this kind of work. 8)

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Hi,
you look like a couple of snipers over there! :lol:
Nice pictures and indeed good weather whitout heatwaves!
How much mm you need up there?

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Post by Redskin301 »

wow, some really nice pictures frank. You needed a very steady hand to take this sharp pictures from this distance 8)
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Post by Brian »

Nice pics indeed! i like the first KC-135 pic and the first B.747 (too bad it's a civvie ;)) with the country side on the background.

Great shots!
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Post by Frank »

Thanks !

The Bismarckturm is a very nice spot to give you an overview of the airfield. You do need to have some big lenses though and i can recommend to bring a good tripod.

Marcel used his 500mm 2.8 L and and 1.4 extender mainly. Myself I took most shots with a 300mm 2.8 L + 2.0 extender, but even sometimes I added a 1.4 extender to that configuration which gave me (300mm * 2.0 extender * 1.4 extender * 1.3 enlargement factor = 1092mm :-))

The KC-135 picture was made with that configuration.
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Post by Sleegertje »

Hi Frank,
Really nice pics you've made.
I have one question did you also did some cropping with photoshop or are these the original pictures?

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Post by Redskin301 »

Frank wrote:but even sometimes I added a 1.4 extender to that configuration which gave me (300mm * 2.0 extender * 1.4 extender * 1.3 enlargement factor = 1092mm :-))
A currious question; were many of those pictures unscharp or is it quite easy for a trained photographer to hold this config :?:
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Post by Frank »

Rene, Alex

I had to do a lot of photoshopping and no, these ones are not as sharp as "normal" ones. I used ISO 320 value to reach higher shutterspeeds (1/1000) and that gives grainy results, especially if you have to crop the images.

The Hercules pictures and the first KC-135 were considerably cropped, and I edited them outside Lightroom. With Noise Ninja and some Shadow / Highlights, I came to a reasonable result. The 747 was large enough so I did not have to crop that much. These ones were not Ninja-ed

Hope this helps !
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Post by USAFE »

Wow! Stunning pics!!! :D
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