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Re: Axalp 2010

Post by tomba2247 »

Ok understand...
this one is a winner!!!! :respect:
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Re: Axalp 2010

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Bendavid2 wrote:I did a bit photoshopping on your best (,in my opinion,)picture. I did a little bit oversharped the picture to get it sharp but now I think the picture is awesome!

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tomba2247 wrote:Ok understand...
this one is a winner!!!! :respect:
EXTRA NOTE IT IS NOT MY PICTURE
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Re: Axalp 2010

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Bendavid2 wrote:It's true not all pictures are razor sharp. I think it that have a few reasons. First of all 1/800 seconds is just on the edge of good shutter speeds to have 99% sharp. the 2nd and much more important reason is the lens. The HSM (HyperSonicMotor) of you lens (150-500) is not so fast and you are often (a bit) out of focus. Most helicopter shots are sharp (the are not so fast). Since you are often at F/8 the sharpness of you lens isn't a problem. If you try to have rotor blur don;t go to f/16 but go to iso100. Sharpness will become worse at higher f-number than f/13 often (due diffraction).
Another major point is try to do (more) Photoshop. The horizon isn't a problem but a little bit more sharpness and contrast are. I did a bit photoshopping on your best (,in my opinion,)picture. I did a little bit oversharped the picture to get it sharp but now I think the picture is awesome!
Thanks for editing my picture, it looks so much more awesome after the edit, it seems i still have a lot to learn about making the best out of my images.
I only did some quick editing in lightroom, but mostly i still have to find out the right way to get to the right result.
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Re: Axalp 2010

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Some nice pictures already here I see. But I had expected a bit more considering the amount of people on both show days.
I myself only went up the mountain on Tuesday and spend the rest of the time around the airbases. Probably should have spend more days at Axalp as the weather up there was great all week. I haven't had much time yet to sort out all pictures but here a selection of the Axalp show on Tuesday.
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Re: Axalp 2010

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Nice pictures! Especially the last one (all III). Nice light.

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Re: Axalp 2010

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Greets Jan Willem Verdonk

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Re: Axalp 2010

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hi

here are mine shots

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best regards
emil
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Re: Axalp 2010

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Bendavid2 wrote:
Very helpful post! :respect:

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Re: Axalp 2010

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Ive walked from the bottom of the Gibraltar Rock to the top, and on the otherside down again.

can that be compared to the Axalp climb? :)

In Gibraltar i was wearing Vans Slip-on shoes, and no socks :| (the idea was to take the car till we found out it cost 55 euros to get up with a car, hence the choice of shoes),when we arrived at the first pub of the town i crashed :P and did not stand up for like 3 hours.
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Re: Axalp 2010

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Ok, quite long time after the event to post my photos .... but I think also of some interest ;)

I was two weeks on and around the area and begin with some shots of the preparations on the shooting Range.

Super Puma T-312 installed a new designed stair on 6th of october
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For that some personel had to be transportet with some nice Fly-Byes - Picture in BIG
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Re: Axalp 2010

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Also the shooting had already begun - and the Tigers flew with external fuel in grey and red FLUNT's :bday:

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Fighter Squadron 8 flew due political reasons out of Sion again - but for the three photographers this pilot made two nice low passes inbetween Tower and Axalphorn :worship:
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Real Pilots flyes without TomTom :lol:
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More will follow tomorrow 8)
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Re: Axalp 2010

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Some verry nice shots people I am impressed
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Re: Axalp 2010

Post by PH-OTO »

Nice nice nice, guys! :D :D :D
Made the same decision as Vinflyer: only went up on Tuesday, and the other day in a cloudy valley: I wonder what I was thinking. :?
Here's my edited set for now, more to follow soon

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Re: Axalp 2010

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The surprise of this years training was the French Armeé de l'Air Alphajet - two nice Fly-Byes from the west and after each, like the pilot had never made something different, a left-turn through the little valley at the Axalphorn !

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Never checked that this a/c is so little - never grew much bigger on my 300mm+2xConverter-Lens :shock:
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Re: Axalp 2010

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Now some Hornets for you - in there natural habitat :D

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Searching the sun from out of the Fog - Picture in BIG
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Indian Summer - in BIG
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I hope you could enjoy the pictures enjoy or simply smolder in memory again - c u next year ! :bday:
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