Air Traffic Control Overview - RSPB Bempton

Posted 27/07/2023 - 19:31 Link
It was the result of quite a bit of experimentation following the advice and inspiration of a fellow photographer.
Burst mode for c10-15 seconds or until the buffer filled up. Manual focus.
Then focus merged a set of them in Affinity2. Depends on the burst mode speed - not every photo was merged. Sometimes every 3rd photo used.
NOTE: It wasn't that busy with birds either.
Pentax K-3iii DSLR

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Grumpy GrandPa, Recently Retired.
Gotta K-3iii now, had a K-S2, K50 and so suffering from a relapse and so buying digital camera kit.
Previous addiction has resulted in using Zeniths, Yashicamat, Chinons, Minoltas, Samsungs, Fujis, Cosina, Kodak, Lumix, Canon, Nikon and Pentax etc etc - have tried most makes in the past 50 years. Love cameras - love taking photos even more
LennyBloke
Posted 27/07/2023 - 19:43 - Helpful Comment Link
Brilliant image
LennyBloke
Spad
Posted 27/07/2023 - 20:43 - Helpful Comment Link
This is just brilliant!!!
Posted 27/07/2023 - 21:01 Link
Thanks for the nice comments. Forgot to add that I used my 40 year old SLIK 88 tripod too
Grumpy GrandPa, Recently Retired.
Gotta K-3iii now, had a K-S2, K50 and so suffering from a relapse and so buying digital camera kit.
Previous addiction has resulted in using Zeniths, Yashicamat, Chinons, Minoltas, Samsungs, Fujis, Cosina, Kodak, Lumix, Canon, Nikon and Pentax etc etc - have tried most makes in the past 50 years. Love cameras - love taking photos even more
1stEverPentax
Posted 27/07/2023 - 21:32 - Helpful Comment Link
Really unusual and executed very well.

Reminds me of the kind of illustration one might see in a textbook.

Well worth the effort i'd say...well done.

regards

Karlo
bforbes
Posted 27/07/2023 - 22:21 - Helpful Comment Link
When family are abroad I use FlightAware to track their return, so reminiscent. Brilliant
davidwozhere
Posted 27/07/2023 - 23:17 - Helpful Comment Link
Very well done. The sea colours are nice too.
Both the *istDS and the K5 are incurably addicted to old glass

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Posted 28/07/2023 - 09:29 - Helpful Comment Link
Absolutely striking image, love it.

Stuart
alfpics
Posted 28/07/2023 - 11:27 - Helpful Comment Link
Excellent!
Andy
Edited by alfpics: 28/07/2023 - 11:28
Spad
Posted 28/07/2023 - 18:07 Link
On reflection....

Could you imagine ATC'ing that lot???

You end that stressed, that you'd be that heavily sedated... you'd be dead!!
Posted 06/10/2023 - 14:02 Link
Wow! Well . .
My Air traffic Control photo was entered into our local photo club competition and scored very highly and so was in the top ten.
It then went into a local club vs clubs competion with 4 other local photo clubs - and the judging outcome meeting/presentation was last night with about 45 photos in the mix.

I'm pleased to say that I thought that the judge was great, knowlegable and made some great comments and decisions.
He scored it 18 out of 20. The only entry which scored more, was given 19.
So, I got a second place - albeit shared with a few othes who also scored 18.

I'm very pleased with that outcome.
NOTE: A few other fantastic photos were NOT scored so highly, so the opinion of those photographers about the judging may well not be the same as mine

Grumpy GrandPa, Recently Retired.
Gotta K-3iii now, had a K-S2, K50 and so suffering from a relapse and so buying digital camera kit.
Previous addiction has resulted in using Zeniths, Yashicamat, Chinons, Minoltas, Samsungs, Fujis, Cosina, Kodak, Lumix, Canon, Nikon and Pentax etc etc - have tried most makes in the past 50 years. Love cameras - love taking photos even more
Edited by GrumpyGrandPa: 06/10/2023 - 14:07
alfpics
Posted 06/10/2023 - 15:18 - Helpful Comment Link
A very pleasing result!
Andy
Andy
LennyBloke
Posted 06/10/2023 - 16:03 - Helpful Comment Link
Very well deserved - when I first saw this photo I was impressed with everything about it, you should be pleased
LennyBloke
bforbes
Posted 06/10/2023 - 16:07 - Helpful Comment Link
Well done. It's very often the unique that catches the eye.
Lubbyman
Posted 06/10/2023 - 19:18 - Helpful Comment Link
+1 to all of the above. Are you going to have to change your name from GrumpyGrandPa to GrinningFromEarToEarGrandPa??

Steve

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