Hill Walker takes cracking picture

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Slab said:
Technique, experience and skill play a far bigger role in getting a shot like this... and some luck too :D
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Absolutely, however you do not get quality close up pics of a plane 50 meters away with a point and click or an iphone...
 
Nothing difficult about getting the shot other than being in that place, plane is flying pretty much in a straight line - Even most of the cheapest SLR's would be capable and you can buy a second hand 70-300mm lens on ebay for £50, the rest is experience and practice (which you could do by standing near a road and photographing cars - easier to do with a pro camera and a quick lens though.

It's a nice pic though
 
Slab said:
Just a wee pet hate of mine...

Would you say Cat 1 golfers must have serious kit or that Jamie Oliver must have a serious oven to cook well, does Dan Brown need a serious word processor

Technique, experience and skill play a far bigger role in getting a shot like this... and some luck too :D
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but to get a fast and sharp pic you need good glass- that's a given.

A good tog can take excellent pics with an iPhone3 but to get zoom, no blur, sharp etc etc you need kit....as well as technique
 
Lincoln Quaker said:
YouTube the mach loop, they fly below you. A couple of my mates who are typhoon pilots fly through it a couple of times a week. Looks cracking but its miles from anywhere to get to.
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another perspective..............inside the cockpit:eek:


[video=youtube_share;kT7qrYi8R_M]http://youtu.be/kT7qrYi8R_M[/video]
 
CMAC said:
but to get a fast and sharp pic you need good glass- that's a given.

A good tog can take excellent pics with an iPhone3 but to get zoom, no blur, sharp etc etc you need kit....as well as technique
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Most manufactures make glass perfectly capable of this kind of pic without it being anywhere near serious kit

The best kit in the world cant help a hobbyist to grab shots like this where they lack the technique. A poor photographer is just the same as a poor golfer, doesn't matter whats in their hands

No big issue for me it was just a pet peeve that this pic doesn't require anything like serious kit and detracts from any technique of the person who took it
 
CMAC said:
but to get a fast and sharp pic you need good glass- that's a given.

A good tog can take excellent pics with an iPhone3 but to get zoom, no blur, sharp etc etc you need kit....as well as technique
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Like I said you can get a canon zoom that will go to 300mm for about £50 second hand - any canon SLR (nikon too) will take a decent pic - easier if you have a 4 grand camera and 12 grand lens but you'll still miss some shots, everyone does, but you'll get some good shots too if you know what you are looking for - it's technique and experience not art or high end equipment.
 
My one and only Munro was Ben More on Mull.
Just coming off the summit I spotted a Harrier Jet coming straight at me, passed a couple of hundred feet wide and below me.

My own personal fly past.
 
Guy took pics with a Canon 7d (cost £699 at the moment - I've got one, it's not a top end camera, more semi-pro) - he did use a good lens (300mm f2.8 - cost £4899 image quality would have been just as good with the f4 version which costs £1079 - optics are superb on both) - he's a serious aircraft photographer - here's his flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/58430191@N04/with/15395200426/

Not like the Daily Mail to make up a story - glad they didn't with the pic of mine they published last Monday.
 
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