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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums***OCTOBER PHOTO CONTEST--WINNERS!***
Here they are...the winners of our contest this month which had the theme "photos that remind me of a song".
FIRST PLACE goes to
Fly me to the moon, Let me play among the stars by HAB911
SECOND PLACE goes to
Country Roads take me home by urbanhermit
THIRD PLACE goes to
At the end of the storm there's a golden sky (You'll Never Walk Alone) by mnhtnbb
The remaining FINALISTS were:
Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl "Copacabana" by Solly Mack
Sky Pilot, how high can you fly..... by CANADIANBEAVER69
Up, Up and Away by WalkerinSC
Total Eclipse of the Heart by CaliforniaPeggy
It was a marvelous contest, which I had the honor of hosting in memory of our accomplished Photographer, AndyS, and other DU'ers who have been lost to us. Thank you to all the Photographers who entered, and to all of you on DU who voted and left messages of support and praise for the contestants.
wryter2000
(47,247 posts)Well done!
Karadeniz
(23,229 posts)CurtEastPoint
(19,101 posts)questionseverything
(10,006 posts)Yall should get together and pick the best ones over the years and create a coffee table book. I know I would buy one!
brer cat
(25,971 posts)It was certainly hard to choose just one.
Solly Mack
(92,252 posts)electric_blue68
(17,343 posts)Is this something you planned as in -
the moon's up on x days let me look for a jet that seems to be heading in it's direction.
Or
As ou're zooming into the moon (and thinking of some Moon song) you catch a jet heading in it's direction out of the corner of your eye and you go "Aha!".
Wonderful Pic whether by plan or serendipity.
HAB911
(9,313 posts)Of course no expectation of success, it's all a crap-shoot to get a direct hit, which is relatively rare, lots of near hits.
I'm all about the long reach in photography, long lenses give a different perspective to normal vision. The moon is huge because it was taken with a 1200mm lens. I live in north Tampa, and 15 miles to the west of me is the flight path for planes coming from up north, to Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, and Palm Beach. This is before they begin to descend, so they are at maximum altitude. When the moon is in the right position, I can be found with my camera on a tripod and my laptop on a site that shows every airplane in the air, airframe registration, plane type. (globe.adsbexchange.com), and another site that shows origin and destination for all planes (flightradar24.com). This particular plane is a G600 at 45k ft and 15nm distance heading to Miami. I am particularly proud of this one, although there are many more to see.
Here is my gallery of Plane Moon Spotting: https://jamesdevore.smugmug.com/Plane-Moon-Spotting
Here is my gallery of plane old Plane Spotting: https://jamesdevore.smugmug.com/60-YEAR-JOURNEY-IN-PHOTOGRAPHY/A-LITTLE-BIT-OF-EVERYTHING/PLANESPOTTING
Hope you enjoy, and thanks for the question!
electric_blue68
(17,343 posts)Wow all the ones w contrails.
First one you got a perfect sun edge on the plane, with a near spakle glint near the front top by piolot's windows.
All kinds of angles of approach.
The fancy painted ones!
One where the plane us in blue sky heading leftward w a bright bank of clouds w a diagonal edge near by.
Then, oh my - see if I got it right
A ?B-52, definitely The Stealth Fighter, and could that be (not sure) an ?SR-57 all together?!
Lovely sets of fighter jets.
(Yeah, of course, I wish we didn't need instruments of war. But they are beautifully designed)
I've been on the Intrepid Museum (aircraft carrier) and many fighter jets parked there.
Including the SR-57.
Hope I got the designation right.
Then your jets and Moon.
Well, a 1200mm lens that will do a trick or two! Imagining the ?foreshortening on certain things.
Very cool. Esp w contrails or the jet totally "inside" the moon.
The very first one the moon is totally close to white w neutral grays, but the contrail, and the jet itself are a very pale blue! Wonderful subtle image.
The multiple jet ones. Some kind of multi capture as it flys along?
As far as the moon goes I remember my 2nd digital camera that had 12xs optical to 38-40xs digital back in ?2010.
It was the first time I got photos of the Moon where I could see craters even amall ones, their shadows etc. So exciting!
.ETA:
I'm almost sure it was poster Aviation Pro that mentioned globe.adsbexchange.com first that I caught.
I love that site when I can get the direction trails of the planes in real time (or set other wise) on the interactive map.
HAB911
(9,313 posts)To answer your questions,
A ?B-52, definitely The Stealth Fighter, and could that be (not sure) an ?SR-57 all together?!
B-52 from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, a B-1 from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota, and a B-2 from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri taken outside Tampa Sadium at Super Bowl LV.
Some of the fighters were taken at the Cocoa Beach Airshow a few years back, and many were taken near MacDill AFB in Tampa.
The multiple jet ones. Some kind of multi capture as it flys along?
All of the photos of the planes around the moon are one of a series, sort of a very slow motion movie, at 4 frames per second. As soon as it is apparent the plane will be close to, or a direct hit, I will simply hold the shutter release and capture the approach and exit from the moon and then pick the most dramatic single shot. In the multi shots, I combined the series of shots to show what it really looked like in the viewfinder.
I have been a "photographer" since 1970 on the DMZ, in and around Panmunjom. I enjoy photographing any and everything.
Check out all the goodness by starting at the beginning: https://jamesdevore.smugmug.com/
niyad
(118,969 posts)of our membets possess. Thank you, one and all, for so many moments of beauty an joy.
wolfie001
(3,400 posts)Fla Dem
(25,513 posts)Beringia
(4,479 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(151,705 posts)Congrats to the winners!
HAB911
(9,313 posts)jfz9580m
(14,897 posts)Not the one I voted for, but still very cool .
a kennedy
(31,783 posts)But still....these are great photos and winners.
Trueblue1968
(17,901 posts)blogslug
(38,570 posts)🎉❤️🎉