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mnhtnbb

(31,909 posts)
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 04:29 PM 23 hrs ago

***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.

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***OCTOBER PHOTO CONTEST--WINNERS!*** (Original Post) mnhtnbb 23 hrs ago OP
My three favroites wryter2000 23 hrs ago #1
Talented DUers !!!! Karadeniz 23 hrs ago #2
all 3 are splendid. Good contest, mnhtnbb CurtEastPoint 23 hrs ago #3
We are very lucky to have so many talented artists in our midst questionseverything 23 hrs ago #4
I thought this was one of our best contests. brer cat 23 hrs ago #5
Congrats all!! Solly Mack 23 hrs ago #6
Congrats, all! Cool pcs all around. And a question for HAB911. electric_blue68 22 hrs ago #7
This type of photo is very deliberate and planned, best as possible HAB911 21 hrs ago #13
What a Parade of Planes 👍 Then the Moon and Planes electric_blue68 18 hrs ago #16
Thank you! HAB911 9 hrs ago #19
I continue to be in awe of the photographic talent, often genius, that so many niyad 22 hrs ago #8
I immediately started singing the Frank Sinatra hit....cause I'm a Boomer wolfie001 22 hrs ago #9
All great pictures! Fla Dem 21 hrs ago #10
Congrats to the winners Beringia 21 hrs ago #11
It was a great contest! Splendid entries and wonderful songs are priceless! CaliforniaPeggy 21 hrs ago #12
Thanks to everyone!! HAB911 21 hrs ago #14
Cool jfz9580m 20 hrs ago #15
Ok, ok, they're good......they're the winners.....the one I voted for didn't win.... a kennedy 18 hrs ago #17
Pretty !!!! Trueblue1968 14 hrs ago #18
Congratulations to the Winners and All the Entries! blogslug 8 hrs ago #20
Perfect choices......congratulations to the winners, and to all who entered..... a kennedy 7 hrs ago #21

questionseverything

(10,006 posts)
4. We are very lucky to have so many talented artists in our midst
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 04:51 PM
23 hrs ago

Ya’ll should get together and pick the best ones over the years and create a “coffee table “ book. I know I would buy one!

electric_blue68

(17,343 posts)
7. Congrats, all! Cool pcs all around. And a question for HAB911.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 05:51 PM
22 hrs ago

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)
13. This type of photo is very deliberate and planned, best as possible
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:01 PM
21 hrs ago

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)
16. What a Parade of Planes 👍 Then the Moon and Planes
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 09:51 PM
18 hrs ago

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)
19. Thank you!
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 07:11 AM
9 hrs ago

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)
8. I continue to be in awe of the photographic talent, often genius, that so many
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 05:57 PM
22 hrs ago

of our membets possess. Thank you, one and all, for so many moments of beauty an joy.

a kennedy

(31,783 posts)
17. Ok, ok, they're good......they're the winners.....the one I voted for didn't win....
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 09:56 PM
18 hrs ago

But still....these are great photo’s and winners.

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