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F-18 Tearing Through
Published: 2008-09-24 04:22:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 25110; Favourites: 610; Downloads: 0
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a high speed shot of the F-18 Super Hornet just tearing up the sky. the unique design of the F-18 makes it possible to get shots like this where the air is crushed so much around it, that it looks as though it is flying inside a cloud.high spped camera and mad skillz as a photo guy (me) also needed.
4-24-09 EDIT:
thanks to all for the nice comments and favs. I WILL BE RE-WORKING THIS FOR A LARGER AND CLEANER IMAGE.
to all concerned with the watermark: IT IS THERE FOR A REASON. I DO NOT TAKE KIND TO MY IMAGES BEING STOLEN. THE WATERMARK PREVENTS A LOT OF THAT. I USED TO SHOW PICTURES WITHOUT THE WATERMARK, AND I LOST A LOT OF WORK TO THIEVES. please respect my decision on that. if there was actual web coding that would prevent any and all stealing of the image, I will gladly remove the mark.
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I sure would love to see that without the watermark.
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Oh my gosh that is an amazing shot! It looks like its breaking the sound barrier there. Neat!!
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its just about there, but not allowed to these days.....its a shame. when i was a kid, the fighters could scream over us with full burn and shake the house.
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aw, thats is too bad. I think i remeber my bf saying that he remembers that too when he was little, i really wish i could hear that
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well, if you get to the coast during a show thats held over the water you can, depending on who's in charge.
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Its definitely on my list of things to do before i'm 40 now
Wait why over the water?
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the military is governed by rules that block them from breaking the sound barrier over land when flying low, as in air shows in the USA.
but, they are allowed--not bitched at, when doing the air show over the water. the Blue Angels do that quite often in the shows over the bay in California, and then up and down the coastal areas. the T-birds hit pretty good on the water in Florida.
i could not locate the official reasons, but it has to do with how loud they are, the danger involved, other crap brought on by wimpy politicians! LOL
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OOooooh i see. :: shakes fist at wimpy politicians ::
Oh wait i got it MAAAAYBE they aren't allowed to do that while flying low over land, because it could result in an interdimensional tear, or even a tear in time/reality and and and-... yeah i got nothing after that LOL
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we need....the TARDIS.
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OOOuuuu yes!, i love phone booths that aren't really phone booths, and time/space travel !!!
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tom baker ruled as the doc.
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Tom Baker is mah boyfriends favorite doctor too ^^
I like David Tennent, he's got such great hair @_@
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STUNNING!!! ABSOLUTLY STUNNING!!!!
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thanks a bunch.
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It's as if the plane has flown through a barrier and into another world. There is an air of mystery in this picture, but at the same time itβs ominous, like the pilot has suddenly found himself lost in the Bermuda Triangle. Wonderfully beautiful, I can see why you would want to protect this piece with a watermark.
Watermarks are a price people have to pay when looking at online art because itβs so easy to steal, so commenters, relax.
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In the time it took me to log in, this comment thread went from 8 pages to 4... odd. Anyway, for the laymen wondering about this phenomenon, it occurs when any aircraft (not just a Hornet) cross the sound barrier. The shock waves cause the air to rapidly compress and expand, and this basically "squeezes" a cloud out of the surround air; so, as someone else said, it is indeed emerging from a cloud, though an artificially created one.
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yep, but the design of the Hornet makes this happen with them easier than other jets. most say its because of the way the air intakes and wings are set on the Hornet. the front of them is different to other fighters.
plus, the right kind of weather helps too. the more humidity...the easier it is.
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I think this is a beautiful picture. Shame about the huge watermark that ruins the effect
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thanks...glad ya like it.
true.....i just never took the time to make my own watermark yet.
but.....the mark is there for a reason. which i have had to learn about the hard way.
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Yes of course, I understand why you need to put it there.
Here's to justice.
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congrats to the dd! nicely caught moment 
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yep...had to use the mark to prevent it from being used without permission. but i will try and upload a larger version to give off more detail.
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I fully understand, but why not use your own watermark? Write your own text over the pic, where you want it, dim the opacity, that's it
give it a try
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i know how to make my own, but then i would have to submit a separate file for each print i offer as well. being that some files are huge, it takes up too much space on my drive at that point.
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Don't want to gush. You must be dripping already.
That's some fuckin photo.
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---actually with this title and the thumb view i thought it is a white sheet being cut with an ox or something, from the backside
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Would love to hear about the superspeed camera
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its mainly setting up your cam to max out its ability for shutter speed and frames per second, but at the same time, you sacrifice picture quality.
had i been moving with the jet it would be clear too, or the distance to the subject as well.
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This is absolutely stunning.
I will DEFINITELY be getting a print - my husband is going to LOVE this!
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if ya like that one, this one might be better quality:
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I believe this is a stunning piece.
Truly, the angle from which the plane has been shot efficiently conveys such an aerodynamic feeling, added to the surrounding deformation of air (that sometimes few people know happens when the plane is going at transonic speed) make this shot's composition truly impressive.
However, I believe a little more contrast adjustment and white balance could give this a much more exciting feeling.
Great job, there, congrats
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thanks!
yeah i am still trying to clean some of them up. it was such a cloudy overcast day...makes it so hard, not to mention shooting something that is near 600knots in flight.
dont blink!
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hehe, that's true. Any chance you might shoot other air shows anytime soon?
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oh yeah.
july 11th and 12th i am gonna try to make it up to Peoria IL to see the t-birds. then my local show is sept 19th and 20th i think. that has the snow birds from canada. so far thats all i have right now.
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To bad you had to ruin the photo with a watermark...we can't see your image when we open it.
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>the unique design of the F-18 makes it possible to get shots like this where the air is crushed so much around it, that it looks as though it is flying inside a cloud.
This effect has no relations to so called "sonic barrier" and can be seen on subsonic plane. Usually this plane is F-18 only because most F-18s are naval fighters.
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hey, i gotta give myself props every now and then! LOL
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i always love these shots. Id hope to get one myself one day
well done!
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hey bud, you send over some of them WWII birds...i will trade ya!
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I wanted to be an engineer for the RAF when I was a kid - aeroplanes fascinate me.
Fantastic shot - were you in a plane along side it or were you using a zoom lens?
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a zoom on the ground, as he was passing on my left.
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Fantastic shot then!
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