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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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Comments: 266
Watermark exactly on the motive... not so clever :/
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it would be nice if DA had an option for it to be located as a choice.....
but until then, it keeps it from being stolen ya know.
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theres no choice if you put a standard DA watermark, they just stick it in the middle ><
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maybe fot those motives it might be better then to show it only 800px wide but without watermark? It's really sad here because you can't enjoy the picture!
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Brilliant work on this. I love it.
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The watermark killed, but its awesome!
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but the jet flew right through may watermark! that was the stunt! LOL
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The plane just breake the sound barrier that's all. But very, very Noice shot
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if you really need to put the watermark, at least it cold be everywhere else except in the center
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i think i am gonna ask DA for options on watermark placement and size.....if it already hasnt been discussed?
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good idea, or even better you can simply just not use it, or make a small one by yourself one the corner
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They don't give you the option of putting it anywhere else - it is a standard dA watermark.
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don't put it then, it ruins a good photo
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to each his own - he's protecting his work 
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it runs a good photo, but anyway it's your decision if you want to ruin it with a shitty watermark
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This is truely messing with my eyes o_O
I have watched a lot of F-18's flying at airshows. But you never see something like this unless you catch it on camera. Great shot
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ya need humidity...and i dont think ya get the super muggy stuff up north where you are.
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woah 
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yep, thats how all the good crap in my life happens!
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I don't think I've ever seen so much negativity surrounding a Daily Deviation. It's absolutely disgusting.
Congratulations to the artist, this is a shot I'd be very proud to have taken and it's a worthy DD indeed.
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thanks a bunch man.
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well said. fucking ridiculous to complain about protecting your work.
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I don't think the majority is against protecting the artwork itself. But as some said, there are so much more subtle ways to do so. Just look at [link] for example. Why ruin it if there's no need to?
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Yes. The watermark is destroying the beauty in the pic ..
There are more subtle ways to mark/protect ur artwork.
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Is that a sonic boom or is it just coming out of clouds? Nice shot!
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... wouldn't the time frame in that of which you took that shot be phenomenally small?
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yep...like 10/12500ths of a second.
( i have no idea why cameras dont do the math and make that 1/1250th)
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Hmm, and when i think about it ..
Shouldn't the angle come fron the ground, i mean as if the camera's looking up?
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i believe this is the moment when the aircraft breaks the sound barrier.
if i am incorrect, please inform me. meanwhile, i will be faving this.
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very close to it, and thanks!
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Nice shot. Getting tight-framed views is tricky on moving aircraft (long lenses work against you doing this), unless you are in another plane.
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thanks
i am still working on that part about being in another plane.
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I always find photos like this fascinating. Physics is brilliant like that.
I admit the watermark makes it a little difficult to see the image properly, but it's not really an issue. I personally am more concerned about the fact that the shades of the sky and the (what does one call it?) part that shows the breaking of the sound barrier are so similar that it's really hard to distinguish between them and makes the entire effect rather difficult to see. Maybe some playing with contrasts would have made the border clearer? Though, I understand on some days it's really hard to capture something like this, and you'd probably need a really bright blue sky.
Congrats on the DD, by the way.
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yeah...it was a fight against a dreary overcast sky. it had rained just hours before this. i have tried a lot of different ways to work it and clean it up, but each way you go takes away from something good.
thanks!
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I would love to be in the cockpit of a F-18 when it breaks the sound barrier.
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nah...riding on the wings! just watch for the bugs, they'd go through your head.
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more like your body lol
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i was counting on that being protected by laying on the wing....but i dont think it would matter much at 600knots.
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Wow. I'm speechless.
All i can think of is "How da heck did he get that shot?" and "Holy fuck, that is so cool".
Technical perfection has been achieved. Instant classic.
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thanks. zoomed in like i was, it was anticipation and timing. since i grew up on military bases, i am used to how they fly, and what lines they take. then its just up to aiming the camera and having the right settings. to get this without blur you have a high ISO and shutter, but that can of course leave it a little noisy......
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hehe "high spped camera and mad skillz as a photo guy (me) also needed" 
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