October 2007 Photo of the Month Contest.

[wizard]

Fall is upon us and the event season is starting to wind down. There are still great opportunities for photos this month. The Tucson Shoot Out is underway, there are fun-flies, and fly-in all over the place.

So grab your cameras and get out there. When you aren't the one on the sticks or the spotter, that's the time to be clicking away.

Here is a couple recent photos of mine for inspiration.

Here is Matt with his new bird, and a shot from the Terre Haute Air Fair.

[Ryguy]

Is that second one John Mohr? He's the bomb!

[wizard]

Yes, it sure is. He put on a great show.

[getfurious]

My new Ultimate and first shot at Giant Scale.

[Mud Duck]

Here is my first entry for the October contest. This is Paul Soha of St. Charles, Missouri, flying his Avant Carbon Extreme perilously close to the ground; obviously inverted! Unless the rules state otherwise, there may be more as this should be a great time of the year for pictures.

http://www.jcrc.com/2007Events/2007-09-22-JCRC-Heli/2007-09-22-JCRC-Helicopter-1145.jpg

Thanks! Shaun

[airborneSGT]

Well here are some of my first tries. My inspiration was Operation Market Garden. I was also partially inspired by the moive A Bridge Too Far: YouTube - A Bridge Too Far Intro

So here Goes! These were taken at the 82nd Airborne Division musuem at Ft. Bragg. Of course the good old skies of grey. Make me want to re-up sometimes....almost :198:

The full size pictures are much more clear. I have a 10MP camera and it shoots around 1600x1200 default.

[selleri]

This month began with great weather :198:

http://frettavefur.net/Forum/uploadpic/2007/1192006916.jpg
CompArf Extra 300L

http://frettavefur.net/Forum/uploadpic/2007/1192006989.jpg
Extreme Flight Yak 54

[Alexzzz]

I'll give it a try:200:

http://foto.modelbouwforum.nl/albums/userpics/10318/HPIM1759.JPG

Greetz.

[Ryguy]

These aren't great, but the school newspaper is doin an article on my obsession, and here are some pics they took. Take a look at the KM one. You can see the shadow of the prop on the cowl. Oh, and take a good look at the next to last one and guess what happened right after it was taken....lol

[LawnJockey]

Here are a few I shot earlier this month. Gregs MX-2 looks killer.:198:

LJ

[LawnJockey]

A few more.

[RCER123]

Just a few!!

[somethnextra]

B-17 photo taken at Andrews AFB open house in May. Beautiful airplane.

[3drat]

one from the weekend

[yakwrecker]

Heres a couple from my buddies fly-in

[pbart]

HI,
Here are my picks for Photo of the month....all shot at the TAS a few weeks ago.
Perry

[RCER123]

HI,
Here are my picks for Photo of the month....all shot at the TAS a few weeks ago.
Perry

They are really awesome! Well Done!:198:

[capcanuck]

OK. Here are mine. First one from the Canadian Nats in Ontario this year (freestyle on Sunday) and the next two from the Chatham IMAC in September. It was cold!

[Mike c.]

A few more.

My Edge not only looks better, its bigger!

[hipollito]

these were taken with a cell phone camera, too bad I didn´t have my cannon with me that day....the last one is one from one night flying in a stadium parking lot

[DStJohn]

I almost forgot to submit some photos. These are from our Big Bird Festival held on August 22 & 23.

Hold on Kim!
http://www.flyinggiants.com/gallery/data/762/medium/IMG_4757.jpg

http://www.flyinggiants.com/gallery/data/762/medium/IMG_5098.jpg

http://www.flyinggiants.com/gallery/data/762/medium/IMG_4901.jpg

http://www.flyinggiants.com/gallery/data/762/medium/IMG_3313.jpg

http://www.flyinggiants.com/gallery/data/762/medium/IMG_3374.jpg

http://www.flyinggiants.com/gallery/data/762/medium/IMG_3558.jpg

[DStJohn]

Here are some of Josh Moen doing a 3-D Heli Demo at Big Bird this year.

http://www.flyinggiants.com/gallery/data/762/medium/IMG_5171.jpg

http://www.flyinggiants.com/gallery/data/762/medium/IMG_2542.jpg

http://www.flyinggiants.com/gallery/data/762/medium/IMG_2684.jpg

http://www.flyinggiants.com/gallery/data/762/medium/IMG_5491.jpg

[scot]

33% Goldberg Ultimate, 3W-60.

[pbart]

Here's a few I took outside of Tucson while driving to this years TAS.....I LOVE an airshow!

[gquiring]

Nice clear day. Taken last month in Edison, NJ.

[selleri]

Nice gquiring... I miss mine :) (sold)

[skymaster68]

:198::198::198:Here goes mine contribution 2.6 COMP_ARF EXTRA 260 on maiden day this weekend!!!!

[ULTIMATE1]

full scale

[Aerobat]

My Extra on final.:198:

[tqcookie]

I don't know who took these but they are of my airplane at Hucktoberfest.

[tqcookie]

I like this one as well.

[RCER123]

I don't know who took these but they are of my airplane at Hucktoberfest.

That second photo is really awesome! I have that as my Desktop picture! Thanks and Well Done!!:198: Jack

[wizard]

It is hard to believe that it has been a year since we started the Photo of the Month contest. I'm going to pick the winners this month. I will have the winners posted tonight.

[RCER123]

Ha I sorta forgot that I had entered Photos into this! Its really annoying that 3D flying and Hucking is not really a big thing, mainly scale so I can get those awesome shots like some do!! Jack :198:

[RCER123]

And the winners are........? :198:

[wizard]

Here are my picks for this month.

1st place - PBart. Just great timing. Very nice shot.
http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/attachments/fg255/74046d1194080291-october-2007-photo-month-contest-dsc_2226.jpg

2nd place - LawnJockey. I really like the way the plane in the background is framed by the canopy of the plane in the foreground.
http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/attachments/fg255/74047d1194080291-october-2007-photo-month-contest-100_0767.jpg

3rd place - Somethnextra - I like the abstract feel of this photo.
http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/attachments/fg255/74048d1194080291-october-2007-photo-month-contest-b17small.jpg

Honorable Mentions go to

capcanuck - I like the arrangement of the photo, and the camera angle.
http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/attachments/fg255/74049d1194080291-october-2007-photo-month-contest-100_5696.jpg

selleri - Just a nice shot. The way that the mountains direct the eye to the plane, make it outstanding.
http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/attachments/fg255/74050d1194080291-october-2007-photo-month-contest-1192006989.jpg

DStJohn - What can I say, he always has great shots. This one is my favorite of his this month.
http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/attachments/fg255/74051d1194080291-october-2007-photo-month-contest-img_3558.jpg

[RCER123]

Well Done to Everyone!
Great picks Wiz!!! :198:

[wizard]

I want to make a comment on a few of the photos from this month. Some suggestions. I saw a couple of things that are pet peeves of mine, and want to point them out to help everyone with their photos.

One thing that really bothers me is the date stamp on quality photos. I think that there is a place for the date stamp, like family candid photos, birthday parties and things like that. If you forget and have the date stamp turned on there are a couple of things that you can do with photo editing software to improve the photo.

One thing you can do is to simply crop the photo to remove the date. Sometimes this even brings out the photo better.
http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/attachments/fg255/74054d1194082062-october-2007-photo-month-contest-100_0257.jpg
http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/attachments/fg255/74055d1194082062-october-2007-photo-month-contest-100_0257edit.jpg

Another thing you can do is to clone out the date stamp. Here are a couple of examples.
http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/attachments/fg255/74056d1194082062-october-2007-photo-month-contest-100_0201.jpg
http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/attachments/fg255/74057d1194082062-october-2007-photo-month-contest-100_0201edit.jpg

http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/attachments/fg255/74058d1194082062-october-2007-photo-month-contest-scan0001.jpg
http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/attachments/fg255/74059d1194082062-october-2007-photo-month-contest-scan0001edit.jpg


Another thing that bugs me is the shadow of the photographer in the photo. Here is an example. In a posed photo in bright sun like this you can turn the subject just a little to where your shadow isn't directly toward the subject. Another way, if you have a telephoto lens is to back up more and use the zoom feature of the lens to bring the subject into the frame you want.

http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/attachments/fg255/74060d1194082062-october-2007-photo-month-contest-copy-20of-20picture-20312.jpg

This last one is just a suggestion not really a pet peeve. Long exposures can be fun and make for some great photos. Here is an example that was submitted this month. One way to improve on an image like this is to use a tripod. The use of a tripod will make all the background sharp and just the subject will show the motion blur.

http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/attachments/fg255/74061d1194082062-october-2007-photo-month-contest-img_2866.jpg


The example below is one that my father and I worked on this month. It was a 30 second exposure lit totally by flashlight.

http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/attachments/fg255/74062d1194082062-october-2007-photo-month-contest-7038r2.jpg

If I used your photo as an example, please don't take offense. Because, none was intented. I was just trying to give some hints and tips for better photos.

[wizard]

Winners please send momo a PM with your contact information for you prize packets.

Again a lot of great photos this month.

[flying skunks]

Here's a pic of my son (Little Stinker) with his 88"EF Yak that was taken last weekend at the Atlanta Huckfest where he did his first "locked in hover" and really came out of his shell.The event was second to none.:200:
Donnie

[RCER123]

Here's a pic of my son (Little Stinker) with his 88"EF Yak that was taken last weekend at the Atlanta Huckfest where he did his first "locked in hover" and really came out of his shell.The event was second to none.:200:
Donnie

Thats a great picture! Does he fly the plane!? Jack

[selleri]

This competition gets better every month :)

Congrats to the winners.

[LawnJockey]

Hey I got second. Thanks Wiz. I really didn't expect anything, there are some really great photos every month. Thanks again.

LJ

[flying skunks]

Yes,that is his small plane.Look at some of the pix of Atl. Huckfest and you will see pix of him flying.
Donnie

[DStJohn]

[quote=wizard;327983]
DStJohn - What can I say, he always has great shots. This one is my favorite of his this month./quote]


Thanks Wizard! I'm glad you enjoy my work!

Also, thanks for the great advice on how we can improve our photos:198: