Forum: Photography

Subject: What are your lucky shots and how did you take them ?

mrsparky opened this issue on Oct 04, 2008 · 6 posts

mrsparky posted Sat, 04 October 2008 at 5:58 PM

Today the 47th Regiment Royal Artillery was given the Freedom of the City [Chichester UK].   These ceremonys are not something that happen very often and it's a great opportunity to say thanks and show support to the soldiers. 

As part of the ceremony a 105mm light field gun was fired to mark the start and end of a 2 minute silence. Obviously not something you see everyday and would make a great shot. 

The most important thing is to **ALWAYS **respect the silence, so no snapping away constantly and when your standing about 10-15 feet away the noise makes you leap out of your skin. It was also just starting to rain again.  

So I plugged in the remote, set the camera to continous and placed the camera at waist height and watched the soldier in charge of the gun who was timing things. The moment he started to stand to attention I held down the remote. And got the muzzle flash perfectly...

Pinky - you left the lens cap of your mind on again.


mrsparky posted Sat, 04 October 2008 at 5:59 PM

and the shots after that all looked like this!

Pinky - you left the lens cap of your mind on again.


inshaala posted Sat, 04 October 2008 at 10:57 PM

 I wonder if that is blurry from camera shake or the shockwave in the air... Pretty cool photo up first! Only seen it done once before in a photo during desert storm in the news... nice job! :)

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mrsparky posted Sun, 05 October 2008 at 2:59 AM

*I wonder if that is blurry from camera shake or the shockwave in the air... * I'm not an expert on guns and army stuff - but iooking at a 1/2 sized close-up it kinda looks like the shockwave in the air. Or maybe because it was a blank that makes a difference when they fire.  

*nice job! :)

Pinky - you left the lens cap of your mind on again.


Tanchelyn posted Sun, 05 October 2008 at 7:21 AM

Great shot! Luck? Luck helps those who know to help themselves. You have carefully planned how to do it, and the result is there.

The shaken image can be because you, logically, tensed your muscles because of the noise.

There are no Borg. All resistance is fertile.

gradient posted Sun, 05 October 2008 at 10:15 PM

LUCK????........

**Luck is when preparation meets opportunity
**
Agree with Tanchelyn, Great shot..

In youth, we learn....with age, we understand.