P-38 Lightning ~ For Emil, Neil, Rob by bmac62
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Lots of good detail here, particularly for folks interested in modeling.
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Just found this photo hiding in my August 2008 files. Decided to run it through some HDR software that will produce a pseudo HDR product from a single .jpg file. Results aren't bad but the downside of this processing is the graininess in the second photo.
The way around this problem is to shoot in RAW or to use AE brackting. I had never used either of these techniques last August. This year, I'll know better...but I better cart along another couple of spare memory cards :-)
Bill
Comments (25)
glix70
Amazing capture and lovely details too!!! In the second one there are more grain but the light is much better!!! Beautiful shot!!! :)
drace68
Wonderful pair of images. Wonder what the red "X" indicates? Normally. I would except the connotations as "condemned."
tennesseecowgirl
Great work Bill~ Nice to see the differences, always more to learn isn't there, what makes this all so fun in my opinion. Thanks for sharing your techniques. Happy Friday!
debbielove
Cheers Bill!!!!! Beautiful plane! I have seen one in the UK flying only once (then it went to the US). I have a fondness for twin engined fighters!! As for the choice of pictures! Now I like Sky on the TOP one and plane on the BOTTOM! Is that confusing or WHAT! Seems a bit grainy on the bottom one....the sky that is. (Or is it me?) But! A beautifully angled shot of a lovely plane. Thanks, mate! Rob.
skipper62
Great picture. Like the HDR work. As many of the AF fighter aircraft had the names of wives or sweetheart painted on the nose. Ref. Buck Shuler's F-4, maybe the "X" means his love left him for a Navy Driver. ;-)
PD154
A classic old war horse, this is a wonderful shot that isn't easy to achieve, Rock on Bill!
RobyHermida
Excellent work!!! ROBY
artaddict2
You are good at this Bill, I've tried often to capture aircraft in flight and failed miserably with excess blur! great shot and info!
moonrancher
The favorite in our family, too, and we don't get to see them much. Excellent capture-- Thanks! The HDR looks good on the plane, but the sky gets pretty noisy.
M2A
Nice work, it looks great.
frankie96
Put the second plane onto the first sky and then digitalfiddle...:) nicely done experimentation..
Kaartijer
Great capture, cool birdie!
beachzz
Super shots, it's always fun to take a foto and play around to see what happens--not that I ever do that!! LOL!!
kansas
Super shot. I always enjoyed seeing these P-38s when I was a kid. We lived near Paine Field in WA and there were lots of them there.
Emil-arts
Thanks a million for this one Bill. A stunning shot of one of the best US warbirds in flight. That makes a huge difference with HDR and I think the graininess of the sky makes the plane stand out even more. This is well appreciated my friend :)
fredster66
Very cool!
goodoleboy
Hey, the type plane that shot down Admiral Yamamoto! The Fork-tailed Devil! My favorite pursuit ship of WWII, even more than the famed P-51. I have several shots on film I took back in 2000 of a renovated Lockheed P-38 sitting in a hanger at March AFB in Riverside, CA. It's the original silver metallic, and not dark like the one above. If I can ever find those photos I'll scan them and post it on RR. I even talked to to a veteran at March AFB who had piloted one of these beauties during the Big One. Anyway, great clarity and POV in this capture, Bill!
blinkings
Great shot Bill. I'll routinely take 4 or 5 separate shots to end up with one HDR.
junge1
Great shot Bill. Love the P-38 and the angle of bank in this picture. I personally like the original version better. I tried to make some of my night shots crisper using photo shop and they became very grainy. We watched 'White Lightning' owned and flown by 'Lefty' Gardner at the Reno Races several times. 'Lefty' passed away recently, he was in the 80s. Great plane and I heard some great stories about these birds when they were used for photo recon in New Guinea during WWII.
proteus2
Congrats ! Both of them look fantastic ! -------------------- Antoine de Saint Exypery was lost in'44 during recon with one of these planes,over the Mediterranean,and only recently the german pilot who downed him,aknowledged the kill, in his will. P
Richardphotos
excellent capture and post work Bill.I love hearing a P38 flying
anahata.c
I know nothing about planes or these models, what I do know is that I like the shots and I do recognize the HDR work. (In visual & audio filtering, one not too seldom robs Peter to pay Paul when using powerful filters, and one has to compensate if they can, or accept the changes if they can't...) The lighting is vivid and almost ceramic-like; and I really like seeing these airborne. I like both shots; the grain is inevitable but it doesn't bother me at all. I just don't have the knowledge of some of your viewers, but it's interesting to read their reflections!
MagikUnicorn Online Now!
Well done Bill wonderful postwork see this: SNOWBIRD AIR SHOW
Buffalo1
Either way, you have a great shot, but I see the results of HDR. I love the P-38 and know an old timer who flew these in Italy.
mikehotel02
my favorite aircraft,haven't flown one yet,but someday,love your shot!!