Collision Course by bmac62
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Photo taken by me on June 14, 2009. No post work except to sharpen.
Bill
Please ZOOM for full effect. Focal length gives some idea of how close this was.
Footnote added Monday, October 19th, 0800 am. Maybe I should leave you wondering but this is a case of, "it is the crop that counts". This McDonald-Douglas F-4 Phantom II actually sits on a concrete pad on display. The landing gear and the parking lot with my Toyota in it have been cropped off:-)
Comments (35)
myrrhluz
Great POV and crop! Wonderful in zoom!
debbielove
A cool POV Bill.... I think you got me on this one... I got the WHOLE aircraft... But this is cool... Like it!! A.1 shot... Rob
Markintosh
Great composition.
lorandbartho
Great work!
anahata.c
it's not just what you cropped out, but how you composed it too. The absence of other entities really helps, but your pov gives the sense of a huge sleek bird plunging into space below (which is amazing since it's sitting on the ground to begin with). Strong dramatic motion, strong composition. Plus the light is muted, bringing out the more muted tones of the plane, and accentuating the deep shadows of its wings and back engines. You've cut off the plane---either in the camera or in cropping---to make the visual motion all the more apparent because whenever visual lines are cut, their motion is thrown back at us and we feel it all the more. (Freeze frames in motion pictures have the same effect if they're frozen mid leap, etc.) And you've got this big dramatic sky looming all above & around it--very sweeping background, a major player. Given your love of aircraft & your life spent with them, you understand it from the inside & then capture it from the outside. A fine dramatic & sweeping shot, it was a favorite when you first posted it, it's a favorite now.