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Flying Tiger
Flying Tiger
pncowley


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Challenge: Color (Classic Editing)
Camera: Konica KD-400Z
Location: Hill AFB, Utah
Date: Apr 4, 2003
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/8 sec
Galleries: Vintage, Political
Date Uploaded: Apr 5, 2003

 After a tough week attempting to find a reasonable outdoor shot for the "Color" challenge, I settled on an indoor shot. This photograph was taken at the Aerospace Museum at Hill Air Force Base in Northern Utah. (A great way to spend a Saturday, if you're in the area, BTW...) The airplane is a P-47, a very close second to my favorite WWII warbird, the P-51 Mustang.

This shot was pretty tough to clean up to a point I was happy with it. My camera is quite limited in the available adjustments, and I was unable to set-up any additional light sources. The result was a shot under the museum's metal halide lamps... and lousy color and saturation. I set the black and white points to bring the colors into line with reality, then played around with Hue/Saturation/Lightness until I was satisfied. The final steps were a clarify, and unsharp mask at 1.25/75/20. I settled on a fairly tight crop of the nose of the aircraft to draw the focus to the contrasting colors, and away from the other lines and features of the airplane.

Statistics
Place: 134 out of 295
Avg (all users): 5.2946
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 04/16/2003 12:25:24 PM
CC Greetings pncowley

Fits The Challenge-Yes-Nice colors.
Composition-Room for improvement
Background-n/a
My Opinion-I like this shot, but not the crop. I think the view needed to be a bit wider, it feels squished to me. [?] Maybe it's just that I don't see the full ends of the propeller.
You mention that your camera is limited in adjustments. That may be so but I think you did a super job. The plane is in focus the colors are very good and the light is good. Camera or not you know what your doing. Good work.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/13/2003 01:41:30 PM
excellent choice of perspective for this photo... the color is also nice :) - setzler
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 04/12/2003 07:27:03 AM
Nicely done. Good colors and interesting composition.
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 04/09/2003 12:59:53 PM
Oh wow. This stirs emotions with me as my grandpa flew for the Flying Tigers in China. Good shot, but it seems to be a bit over compressed.
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 04/09/2003 06:22:49 AM
nice job
 04/08/2003 10:20:50 AM
nice job nice use of color
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 04/08/2003 10:17:42 AM
good job, nice photo.
04/08/2003 10:17:29 AM
Very unique subject! Excellent. Did you have other angles to try to get the eye without the ceiling? And maybe leaving the end of the propeller in?
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 04/08/2003 09:44:20 AM
I like the shapes in this photo.
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 04/08/2003 09:43:52 AM
nice photo. god job.
 04/08/2003 07:03:09 AM
Wish there was no glare ont he eye, Wish the propeller had been angled differently. The color is dramatic. Framed niceoly on the teeth.
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 04/08/2003 06:54:51 AM
Nice colour, nice composition. Only slight niggle is bit of roof in top right, but this is still a very nice image.
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 04/08/2003 01:55:19 AM
overexposed
 04/07/2003 10:55:16 PM
I like the color and the subject. I think it would be nice to see a little more of the 'face' (mouth) towards the right.
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 04/07/2003 09:12:20 PM
Interesting angle, but with a subject like this, I'd really like to see the whole thing, but then again, there may have been a lot of background distractions. Nice shot nonetheless
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 04/07/2003 06:31:54 PM
Great subject and the color plays a strong role in the picture so it meets the challenge well. The cropping is a bit tight for me, I would love to see more of the airplane. I would also suggest opening the lens up a stop or two to throw the celing out of focus. The way it is now is somewhat distracting. Good shot! I gave it a 5.

Greg
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 04/07/2003 03:50:16 PM
Very Colorfull
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 04/07/2003 03:06:59 PM
Cool shot, I love the propeller blade where it is. You know... I knew this airplane looked familar. :) I have a shot of the EXACT same airplane, down to the position of the blade and the writing on the blade, that I took at the Reno Airshow last summer. :) Your pic is much better however.
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 04/07/2003 12:38:14 PM
great composition. I like the bold colors too. nice shot!
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