Of course - we like the speeds we see at Reno. But how can we show the speed in pictures ?
Blurry rotating props are one main point. Blurry foreground i.e. a pylon or background i.e. other planes or landscape are others. And the perspective helps - like in Buckyīs great shot of Relentless:
I just remembered an old DBDshot of the yellow L.A.R.S. maybe '82 (?) in VOS from the right side and one of Madness at the top of a pylon, taken by Victor in 2012 (donīt have links right now). 30 years in between. Time runs fast too.
Another interesting thing is, to show the heat emmissions from the engines. So here we are: SPEED N' HEAT !
Now we meet the usually involved problems. A shot from a nearly frontal angle can be great. But itīs hard to catch. Between the moment the focus is fixed and the moment the pixels receive the light, the plane has moved somewhat nearer - and out of focus.
Another problem is to find a spot from where to take that picture. Usually - from any legal place - the distance
to the racer ist so far, that
the huge amount of unevenly warm air in between ruines the pic. Because lack of success (and because I always like to get a different perspective) I shot many pics from "behind". The useable angle to
get a "different" view is much wider.
Iīll post some of our (Frauke's and mine) pics here and would like to see you post yours - including additional infos. I start with those who usually
donīt receive as much attention as much as the mighty Unlimiteds...
More later.
Stayin' with race#42 and the topic 'perspective', here is a "nearly frontal"
angle of view.
Earl Allen in "The Other Woman"
and the same racer "from behind":
Classic blurry pylon:
Tom Aberle in "Phantom"
and Karl Grove in "DragRacer"
"Slow speed" (LDG, T/O) - fast pics, here
David Roelofs in "Purse Snatcher"
Eric Zine in "Sunny Side Up"
and again Karl Grove in "DragRacer"...
...who in fact flies a lot faster here:
t.b.c. - (will dig for examples reg. HEAT. And those of even faster racers)
Blurry rotating props are one main point. Blurry foreground i.e. a pylon or background i.e. other planes or landscape are others. And the perspective helps - like in Buckyīs great shot of Relentless:
I just remembered an old DBDshot of the yellow L.A.R.S. maybe '82 (?) in VOS from the right side and one of Madness at the top of a pylon, taken by Victor in 2012 (donīt have links right now). 30 years in between. Time runs fast too.
Another interesting thing is, to show the heat emmissions from the engines. So here we are: SPEED N' HEAT !
Now we meet the usually involved problems. A shot from a nearly frontal angle can be great. But itīs hard to catch. Between the moment the focus is fixed and the moment the pixels receive the light, the plane has moved somewhat nearer - and out of focus.
Another problem is to find a spot from where to take that picture. Usually - from any legal place - the distance
to the racer ist so far, that
the huge amount of unevenly warm air in between ruines the pic. Because lack of success (and because I always like to get a different perspective) I shot many pics from "behind". The useable angle to
get a "different" view is much wider.
Iīll post some of our (Frauke's and mine) pics here and would like to see you post yours - including additional infos. I start with those who usually
donīt receive as much attention as much as the mighty Unlimiteds...
More later.
Stayin' with race#42 and the topic 'perspective', here is a "nearly frontal"
angle of view.
Earl Allen in "The Other Woman"
and the same racer "from behind":
Classic blurry pylon:
Tom Aberle in "Phantom"
and Karl Grove in "DragRacer"
"Slow speed" (LDG, T/O) - fast pics, here
David Roelofs in "Purse Snatcher"
Eric Zine in "Sunny Side Up"
and again Karl Grove in "DragRacer"...
...who in fact flies a lot faster here:
t.b.c. - (will dig for examples reg. HEAT. And those of even faster racers)
Comment