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Comment by alanfreed:
Surprised this didn't earn a ribbon -- awesome shot!

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Comment by SharQ:
Wow. A truly astonishing mooon picture. If you took it yourself (as opposed to taking a picture of another picture, something I'd assume you'd never do), this is one of the best pictures of a moon I've ever seen. Mind you, it has nothing to do with dreams, but just because of the sheer picture quality, I won't mark you down for it. (9)

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Comment by Ram21:
Nice Moonshot, I love the detail.

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Comment by nborton:
impressive. the best moon shot i've seen on here ever.

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Comment by Trinch:
Beautiful picture. I just wish this challenge was offered during a full moon.

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Comment by justine:
Nice clear, clean shot of the moon.

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Comment by jas0420:
Thanks everyone for the votes and kind comments left below...

For those who asked, this was taken with me on the ground, and the plane was just about leveled off from a banked turn as it passed in front of me. It was taken at Alliance Air Show in Fort Worth Texas, and the shot is of pilot Gene Soucy and his brave wing-walking accomplice, Teresa Stokes. I had been panning with the plane through its turn and I let the camera track it with its AI Servo focus mode. I was shooting handheld with a Sigma 50-500mm lens that was fully extended to the 500mm position. I was in Tv (shutter priority) mode and was shooting relatively slow (1/350ms) to get some blur in the prop. The plane just almost filled the frame as it was, so there was very little cropping on it.

This air show was my first outing with my 10Dâ€Â¦ It had just come in two days prior and it is my first venture into the exciting world of DSLR, so I had a pretty big learning curve that day! I had quite a few bad shots, but I walked away with a few decent ones too so overall I was pleased.

Thanks again everyone!
Jason

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Comment by bod:
Great capture. A nice blue sky would have really made this pop though.
Nice to see some motion on the propeller to give the feeling of flight.

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Comment by Dave Gordon:
Cute shot, was it taken from another airplane?

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Comment by jimmyn4:
Very cool photo, I actually don't mind that you've framed it as tight as you have. Not much else to say except nice work.