1 Kings 21:10 - The Stoning by the Sons of Belial
by Zeus

Comment by Venser:
#3, tied with another.
I would have loved to seen a better close-up of the person getting stoned. Also, the trajectory of the rocks seem off. If you're going to stone someone, you wouldn't toss a lobber, you'd want a direct line to smash them right in the face.

1 Kings 21:10 - The Stoning by the Sons of Belial
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Comment by jmritz:
That poor guy.

1 Kings 21:10 - The Stoning by the Sons of Belial
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Comment by dtremain:
Not the most pleasant of subject matters. A bit far from the action, but I'm not sure I'd want to see any more detail.

1 Kings 21:10 - The Stoning by the Sons of Belial
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Comment by tanguera:
The distance, and the victims hidden in the branch shadows, makes it difficult to see this otherwise interesting interpretation

1 Kings 21:10 - The Stoning by the Sons of Belial
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Comment by Catherine_B:
The distance is off for me and I lose the connection to the biblical scene.

1 Kings 21:10 - The Stoning by the Sons of Belial
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Comment by Stagolee:
Good shot......to get that dude in the head!

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Comment by Zeus:
That's OK, part of the fun in photography is to defy nature, or appear to. The targets on the radar represent one antenna sweep every 6 seconds, so that's a 5 target trail per aircraft. I don't see any other indication of the 30 seconds, either. I guess I fooled a lot of people. Right into 59th place!

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Comment by AP:
Well I'm sorry I doubted that it was 30 seconds - I didn't think it was possible to sit still that long and not blink and still make a photo like this - also thought the radar would be blurry, and the clock or other instruments would move, and that the monitors would be completely overexposed, but I've never been inside of a control room, haha.

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Comment by Zeus:
Yes, it was 30 seconds. Holding still for 30 seconds is a bitch! Besides the ambient light in the dark TRACON, I used a hand-held flash unit 3 times at different angles. That controlled the shadows. I also used the rule that someone else can operate the camera as long as I set it up and direct the show, which I had to do since I'm the subject. I knew it wouldn't score well, but it fit the challenge.

For quite a few years I've been doing photos like these for the controllers who move on to other facilities, or retire. The facility picks up the expense. This time, its me who retired, on January 3. So far, retirement is great!

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Comment by AP:
30 seconds???? I don't see it