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Weapon of Peace
Weapon of Peace
HarveyG


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Challenge: Oxymoron ll (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Sigma 170-500mm f/5-6.3 APO Aspherical for Nikon
Location: SAAF Swartkop AFB Pretoria
Date: Aug 14, 2010
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 1000
Shutter: 1/800s
Galleries: Transportation, Military
Date Uploaded: Aug 15, 2010

SAAF SAAB Gripen 14
Weapon of Peace - Oxymoronlist
Adj Layers: Curves, Selective Colour.
Then: Crop, USM, Image Resize, USM, Border, SFW

Statistics
Place: 26 out of 87
Avg (all users): 5.8547
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.5135
Avg (non-participants): 5.9437
Views since voting: 1211
Views during voting: 343
Votes: 179
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0


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AuthorThread
08/25/2010 02:13:01 AM
Thanks all for the comments and votes including Inspector Grog :) The plane had just taken off (as you can see by the nose wheel bays still closing) and going like a bat out of hell. Very difficult to shoot sharply with a 500mm f/6.3 (effective 750mm on a 1.5x crop factor DX)
Here is another shot of it about 60 seconds later and traveling even faster.
Is it a toy plane indeed! You're right to question it, as in photography anything is possible...
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/24/2010 12:48:15 AM
Makes perfect sense to me. The subject of the SAAB Gripen, and the light on it looks familiar to me, so I am guessing this is an entry from Magnum_za. Sky looks a wee touch grainy, it could have used a little noise reduction on the blues, but under basic rules, you may not have been able to do that without killing the sharp details elsewhere.
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08/23/2010 12:18:17 PM
love the title
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08/21/2010 11:23:16 AM
Is this a toy plane?
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08/21/2010 07:20:17 AM
Unusual shot for challenge,well done.
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08/19/2010 09:06:33 PM
Nice.
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08/19/2010 12:17:58 AM
A quintessential oxymoron. Nice shot (pun intended).
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