Did someone said ... AXALP!

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Since this is my first post on this forum so let me say hello to all of you ladies and gents. This are my favorite shots from this year's Axalp presentation.

Enjoy.

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Welcome to UKAR and what a great first post. Got to be some of the best Puma shots ever seen on here and the rest are rather tasty too. :topbombing: :topbombing:

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:shock:

I think we could fill up the Picture of the Week with this thread alone!

Slow shutter ones of the Cougar in particular are immense! :topbombing:

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Welcome!!

Nice shots to begin with.
Really love those rotorblur shots!

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Good grief they are stunners great panning, loving the rotor blur on the Puma :drool: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Holy Moly on that rotor blur!!!
The best i have ever seen for such crisp shots too...
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I think a prize for the best shots of the year should go to you! Absaloutly stunning shutter speed work, god knows how you managed to get them that sharp with so much Rotor Blur! Some Beautifuly captured backgrounds as well in your Jet shots.

Thanks for sharing, and welcome to the board!

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Excellent and welcome.Super introduction and agree with all the comments on your shutter speed work. You must be a surgeon in your full time job or have something strapped on your shoulder...... :clap:

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Whoah, brave man with the shutter speeds! The Cougar shot is awesome. Welcome aboard! :clap: :shock:

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Panning par excellence!

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Amazing!

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Sam Dodd wrote:... god knows how you managed to get them that sharp with so much Rotor Blur!


There is no magic behind it, just ... practice. BTW shutter speed was not that slow, around 1/20 to 1/8s handheld.
And thanks for kind words.

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sfw wrote:
Sam Dodd wrote:... god knows how you managed to get them that sharp with so much Rotor Blur!

There is no magic behind it, just ... practice. BTW shutter speed was not that slow, around 1/20 to 1/8s handheld.
And thanks for kind words.

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That's slow to me! I tried a bit of 1/8 with my 50D/400mm L combo at the weekend. It...did not end well. :grin:

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EMarsh wrote:
sfw wrote:
Sam Dodd wrote:... god knows how you managed to get them that sharp with so much Rotor Blur!

There is no magic behind it, just ... practice. BTW shutter speed was not that slow, around 1/20 to 1/8s handheld.
And thanks for kind words.

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That's slow to me! I tried a bit of 1/8 with my 50D/400mm L combo at the weekend. It...did not end well. :grin:


So now what you have to do is ... practice! :wink: If you patient enough you can make it. From my experience, I can keep steady my combo (1DMKIII+300/4+TCx2) up to 1/8s handheld.
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sfw wrote:
EMarsh wrote:
sfw wrote:
Sam Dodd wrote:... god knows how you managed to get them that sharp with so much Rotor Blur!

There is no magic behind it, just ... practice. BTW shutter speed was not that slow, around 1/20 to 1/8s handheld.
And thanks for kind words.

Andy


That's slow to me! I tried a bit of 1/8 with my 50D/400mm L combo at the weekend. It...did not end well. :grin:


So now what you have to do is ... practice! :wink: If you patient enough you can make it. From my experience, I can keep steady my combo (1DMKIII+300/4+TCx2) up to 1/8s handheld.


Indeed, unfortunately I've only been able to use the 400mm on two occasions during the summer. I plan to get in some practice during the winter, ready for next season. I'm confident that I can knock down the shutter speeds without compromising quality...eventually. :biggrin:

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8, 9, 14 & 15 for me. Well done on your slow shutter work!

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The rotor blur is fantastic on the Helos, some really excellent slow shutter speed work thanks for posting. :topbombing:
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1, 8 and 9 get my vote - nice work!! :clap:
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Thanks for all nice comments. BTW, I'm not sure if you noticed on nbr 05, I know it is not the best shot of F-5 in the world, but there are two bullets just in front of the aircraft which just left guns.
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Great shots. Have to agree with of the previous comments.

Like the effect on the porter.

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All I can say is.............. WOW! :clap:

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Welcome to the board!

A quite outstanding set of photos :clap: :clap: :clap: I can only echo all the other plaudits about the slow shutter speed work. Superb.

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First of all welcome to UKAR!!!

These are brilliant, I think the second one is my favourite :clap: :clap: :topbombing: :clap:

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That is a fantastic first post SFW :clap: :clap:
All we need now is a "How slow (shutter speed) can you get?" thread.

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Excellent panning work, some of the best rotary shots I have seen on here :clap:

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