Def a different shot for me.
I was out at the marsh shooting birds when this guy flew right over my head so I shot off a burst. Racked and Stacked into the following image. iso 64, 500mm, f/5.6, 1/3200s. I got about 10 shots in the burst and this is about 5 combined photos.
Using the electronic shutter caused the effect on the blades; the warp makes the image I feel; if they were straight the image wouldn't have as much interest.
The technical, I just "aligned layers" then "focus stacked"; then corrected minor errors caused by that process.
What a fascinating image! I am very impressed with the result. The warped blades give it a little bit of extra interest for me.
Thank you Matthew! I agree as well. :)
What an interesting sequence Joe, I love the way you are experimenting. I am not aware of the electronic shutter effect (on the blades), but it certainly adds interest.
I feel the clouds add somewhat of a loose framing element which also helps the image.
Being so anal my eye really wants to see the choppers lined up - they seem to be drifting to the right and some rotated off the axis. I'd love to see these all traveling along the same plane (???).
Thanks Alan!
I def see what you are noticing; I think that's just the "wibble-wobble" of how copters fly; the torque and counter spin of the tail rotor; they kind of fly crooked a little.
I didn't capture it centered in the frame, so about 5% of the left margin is content-fill; I did this to try to center them without messing around too-too much. I think photoshop used the clouds to do the alignment.
If I were to go to print, I'd give it another "once over" for sure. :)
Tail rotor torque aside, the fuselage of any aircraft flying in a cross wind will not be parallel to the actual flight path as seen from the ground.
That also, very true.
Joe, for me a very good concept. interesting to see the blades in high shutter speed and not overlapping.
for this strong frame, the copters not in line itself is disturbance for me. The copters being the heroes of the frame the bottom right clouds could be removed. and left side clouds can be cleaned a bit.
cheers.
Thank you Vijay, and thank you for the feedback! Sorry for not replying sooner... I never got an alert for a new reply! :-/
definitely true, thank you Angie! :)