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Stolen Portrait di Marco88it, su Flickr


Purple di Marco88it, su Flickr

[hokiealumnus]

Great shots everyone!

Don't those planes need a lot of space for the refueling? I should really go to an airshow some day.

Oh yea. I think this was more a coupling/de-coupling demonstration. If they actually refuelled they'd be flying straight for a good while.

Speaking of air show, here's my last entry from the air show...

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

Last, but certainly not least is my favorite aircraft of the day - and in our country's arsenal. This, even more so than the Osprey, is the most incredibly complicated aircraft, probably in the world. Capable of both supersonic flight, vertical takeoff & landing and literally hovering in place.

Here it is in formation with the aforementioned F/A-18 Hornet (bottom) & Harrier Jump Jet (top).

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, F/A 18 Hornet & Harrier Jump Jet by hokiealumnus, on Flickr

...and here it is all by its beautiful lonesome.

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II by hokiealumnus, on Flickr

It can fly low & slow...

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Low & Slow by hokiealumnus, on Flickr

...or stop & pause for photos. It was moving the nose left & right, just hovering there in what I'm sure is an incredibly difficult maneuver for the pilot.

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Hovering by hokiealumnus, on Flickr

Well, that's all from MCAS Cherry Point. Thanks for looking, C&C is always welcome, especially since it's my first time capturing this kind of stuff.

...later!

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Afterburner by hokiealumnus, on Flickr

[Charles Wirth]

I like this thread.

[alpha0ne]

Selling them I assume. There are a lot of shops here stocking millions of the same product, without ever cleaning any of it, so everything just starts to rot.

Those pipes look like racks of scaffolding pipes

I really like your second pic Fr3ak, it speaks volumes re old and new

Baked this morning........................yummy



Freshly Baked by alpha0ne, on Flickr

[BenchZowner]

Fresh from the oven... erm... mother nature I wanted to say



Next up Wildlife bird photography with a 50mm f/1.8G prime lens

[Soulburner]

I like the HDRs Fr3ak, and I like that they're 'cooked' a fair bit. If I want to go realistic, I'll get the scene right, not use HDR. HDR to me is for fun/art, like your stuff.

HDR photography was invented for realism. The fact that some people use HDR software to push their photos into the surreal doesn't change that

Great photos, everyone. I especially love that F-35.

[Fr3ak]

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

That is indeed a very sexy piece of engineering, even though it is already quite "old" in modern development terms. I would love to know what kind of up-to-date crafts they already have or working on behind those black curtains..

Great pictures, especially for your first attempt! I tried to capture bats the other day, but failed miserably ^_^

I like this thread.

I think this thread likes you too, Charles.

Those pipes look like racks of scaffolding pipes

You might be onto something. There is a scaffolding company next to it, so those might also be scaffolding pipes.

You have no idea how delicious that loaf of bread looks to someone who hasn't had the chance to eat decent bread in over half a year xD

Next up Wildlife bird photography with a 50mm f/1.8G prime lens

Bird photography with just a 50mm lens? I am looking forward to that. You need advanced ninja stealth skills for those to get close enough. I can't capture anything remotely wild with just the 50mm >_<

Obligatory picture, quite old though:

Nikon D3, Nikkor 105mm f/2.8, Iso 320, f/18, 1/100s

[BenchZowner]

Bird photography with just a 50mm lens? I am looking forward to that. You need advanced ninja stealth skills for those to get close enough. I can't capture anything remotely wild with just the 50mm >_<

He he



This... Corvus Corona (? i think) was brave enough to let me get my camera as close as 30cm away from it and it would stand there chilling and looking at me and its surroundings.

It even allowed me to twist a branch that was on the branch it was sitting on

[Fr3ak]

Hehe, ok, I rest my case. I haven't been this lucky yet. Probably in China all the animals are afraid of being eaten.

I encountered quite a nice sunset yesterday, but I was in a car, unfortunately:


Panasonic LX3, Iso 200, f/2.8, 1/60s, 9mm

[BenchZowner]

[alpha0ne]

^ Is that with a 50mm BZ ?? ..............................FANTASTIC

If I can ever save enough for a good macro ($700) I'll be a happy man, I'm sick of living off 2 minute noodles to feed my camera/lens addiction

Oh and maybe a 150-500 zoom.................when I win lotto



Brown Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta) by alpha0ne, on Flickr



Brown Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta) by alpha0ne, on Flickr



Brown Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta) by alpha0ne, on Flickr

[Darakian]

Damn sharp man! Love #2.

[4hams]

Show last Saturday.
CC RIDR by Joel Hamilton Photography, on Flickr

Old Chev by Joel Hamilton Photography, on Flickr

Stopped for a beer after the show.

234 Tan by Joel Hamilton Photography, on Flickr

Jennifer Little by Joel Hamilton Photography, on Flickr

[hokiealumnus]

Saturday was a perfect evening for a ball game.

Bulls Game, May 31, 2014 by hokiealumnus, on Flickr

I even caught a Bulls player knocking a homer over that huge left field wall.

Bulls&#x27; Christian Hits a Homer by hokiealumnus, on Flickr

[alpha0ne]

Those are great shots for such high ISO hoki, @ over 1600 my D7100 is screaming with noise compared to my D5200, yet they share the same sensor



Above the Clouds by alpha0ne, on Flickr

[hokiealumnus]

Thanks. You're right, the 70D handles noise quite well. Even when it's there, it's not that intrusive. Of course, a 6D or 5D Mark III would be better, but the 70D's is easily handled in post. The one of the guy hitting the homer above is ISO 2500. Here's one of downtown Durham at ISO 6400.

Downtown Durham at Night by hokiealumnus, on Flickr

This one is also ISO 6400, but it has some grain actually introduced with the B&W processing.

Cascading B&amp;W by hokiealumnus, on Flickr

EDIT - I should also note at large resolutions, there is absolutely noise apparent in these. I wasn't going for no noise - because you get no noise at the expense of detail. Rather, I was going for a balance between noise vs. detail, erring on the side of detail.

[4hams]

Skull Crossbones by Joel Hamilton Photography, on Flickr

Harley by Joel Hamilton Photography, on Flickr

[Darakian]

IMG_5454 by Darakian, on Flickr

[alpha0ne]

Been busy the last few days after being cooped up for a week due to rain



Rose1 by alpha0ne, on Flickr

This is a huge crop trying to highlight the tiny 'spiders' ??, I couldn't even see them with the naked eye



BEE by alpha0ne, on Flickr



Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) by alpha0ne, on Flickr

[4hams]

Very nice shots alphaOne. There are quite a few talented shooters here on Extreme.

[4hams]

461 Camaro Z28 by Joel Hamilton Photography, on Flickr

Real 426 Hemi by Joel Hamilton Photography, on Flickr

Red RoadRunner by Joel Hamilton Photography, on Flickr

[alpha0ne]

^ I love your car and bike shots 4hams



OysterBar-1 by alpha0ne, on Flickr

[4hams]

Thanks alphOne. I love your shots also. Your bird shots were stunning.

Plymouth Rrunner by Joel Hamilton Photography, on Flickr

PEACE by Joel Hamilton Photography, on Flickr

[Fr3ak]

I am killing some time at Hong Kong airport on my way back from Computex. I couldnt take my DSLR, so I decided to upgrade my always-with-me camera to a Sony RX100 and apart from the screen, which I totally scratched in this just one week, I quite like it. Need to update my software so it can work with its raw files in the right way.

der8auer at Computex:

Sony RX100, Iso 160, f/1.8, 1/30s, 10mm (28mm in 35mm terms)

[Darakian]

Been working on a wedding set for the past week. One of my favorite things was this

IMG_5621 by Darakian, on Flickr
A gift for the groom

And me testing out a new toy

_R000089 by Darakian, on Flickr