Author Topic: Photo Contest !!! (Read 21987 times)

Paul Taylor · « **on:** April 15, 2011, 02:15:13 PM »

OK I know everyone has taken some good photos of our model planes in action.
Like Elwyn told me one time...... take about 100 photos and maybe you will get one or two good action shots.

So I got lucky a few times. Here is what I think is the best photo I have taken. Post yours and let's see if we can come up with some good pictures of our model planes in flight.

(I must confess that I took this photo with Chris Sterner's fancy camera. I clicked off about 3 or 4 photos as he came over the top in a wing over. Just so you know I was not really in the flight path but is sure looked like I was from the photo.)

What do you win? Bragging rights.

Post a photo of a C/L model plane in flight, with a little about the photo.
This should be fun.

I start....
Chris Sterner's Vector ARF at our Cheezehead 2009. The photo only gets better if you flip is so the plane looks inverted.

FLOYD CARTER · « **Reply #1 on:** April 15, 2011, 02:53:32 PM »

The real trick is, as you indicate, a "fancy camera". Action shots are difficult with electronic cameras costing about $200. More expensive ones permit fast shutter speeds, but ordinary ones don't. Now, I have a 35mm Pentax SLR with shutter speeds to 1/1000. Problem is, film is getting hard to find, and prices are going up. So I seldom use the Pentax.

I guess a $500 camera might/should be in my future.
Floyd

John Miller · « **Reply #2 on:** April 15, 2011, 05:15:07 PM »

Hmmm Paul the shot looks great, but rotating it 90 degrees clockwise does improve the looks greatly.... it even makes the background clouds seem more realistic

RC Storick · « **Reply #3 on:** April 15, 2011, 05:19:04 PM »

Elwen

John Miller · « **Reply #4 on:** April 15, 2011, 05:22:30 PM »

Nice shot Bob. Good lighting,, and clear sharp focus.

Brett Buck · « **Reply #5 on:** April 15, 2011, 05:36:36 PM »

How many entries can one have?

Steve Fitton · « **Reply #6 on:** April 15, 2011, 06:39:39 PM »

Here's a couple....

Matt Colan · « **Reply #7 on:** April 15, 2011, 06:44:50 PM »

Here's mine taken with about a $100 camera.

Paul Taylor · « **Reply #8 on:** April 15, 2011, 08:36:26 PM »

Quote from: Brett Buck on April 15, 2011, 05:36:36 PM

How many entries can one have?

As many as you need...

Alan Buck · « **Reply #9 on:** April 15, 2011, 08:43:00 PM »

as many as it takes to win

Juan Valentin · « **Reply #10 on:** April 15, 2011, 10:55:38 PM »

Reaching for the wild blue yonder. My friend Benny hand launching my Twister on tall grass at what used to be Ramey AFB.
Juan Valentin

Allen Goff · « **Reply #11 on:** April 16, 2011, 11:41:53 AM »

Not a flying picture but worth pitting it with the others.

"If you build it they will come", fly.
L to R. Mike Condon (deceased), Jack Sheeks, John Jordon, ?, Joe Reinhart, Wesley Dick, Mack Henry, Mike McHenry, Roger Wildman, Scott Condon, and Josh Condon.
Picture taken at AMA Aug.2000

Blessings
Allen

Brian Massey · « **Reply #12 on:** April 16, 2011, 11:51:21 AM »

Quote from: Allen Goff on April 16, 2011, 11:41:53 AM

Not a flying picture but worth pitting it with the others.

"If you build it they will come", fly.
L to R. Mike Condon (deceased), Jack Sheeks, John Jordon, ?, Joe Reinhart, Wesley Dick, Mack Henry, Mike McHenry, Roger Wildman, Scott Condon, and Josh Condon.
Picture taken at AMA Aug.2000

Blessings
Allen

My guess was "Children of the Corn".

Chris Edinger · « **Reply #13 on:** April 16, 2011, 12:15:00 PM »

you mean you finally got Jack away from the church parking lot?

?/ and into the corn field.. What a hoot...

Robertc · « **Reply #14 on:** April 16, 2011, 02:12:17 PM »

I have soooo many..... All less than 1/500 second shutter speed. Just takes practice.

Harleyman · « **Reply #15 on:** April 16, 2011, 04:36:39 PM »

This one of my favorites.

Harleyman · « **Reply #16 on:** April 16, 2011, 04:46:36 PM »

Or these.

Zuriel Armstrong · « **Reply #17 on:** April 16, 2011, 05:03:47 PM »

Hard to not say anything...but...also hard not too

Do we need to choose???

Allan Perret · « **Reply #18 on:** April 16, 2011, 07:59:53 PM »

RMD-3 at ElDorado, Ark, Nov. 2010
Photo by Steve Kocher

Paul Taylor · « **Reply #19 on:** April 16, 2011, 08:19:40 PM »

Quote from: Harleyman on April 16, 2011, 04:46:36 PM

Or these.

Mr. Big Head... LOL

Bill Heher · « **Reply #20 on:** April 16, 2011, 10:55:51 PM »

In the catagorey of " lowest inverted pull out" I submit this one. Oriental ARF / O.S. 35 FP C/L - one of my favorite combos

Warren Leadbeatter · « **Reply #21 on:** April 17, 2011, 01:06:45 AM »

Not control line, but one of my best... This is my Free Flight Fullarton Sportster (1950's Australian design) with R/C assist. Electric powered, I had to put a dummy diesel engine in made out of balsa to make it look authentic.

Warren Leadbeatter · « **Reply #22 on:** April 17, 2011, 01:13:48 AM »

And possibly the best shot of one of my models flying... taken by my daughter Kayla

Jose Javier Rodriguez · « **Reply #23 on:** April 17, 2011, 01:57:11 AM »

some of my photos ...

Jose Javier Rodriguez · « **Reply #24 on:** April 17, 2011, 02:10:52 AM »

most of my photos of real aircraft

Jose Javier Rodriguez · « **Reply #25 on:** April 17, 2011, 02:12:27 AM »

+++++pictures

MrSteve09 · « **Reply #26 on:** April 17, 2011, 04:04:46 PM »

Here are a couple of my entries.

Ray Johnson's Sig Chipmunk at the 2010 Mass Cup contest in Wrentham, Massachusetts.

Signed,
Steve T.
Monson, Massachusetts

MrSteve09 · « **Reply #27 on:** April 17, 2011, 04:12:03 PM »

This is Will Moore's electric powered Thunder Cloud at the 2010 Mass Cup contest in Wrentham, MA. Shot with a Canon 30D and a 75-200mm f4.0 IS lense. ISO pushed to 800, shutter speed 1/1000th

Steve T.

P.S. How do you guys get your pictures to be displayed so large in your post??

EDIT Look and see how its done

MrSteve09 · « **Reply #28 on:** April 17, 2011, 04:21:23 PM »

One last entry,... from over a year ago, Don Herdman's P-40 at the 2009 Mass Cup event.

MrSteve09 · « **Reply #29 on:** April 17, 2011, 04:22:34 PM »

Oops,... here's the picture!

Steve T.

Matt Colan · « **Reply #30 on:** April 17, 2011, 04:37:20 PM »

Steve, I personally like these pictures that you took with my planes

Steve Scott · « **Reply #31 on:** April 17, 2011, 05:38:37 PM »

Not the clearest shot (my 14 year old son took this with a point 'n shoot digital camera) but everyone raved how dramatic the sky looked.

Indeed, this was from the 2006 Sig CL contest and shows Keith Sandberg's Legacy swooping down from an angry Iowa sky just as the sun behind us popped out.

There is a 3 or 4 second shutter delay when I try to use this danged thing and rarely get my subject in the frame. I used to do a lot of 35mm work and did win some contests with the chemicals but...

And another of Keith's bird in level flight at the same contest.

John Witt · « **Reply #32 on:** April 17, 2011, 06:50:13 PM »

In keeping with Paul's opening shot, here's a picture of my Jenny going the other way. Shot by John Thompson, Flying Lines Control Line News http://flyinglines.org/

I marveled at his sense of timing and it was a good rigging check.

John Witt

louie klein · « **Reply #33 on:** April 17, 2011, 06:55:15 PM »

wow!!!!!!! The C/L pi's would make a great Stunthanger calender for shure!---LOUIE

Dennis Adamisin · « **Reply #34 on:** April 17, 2011, 07:36:54 PM »

Bill Mohrbacher took these and assembled this collage of my Mythbuster @ Brodak's:

john e. holliday · « **Reply #35 on:** April 17, 2011, 07:58:19 PM »

Quote from: MrSteve09 on April 17, 2011, 04:22:34 PM

Oops,... here's the picture!

Steve T.

Is this Matt's Grandpa? Should be in the top 5 as far as pics, just for the person flying.

MrSteve09 · « **Reply #36 on:** April 17, 2011, 08:02:44 PM »

Robert,...

Is this how you do it??

This is Steve Yampolski's and his Stoli Special at the 2009 Mass Cup event.
Mass Cup 2009 Pic# 9.JPG

Steve T.

MrSteve09 · « **Reply #37 on:** April 17, 2011, 08:04:59 PM »

Still can't figure out how to post large pictures in my post. So here's the tumbnail version.

Here is how img][/img] place this URL between those brackets http://stunthanger.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=21326.0;attach=80554;image

And you got this.

Go into edit on this picture and look at how I did it.

First open thumbnail and then right click on large pictire. Choose propertys and copy URL then paste between the picture brackets. Picture bracket button are in edit message window,

Bill Heher · « **Reply #38 on:** April 17, 2011, 08:59:47 PM »

Thumbnail is fine- you just mouse click on it annd it opens full size. Looks good too!

MrSteve09 · « **Reply #39 on:** April 17, 2011, 09:25:55 PM »

I like the larger pictures in the post, because as you scroll through the thread they really "pop" and stand out. Makes it easier to win this "photo contest", ha!!

So here's one more try,... Rick Campbell flying his Saturn, once again in Wrentham, MA September 5, 2009.

Mass Cup 2009 Pic# 7.JPG

If that doesn't work,... here's the old fashion way,...

Norm Faith Jr. · « **Reply #40 on:** April 17, 2011, 09:33:30 PM »

"Scratch built" Novi 4, Hobby Park, Garland/Dallas Texas
(photo by D.Russum)

Norm Faith Jr. · « **Reply #41 on:** April 17, 2011, 10:06:15 PM »

Quote from: Harleyman on April 16, 2011, 04:36:39 PM

This one of my favorites.

Is that Younkin's Beech in the window?

wwwarbird · « **Reply #42 on:** April 17, 2011, 11:49:44 PM »

Quote from: Norm Faith Jr. on April 17, 2011, 10:06:15 PM

Is that Younkin's Beech in the window?

My guess is that it's Kyle Franklin and his Twin Beech.

Bill Heher · « **Reply #43 on:** April 18, 2011, 04:37:09 AM »

Here is one that will challenge your shutter finger timing- the " Infamous Leo Mehl " of the NW Fireballs flying his own design Rebel. Trying to adjust to the model coming at you from the wrong way ( Leo has to be different! )results in lots of shots of Leo w/ no plane to be seen. Finally got one with the plane just entering from the RH side of photo.

Matt Colan · « **Reply #44 on:** April 18, 2011, 06:52:55 AM »

Quote from: john e. holliday on April 17, 2011, 07:58:19 PM

Is this Matt's Grandpa? Should be in the top 5 as far as pics, just for the person flying.

DOC, it is my grandfather. The P-40 is a good flying plane, just pulls like a truck, since I've flown it about 6 or 7 times. I have a couple ideas to make it pull less, we just need the weather to go from rain rain rain to sunny skies.

Shultzie · « **Reply #45 on:** April 18, 2011, 08:52:13 AM »

Norm Faith Jr. · « **Reply #46 on:** April 18, 2011, 10:05:22 PM »

Quote from: wwwarbird on April 17, 2011, 11:49:44 PM

My guess is that it's Kyle Franklin and his Twin Beech.

I didn't know that Kyle campaigned a Twin Beech...It's a shame about the recent fire and accident, but that "goes along with the territory."

Joe Gilbert · « **Reply #47 on:** April 19, 2011, 02:06:11 AM »

Matt Younkin flys the twin beach at air shows just like his dad did before him. Love all the pictures.

Michael Brooks · « **Reply #48 on:** April 19, 2011, 04:23:08 AM »

Awesome pictures!

Warren Wagner · « **Reply #49 on:** April 19, 2011, 05:56:21 PM »

My contribution is a little different....it's not a spectacular close-up, but it's a record of a bit of
very spectacular stunt history.....it's "The Bomber". Yup, it's Paul Walker's amazing achievement,
a four engine, semi-scale, B-17 CLPA stunter. I consider myself very fortunate to have attended the
Muncie Nats the year that Paul flew this plane in competition. One would really have to see it fly in
person to believe that it could be done.

To watch that B-17 take off, do the required level laps, then start the reverse wing-over and see the
reverse pull-out.....well, you just could not stop grinning from ear to ear. Every time the four little OS
engines were started, everyone stopped and watched in amazement. I think anyone would be hard pressed
to top that achievement.

Cheers.

Warren Wagner