How close do you want me?

[gkainz]

Got this in an email today... funny...

As requested, a British Royal Air Force pilot flies up to the back door
of a C-130 (Hercules) in a Eurofighter Typhoon for a photo opportunity.

He radios, "How much closer do you want me?"

see image1

They radio, "How much closer can you get?"

see image2 thru image5

Pilot radio, ”Close enough?”

 

[Anthony]

Those guys (both the C-130, and Typhoon pilots) are sh*t hot!

 

[EdFred]

I'm gonna claim "photoshopped."

 

[dell30rb]

has to be.. think about how much air is getting sucked into the inlets of that thing

 

[fgcason]

I'm gonna claim "photoshopped."

Why is everything not point and shoot junk considered photoshop nowadays?


A zoom lens will do exactly what that picture is with no editing at all while it's still in the camera.

 

[TMetzinger]

Really? It will take a rounded intake and flatten the bottom?

 

[mpess]

Really? It will take a rounded intake and flatten the bottom?

Take a second look at the last photo and I think you'll see that the flat bottom is actually the floor of the C-130.

 

[TMetzinger]

Hmm... I see what you mean. sort of.

 

[fgcason]

Hmm... I see what you mean. sort of.

That's what happens to a round shaped object in the background when a straight edged foreground object gets in the way.

Stand back about 15-20 feet into the plane where it's safe with a long lens, fill the frame with airplane and push the shutter button. Done. It takes all of about 1/200th of a second, not 4 hours of photoshop nonsense.

 

[Steve]

a few years old

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?102085-Typhoon-Up-Close-and-Personal

http://www.f-16.net/f-16_forum_viewtopic-t-9608.html

http://www.pickledeel.com/2008/02/20/typhoon-from-a-c130-ramp/

used in the opening shot of an RAF recruitment ad

http://youtu.be/QsuzVSCoCiw


F/A-18s have done similar

http://youtu.be/4yLmyriJorM

 

[mikea]

"Too close for missiles. Switching to guns."







"Too close for guns. Switching to pistols."

 

[MachFly]

This guy even got his gear down....

 

[Henning]

Why is everything not point and shoot junk considered photoshop nowadays?


A zoom lens will do exactly what that picture is with no editing at all while it's still in the camera.

No need for zoom even, and that is not a strong telephoto considering the scale of the arm in the foreground, I doubt it's over 70MM, and I don't think it's shopped. I think he eased right up her a$$. The only thing I though was "Between a C-130 making it's normal racket at that f-er sitting there screaming, that had to be noisy as hell."

 

[Anthony]

"Too close for missiles. Switching to guns."

"Too close for guns. Switching to pistols."

Slingshots?

 

[skylanerg]

This guy even got his gear down....

Blue Angel.

 

[Rndmtrvlr]

Slingshots?

Spitballs.

 

[Witmo]

Definitely a long lens--Look at how much closer the clouds in the background seem in the last two pictures.