The guillotine

Piper18O said:
If it is a wood post, hitting the post may cause more damage, but on a barbed wire fence you could have the advantage of knocking the post down and riding over the top, thus preventing the decapitation scenario. An electric fence is often lighter gage wire and will most likely snap and not cause the decapitation.







I believe the shot is real. A good professional photographer would get that shot. (speaking from 20+ years experience) It was probably taken with high quality expensive equipment, ie lens and camera. The photographer probably had multiple chances as well. If he was spraying a field, he was making multiple passes. He would have followed the plane, and just needed to time his shutter. He would also have the ability to take 9 or even more frames per second with some cameras, just by holding down the shutter button. The prop is stopped, so shutter speed is extremely fast. that is why the only real blur is the depth of field.
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You just said the opposite of what everyone else said. And that’s why I’m not entirely sure. I don’t believe the blur is from depth of field. The wingtip and cockpit are equally perfectly focused.
 
Let'sgoflying! said:
In a real emergency, few pilots will have the skill or opportunity to choose post/not post.
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Remember that glider pilots spend every moment of flight looking for lift and planning where they're going to put it if that lift doesn't come. An emergency requiring and off airport landing in a glider is often not quite the same thing as an emergency in your typical Cessna bug smasher.
 
Half Fast said:
The blurring of the poles looks to me like defocus, not motion. That would imply the poles are farther apart than it appears and a long telephoto was used.
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This is probably very accurate. Normally poles that size carrying power lines would be about 250 to 350 ft. apart.

Salty said:
You just said the opposite of what everyone else said. And that’s why I’m not entirely sure. I don’t believe the blur is from depth of field. The wingtip and cockpit are equally perfectly focused.
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Depth of field on this shot with the right lens and camera could easily be 30 feet. More than enough for the plane to be mostly in focus. The camera is probably at least 100 yards away, probably more.
 
Piper18O said:
If it is a wood post, hitting the post may cause more damage, but on a barbed wire fence you could have the advantage of knocking the post down and riding over the top, thus preventing the decapitation scenario. An electric fence is often lighter gage wire and will most likely snap and not cause the decapitation.
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It, alas, was a wood post. I wasn't aware of the fence when I picked that field (not that I had much choice). When I saw the fence coming up I stood on the brakes but the grass was wet and I slide right through it. It took the post with the right wing and I had probably 30 feet of fence wire wrapped around the prop which was also pulled taut on the right main leg which damaged the gear door.

... oh and the cow got loose and bystanders had to chase it back. The farmer was a pretty good sport about it. Him and his son resunk the post and strung the wire back.
 
Salty said:
I am more than aware of this fact. I’m also more than aware of how difficult it is to get that shot with a long lens, a slow enough shutter to cause that much blur, and still get the subject in perfect focus with zero blur, when it is moving that fast. You can’t pan the camera a tiny bit too slowly, or a tiny bit too fast, or the subject will not be that crisp. It’s an incredible shot IMO. Or an incredible fake ;)
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Photo used a fast shutter but a wide open lens, thus a narrow depth of field (foreground and background poles blurred) and a blur-less airplane. I have taken racecar pics that were similar. Image sharpening filter might have been used in post processing, too.
 
Half Fast said:
Photo used a fast shutter but a wide open lens, thus a narrow depth of field (foreground and background poles blurred) and a blur-less airplane. I have taken racecar pics that were similar. Image sharpening filter might have been used in post processing, too.
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Race cars aren’t generally 15 feet wide.
 
flyingron said:
It took the post with the right wing and I had probably 30 feet of fence wire wrapped around the prop which was also pulled taut on the right main leg which damaged the gear door.
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Bummer! If it was electric fence, you probably could have avoided damage by missing that post. the small electric fence posts would have probably done little damage, and they are usually 50 or 60 ft apart. If it was barbed wire, there would have been at least 3 or 4 wires to cut through. Not much you could do then. Glad you made it without getting hurt. That is the most important part.
 
Zeldman said:
Wires.?? I ain't afraid of no stinkin' wires.....

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I don't the story behind this but I wish I did.!!
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Just looks like a guy spraying a field. What’s kind of story would you expect.
 
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