Now for something that was much easier to keep in the viewfinder. This summer the California Science Center will break ground on the new building to display Endeavour. They already have the last flight worthy external tank, and flown solid rocket booster segments are on the way. The entire stack will be combined and displayed in launch configuration vertically as on the launch pad. This is going to be an incredible display if the building model is anything to judge by.
Erich
HDR of 5 exposures each in 80MP high-res mode = lots of detail!
Here's a question for the brain trust: what sorcery results in the weird interaction between main rotor and tail rotor in this 100% crop? The main rotor blade is, obviously, between the camera's sensor and the tail rotor.
Why on earth would the main rotor blade look bent as it passes in front of the tail rotor?
ELinder wrote:
What he said! Love these Hind shots.
I'm guessing you're seeing the motion blur of the blade flapping/lead-lag/feathering all happening at the same time.
Erich
Here's my latest thinking on what we're seeing in this image: the main rotor blade is pointed generally toward the camera and is moving from right to left during the time the shutter is open. Meanwhile, the tail rotor blade it masks is moving from left to right. Toward the end of the exposure the main rotor blade unmasks the tail rotor blade, and the sensor sees the white tail rotor blade, unimpeded, for a fraction of the exposure time.
That's my story, anyway, until a better one comes along.
Well, it's been almost three years since I went to an air show, so Abingdon Air and Country Show it was (Sunday last) and boy am I ever out of practice. We also had a crash at the show - fortunately the pilot was hospitalised rather than anything worse. That caused a big hold up, while the casualty was carefully extracted from the aircraft. The nature of the ground impact was such that precautions for Head and Spinal injuries where absolutely necessary. Very lucky that the aircraft stayed in one piece, did not dig in, and that there was no fire.
I may be able to find some half decent pictures to share - in amongst the huge amount of rubbish. To start with, here is the wonderful Peter Teichman. This P51D used to be painted up as "Jumpin Jacques". However, it is now painted up as "Tall In The Saddle" - I understand that it is a genuine "Red Tail" WWII vet.
This summer the California Science Center will break ground on the new building to display Endeavour. They already have the last flight worthy external tank, and flown solid rocket booster segments are on the way. The entire stack will be combined and displayed in launch configuration vertically as on the launch pad. This is going to be an incredible display if the building model is anything to judge by.
We also had a crash at the show - fortunately the pilot was hospitalised rather than anything worse. That caused a big hold up, while the casualty was carefully extracted from the aircraft. The nature of the ground impact was such that precautions for Head and Spinal injuries where absolutely necessary. Very lucky that the aircraft stayed in one piece, did not dig in, and that there was no fire. 