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Posted By:
Hal Brown
Date Posted:
Jan 16, 2007
Description:
Kitplanes photo shoot with John Spratt, Paige Lynette and Kerry Richter. (Photo courtesy of and copyright by Arnold Greenwell.
Date Taken:
Jan 16, 2007
Place Taken:
Florida
Owner:
John Spratt
File Name:
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Dave Edward - Jan 16,2007
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What a great picture!<br />looking forward to the article.
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Kenneth Leonard - Jan 16,2007
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Wonderful picture!
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Eric Batterman - Jan 16,2007
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Great photo. It's already printed and up in the shop.
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John Robert Dunlop - Jan 16,2007
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Wow!
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John Spratt - Jan 17,2007
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It gets better! (This was a takeoff NOT a landing!)<br /><br />
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Bruce Bennett - Jan 16,2007
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Excellent!!! JB
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Don Maxwell - Jan 16,2007
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Wow, I'm thinking about making a straight line of a Maule on amphibious floats, the door off, and a passenger, and three SeaReys, with two different engines, and one with a hefty-looking passenger. Well done!
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Dave Lima - Jan 16,2007
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O.K. Mr. Spratt, Are those wires running between the 2 rear support wires? Are they there so that you can tighten or loosen them for tension adjustments, or just to keep them from vibrating?
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John Spratt - Jan 17,2007
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It is a 5/16 inch wooden dowel painted in the dark blue and secured between the fore and aft stab/fin support wires to tighten and equalize the tension on the upper wires and prevent them from moving/vibrating so much. With the dowel in place the wires have identical tension, but a slightly different tone when twanged, as they are slightly different lengths for the fore and aft wires. When I get back to my hangar I plan to replace the wooden dowel with a cut-down arrow shaft with a nock on both ends. See photo here.
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Jeff Arnold - Jan 17,2007
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Yes, this is a way cool picture. Made me think about what 3 Seareys and a Maule in tight formation SOUNDED like from the ground. That is something you don't hear everyday.
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Robert Lee - Jan 19,2007
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Fantastic shots by Mr. Greenwell! John-Dan, what kind of gear was he using?
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Dan Nickens - Jan 21,2007
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Canon E-1D, Robert, with some long and large lenses.
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Robert Lee - Jan 21,2007
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When it comes to lenses, bigger usually does mean better (unfortunately for those who have to carry them around). I am surprised he was not using a portable gyro stability unit.
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Steve DiGiacomo - Jan 22,2007
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Gyros are used much more by videographers than by still photogs, especially those shooting stills at very high speed. It just wouldn't be necessary. With video, you introduce the element of time making stability essential. (Thus all the gyros on newschoppers.)<br /><br />Also he probably didn't use much zoom when flying in formation. Gyros can really help you keep the shot stable when you're zoomed in tight. <br /><br />When I worked for Nickelodeon, we shot a pilot episode of a kids spy show. We were in a helicopter, just the pilot, me and the video cameraman. We did high speed very low passes over a lake in Orlando and came up on a beach. We chased a sports car on a blocked off road and we made complicated shots where the car would make a right turn and we'd fly 270 degrees the other way and then follow it again. Even in those complicated video shots, we didn't lose the car in the frame and we had minimal shake because we flew close and shot wide. We worked all day without a gyro and you could never tell in the final product. My only point is that if the cameraman is talented, the pilots are good and the formation is tight enough, it's very easy to come home with great shots like this one without using a heavy setup. <br /><br />In this case, we put a talented photographer and some of our most experienced Searey pilots together and something beautiful happened that got everyone all excited. Hmmm. I like it. We need more of this.<br />
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Frank A. Carr - Jan 22,2007
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Canon makes several image stabilzed lens, one or two are almost affordable. The 300mm Zoom IS does great work in the air.
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Frank Noordhuis - Jan 25,2007
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On my Nikon D200 I use the VR lens with built in stabilization, it has sensors in the lens to detect vibration and eliminate it. Works for me, here's a link to explain it.
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Robert Lee - Jan 26,2007
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Many Pro Aviation photographers do use stabilization (in addition to the lens variety) in still shooting. That’s how they are able to slow the shutter down to 1/60 or less to get that perfect circle blur on the props that you see on so many magazine covers. It, of course, allows them to also crank in the f-stop and pick up great depth of field.<br /><br />The quality of pilots you had there that day, most definitely made the job easier and the pictures are fantastic.<br />
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