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Posted on 19/10/07 09:17:30 AM
Steve Caplin
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Contest 169: Take to the skies
I photographed this plane on a trip to Dusseldorf a couple of weeks ago. I'd like to see it in the air - which means, of course, closing that door, folding the wheels up... and perhaps we could see a pilot through the windscreen? Whether you choose to finish the back end is up to you, of course.

High res is here.



Posted on 19/10/07 6:16:45 PM
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Re: Contest 169: Take to the skies
Hi everyone,
I'm Ludo. This is my first post and my first Friday challenge. Comments are more than welcome so fell free...

Posted on 19/10/07 6:19:25 PM
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Posted on 19/10/07 6:28:15 PM
katew
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Re: Contest 169: Take to the skies
Hi, welcome to the forum, Ludo! I love your pic, how on earth did you do it so fast?!

Posted on 19/10/07 6:49:32 PM
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Re: Contest 169: Take to the skies
here is mine



Posted on 19/10/07 7:05:19 PM
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Re: Contest 169: Take to the skies
First time caller



Posted on 19/10/07 7:11:25 PM
mguyer
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Re: Contest 169: Take to the skies
sorry to jump right back in but I forgot the surrounding clouds



Posted on 19/10/07 10:46:15 PM
GKB
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Re: Contest 169: Take to the skies
I had a good day's air to air photography yesterday in the Cambridge area and got this shot of a nice cloud backdrop - couldn't let it go to waste.

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s93/GKBphoto/GKBAIRWAYS.jpg





Posted on 20/10/07 04:58:54 AM
vibeke
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Re: Contest 169: Take to the skies
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GKB wrote:
I had a good day's air to air photography yesterday in the Cambridge area and got this shot of a nice cloud backdrop - couldn't let it go to waste.

I just knew you'd be able to come up with a good one. I'm having problems finding low flying aircrafts!

Posted on 20/10/07 05:01:31 AM
vibeke
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Re: Contest 169: Take to the skies
good thing we have a couple of hills here, and are close to the airport, but I think this one is a little off.



Posted on 20/10/07 05:16:37 AM
Elliott
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Re: Contest 169: Take to the skies
Hi Ludo, welcome to the forum, A very hard Challenge as ever!
Don't want you you to think I copied the Superman thing coz I genuinely thought of it too! Great Minds like a think! Welcome = )
(Oh and Hello everyone else!)



Posted on 20/10/07 05:25:51 AM
Elliott
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Re: Contest 169: Take to the skies
Why is it you notice your faults the second after you post your own? My Nose is all wrong! I like your Nose GKB if you nose what I mean! Lovely perspective and a lovely view, so do you fly then by any chance?

Posted on 20/10/07 08:43:06 AM
GKB
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Re: Contest 169: Take to the skies
Thank you Vibeke and Elliot.

Elliot, yes, I'm afraid I had a head start on this one as I was an air to air photographer and pilot when I wasn't doing the day job.

The nose was done by drawing it back in with the pen tool to get the curve right. It is easier if you make a large selection than a small one. This was converted to a selection on a new layer and filled with a gradient taken from samples of the blues. This was selectively masked to get the little 'catchlight' back. The cloud backdrop was actually shot the previous day before I knew about this week's challenge.


Posted on 20/10/07 12:15:13 PM
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Posted on 20/10/07 3:11:58 PM
james
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Re: Contest 169: Take to the skies
Not sure about the perspective in this one.

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s211/fungismith/bluesky2.gif




Posted on 20/10/07 6:45:47 PM
Tom
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Re: Contest 169: Take to the skies

View larger








Posted on 20/10/07 11:40:24 PM
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Re: Contest 169: Take to the skies
Well I got finished early hope everyone likes it



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Posted on 21/10/07 07:07:45 AM
srowden
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Re: Contest 169: Take to the skies
Here is my entry:


Had so many wild ideas, but thought I'd keep it rather consistent.



Posted on 21/10/07 5:58:47 PM
Neil O
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Re: Contest 169: Take to the skies
Click on image for larger view



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Posted on 21/10/07 10:39:41 PM
BigVern
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Re: Contest 169: Take to the skies
I really enjoyed this one, especially all of the various cloning needed.

Hi Ludo, CharlotteBabb and Elliott

Bigger version here
"http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r160/BigVernphoto/plane-rev-05.jpg"








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