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Taken during an aircraft see off at the Falkland islands. A 1435flt Typhoon.
Would like to know about general post processing for images like this. Also, if the landrover in the background can be reoved and how?
| Brand: | Canon |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 450D |
| Lens: | Tameron 70 - 300 mm |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 15 Jul 2011 - 2:31 PM |
| Focal Length: | 300mm |
| Aperture: | f/5.6 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/640sec |
| Exposure Comp: | 0.0 |
| ISO: | 250 |
| Exposure Mode: | Shutter speed priority AE |
| Metering Mode: | Multi-segment |
| Flash: | Off, Did not fire |
| White Balance: | Auto |
| Title: | Pilot |
| Username: | 
banders808 |
| Uploaded: | 21 Dec 2012 - 3:44 PM |
| Tags: | Fighter, Jet, Transport, Typhoon. eurofighter |
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Hi Phil, there are many ways of post processing but the knack is to take pictures which minimise it. I have uploaded 2 mods. the first one I have removed the Land Rover by selecting the fusilage or is it a nascelle? then selecting 'select' - 'inverse' and cloning out the vehicle and more importantly, I feel, the lamppost.
In the second one, I selected again and cut the selection then pasted it into a picture of just sky. Both were done in PSE 11.
Compositionally, I would have liked to have seen more of the nose cone of the plane, placing the pilot further left in the process, but a fair picture, must be some great pics to be taken down in the Falklands.
Frank
Thanks Frank,
I did take quite a few while I was down there, some more will be uploaded soon, hope you like them.
I'll have a look at the original shot of this, I think I may have cropped it down, and cut some of the nosecone.
Phil
Interesting, the Typhoon is lower than the LandRover, that explains it has a better aerodynamic coefficient, lol.
We have a clear picture on the foreground. The jet and the hawk-eyed pilot who has a peculiar facial expression, probably minding his business or whatever he listens over the radio. You used a wide aperture not to distract from the main subject and probably that's the best you could do. He would still have the same look even if you had a different background, unless you could copy a smiling face in this helmet. It would need a lot of careful work to present it as anything different, both modifications contain the white LandRover as part of the canopy, in the first time is acceptable, but up in the sky is ludicrous. I think we should accept it as it is nut it's up to you and your available time to play with it. Roger and out.
Hi Phil,
I presume that this Mt Pleasant and as far as I can remember there is oodles of space to take aircraft shots from. therefore getting rid of the land rover is as simple as checking the background before taking the shot and moving yourself to a better pre-found location. It is always better to not have things in your shot in the first place than it is to try and get rid of them in post production. Of course there is always the situation where you can't get rid of things so the trick here is to try and keep them away from the edges of the subject. If you have a space between the subject and the distraction in the background then it is easier to get rid of. Also white objects tend to draw the viewers eye away from what you want them to look at. In this case you could probably have left the shot for a few seconds whilst the plane taxied to the left slightly and the land rover and the ugly light pole would have been out of the image. If the plane was stationary then move your position to alleviate the problem.
Hope this helps
DaVeS
DaVeS,
There is oodles of space, and when I wasn't actually working the jets I was taking photos. You are quite limited when the aircraft are operating as to where you can go, so it was choose position and pretty much stay there. Unfortinately, the landrover was moving, and spoilt the shot. I take the hit on the pole.
This was taken a year or so ago, so my vision and positioning has changed since then.
Phil
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