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Here some picures of the action on the axalp on monday 11-10-2010
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[2] Looks like the days of the sturdy ALIII are finaly over..
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[5] luckily some snow on the background this year
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hope you enjoyed the shots!
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Canon EOS 40D - Canon 17-85mm IS USM - Canon EF 70-200 mm F4L IS USM - Sigma 150-500mm APO DG OS HSM.
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Greetings,
Robert Heuveling
[2] Looks like the days of the sturdy ALIII are finaly over...
The retirement of the Alouette III was accelerated because of the "Pakistan donation".
I thought so as well, until this appeared in my viewfinder yesterday afternoon...
That must have been the whole remaining operational fleet of these "Zwitserse Zwaluwen" you saw flying...
There were ten "flyers" last September, one got picked up by a Pakistani AF Hercules a week or two ago...
Here some pictures of the showday on wednesday from the tschingel summit.
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[26] This time they needed to rescue someone for real.
greetings
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Canon EOS 40D - Canon 17-85mm IS USM - Canon EF 70-200 mm F4L IS USM - Sigma 150-500mm APO DG OS HSM.
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Greetings,
Robert Heuveling
It's true not all pictures are razor sharp. I think it that have a few reasons. First of all 1/800 seconds is just on the edge of good shutter speeds to have 99% sharp. the 2nd and much more important reason is the lens. The HSM (HyperSonicMotor) of you lens (150-500) is not so fast and you are often (a bit) out of focus. Most helicopter shots are sharp (the are not so fast). Since you are often at F/8 the sharpness of you lens isn't a problem. If you try to have rotor blur don;t go to f/16 but go to iso100. Sharpness will become worse at higher f-number than f/13 often (due diffraction).
Another major point is try to do (more) Photoshop. The horizon isn't a problem but a little bit more sharpness and contrast are. I did a bit photoshopping on your best (,in my opinion,)picture. I did a little bit oversharped the picture to get it sharp but now I think the picture is awesome!