Payerne

Photographer's Note

F16 Fighting Falcon of the "Teamwork" of the Royal Netherlands Air Force in a spectacular and sudden re-takeoff, during the airshow "Air 04" in Payerne - Switzerland!
... I see the aircraft approaching quietly already in a final phase of landing, the back gears on ground, without smoke trail. I think this is the end of its display... But no, this crazy re-accelerates again and I have just the time to take the camera to immortalize the instant. Just then I feared the worst, but the pilot gives it the full throttle with a deafening noise to continue its incredible show. I put in WS a shot taken a few seconds before, when he was again on ground. Continued in the next episode...

The pilot is the Captain Christian van Gestel from the 322 Squadron, based at the Leeuwarden airbase. He totals about 1600 hours of flight on F16.

I am not very satisfied with the overall quality of this shot, and in particular by the colorimetry. Well, there is a bit of action!

"Blue Fear", Sasha, Album "Northern Exposure II - CD2 - West Coast" (1997).

f10, 1/800s, ISO 200, +0EV, 300mm (200mm x 1.5).
JPEG quality: 83/100.

maphoto, singuanti, sn00zie, joelvoortman83, mumek, Hanssie, elihesamian, pamastro, Galmeida ha puntuado esta nota como útil.

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maphoto (8082) 2005-02-15 21:42

Bonsoir Philippe, très belle prise, de l'action comme je l'aime. J'imagine juste son, cela devait être incroyable. Je ne serais pas déçu du résultat, pour une photo prise sur le vif et sans préparation, le résultat est plus que formidable. Cadrage et point de vue magnifique, anxieux de voir la suite :-) Bravo.

parin (132) 2005-02-15 22:45

This is one of many nice picture what i see.
I think so too close with object, so if something happen, you will be gotcha.
nice framing with foreground!

singuanti (15250) 2005-02-15 23:06

wow, you really nailed the capture of this plane. that must be difficult considering how fast they go. the smoke looks great coming out of the place too. nice shot!

sn00zie (2384) 2005-02-15 23:35

WOW!!!!! what does one say about this picture???

its amazing! well captured Philippe

kdien (9367) 2005-02-16 1:57

Very curious dynamic survey of airplane. I permit me to enclose my version. I greet

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joelvoortman83 (125) 2005-02-16 2:25 [Comment]

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venne (2759) 2005-02-16 2:27

Bravo pour cet istantané, photo reportage parfaite. Excellents détails, très belles couleurs. Bravo pour les réflexes dignes d'un grand photographe.

mumek (20226) 2005-02-16 5:57

Very beautiful action shot.Very good composition, details and colors.I like very much in the foreground, the yellow airplane as part of this scenery.Very well seen and done Philippe!
ziggy

Hanssie (11022) 2005-02-16 6:08

And there's enough action !
And the fact, that the pilot is from the airbase of Leeuwarden is special too (for me). Good shot, maybe not the best, but the action is great !

elihesamian (26149) 2005-02-16 6:51

what a great moment,Philippe!
Excelent,skilfully captured,great note,great in your serie,I enjoy it,wonderful capturing you did,nicely done,I enjoy it.
Yours
M

pamastro (7296) 2005-02-21 0:30

I think the quality is very good as with your other ones. Especially for being a surprise moment to capture. The sharpness is spot on. The colors look great. And you have right down to the powerful exhaust again and this time matched with the smoke really giving an extra feel for the movement of the aircraft. A little bit of the inside of the exhaust and the whole picture and it booms with the roar of the engines coming back to life to bring it back up. So I think you did an excellent job with this very decisive moment.

Galmeida (12559) 2005-02-21 7:37

Very well captured this moment, with a nice resulting composition. It's a difficult shot, and so is also obtain the better conditions. Decisive moment and a very good enquadrement.

Very well done!

dolin (7369) 2005-02-26 10:48

Waouh, époustouflant.
Très bien capturé. C'est très net et détaillé.
Fallait avoir un sacré relfexe, j'imagine la vitesse au démarrage. BRAVO, impécable
Fred

(je repasse demain pour le smile, je suis à sec)

PLD_images (7149) 2005-02-27 15:04

Une image a couper le souffle Phillipe. J,arrive difficlement à croire qu'il n'a pas décrocher. C'est superbe de voir le carburant qui brule dans la turbine. La netteté est parfaite.

Bravo.

retesh_gondal (173) 2005-03-02 14:49

and again you are the champ!...i am a big fan of yours fighters photography......again perfect shot with perfect timing....!

papagolf21 (152605) 2005-03-03 7:11

Salut Philippe ;))
Pour une démonstration c'est une démonstration ! Un "touch and go" impressionnant. Il faut une habileté extraordinaire et un entraînement intensif pour arriver à ce résultat.
Les photos en ateliers sont parlantes.
"Je ne suis pas très satisfait de la qualité générale" dis-tu, mais qui aurait pu saisir ces moments fugaces et de nous présenter des photos façon "reportage".
J'aime beaucoup.
Philippe