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Brandon might be jelious now! :)

PostPosted: Fri May 21, 2004 5:36 pm
by Politically Incorrect
Got a phone call at work, meant I had to leave, boss was mad but somethings are more important! :)
Such as a Corsair!!!! Marines Dream is leaving my home town and won't be back until Sept. So I had too see her off. This is the first time I have ever heard one in person, a sound that is still giving me goosebumps!

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At first cranking smoke billowed, the pilot said he didn't like the color and before he left decided a oil change was called for, so off to the hanger:

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After 20 minutes they pushed her back out and fired her up, graceful the way she unfold her wings!

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After run up and away she goes "into the wild blue yonder"

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A little showing off!

But she wasn't alone!! Checking her six she is being tailed by a P-47!! Impromtu dogfight and airshow!!!!!
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Awesome display of Warbird Power!!!!!
Both the Corsair and T-47 are off to Charlston for a one day airshow!
But I'm now no longer a Corsair virgin :) AWESOME Aircraft!!!

ps: I have some more of the two dogfighting, I want to crop and edit them some so they are easier to see. I guess it is time to by a camera with a telephoto lense :)

Re: Brandon might be jelious now! :)

PostPosted: Fri May 21, 2004 5:58 pm
by J41
That is lovely I can just imagine the sound even sitting here. You lucky thing!!!

Re: Brandon might be jelious now! :)

PostPosted: Sat May 22, 2004 4:10 am
by ozzy72
:o 8) :o 8) :o 8) :o 8)

Re: Brandon might be jelious now! :)

PostPosted: Sat May 22, 2004 7:14 am
by Hagar
Nice one Fret. ;)

The quality of shot #5 is excellent. From my own experience I don't think you would do much better with a zoom lens unless you're prepared to spend a lot of money.

PS. Correction. Sorry, I meant shot #5.

Re: Brandon might be jelious now! :)

PostPosted: Sat May 22, 2004 10:55 am
by FLYING_TRUCKER
Very Nice especially the last one Jeff :)

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

Re: Brandon might be jelious now! :)

PostPosted: Sat May 22, 2004 11:29 am
by SaVas
*drool*

EXCELLENT!

Re: Brandon might be jelious now! :)

PostPosted: Sat May 22, 2004 2:35 pm
by atotti2000
just an  :o for this

Re: Brandon might be jelious now! :)

PostPosted: Sat May 22, 2004 5:20 pm
by Politically Incorrect
Thanks for the compliments guys!
Question?
I'm using PSP 8, and when I crop a photo (using it at original size) and then resize it to fit here in the forums it becomes all "fuzzy" or is the term "pixelized?" looks real bad!
I would think if anything since you are removing a part of the original the size (in Kb) would decrease, would this be correct?
If so why when I resize to 800x600 does it come out looking awefull?
I have a feeling the answer is obvious but just haven't got it yet! :)

Re: Brandon might be jelious now! :)

PostPosted: Sat May 22, 2004 5:22 pm
by Craig.
Fret great photos, we have a corsair at yeovil airshow every year and its an amazing plane.
As for the resize. I try to resize the picture first, then do any cropping.

Re: Brandon might be jelious now! :)

PostPosted: Sat May 22, 2004 5:33 pm
by Hagar
Fret. It might be the option you use to resize/resample the image. You might like to experiment with the settings. I use the Smart size option in PSP7. This works well enough for me.

I took the liberty of cropping/resizing shot #5 using this option. Also adjusted the Gamma Correction to brighten it up a little. Not sure how this looks to you but it's fine on my monitor. I'm sure it would look even better from the original image.

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Re: Brandon might be jelious now! :)

PostPosted: Sat May 22, 2004 6:30 pm
by Politically Incorrect
That looks great Hagar!
But I have yet to find a "smart size" option in PSP 8 ???
Allot to learn with this editing program! But from what I hear PSP 7&8 are basically the same so I'll look around for it!
Thanks for the tip! ;)