What's the fastest thing you've ever taken a photo of?
Nov 27, 2017 15:55:23 #
blackest wrote:
I've never been sure if i say scone or scone, but it took a few secs to realise peter pronounces it scone and made a terrible pun which means i usually say scone. :) Now i'm wondering is it bath or bath probably the former theres no r in t' bath.
It's funny since I went to the University of Bath, lived in northern England where a bath was pronounced differently, and I'm not Iraqi, and never belonged to the Ba'ath Party. I still like hot tubs though!
Language can be such fun!
Nov 27, 2017 17:04:44 #
The fastest thing I've photographed are Stearman biplanes at an airshow. We're all photographing light which is traveling at 186,000 miles per second.
Nov 27, 2017 17:17:20 #
Not quite sure why this question seems to be the target of so many jokes. It occurred to me, since so many shoot wildlife on here - it would produce some interesting responses. The fastest land-animal is, of course - the cheetah. So, I thought we might have a few responses from those who have photographed them. Also, there are several bird species, which could take that mantle. And, since so many here shoot birds - I also thought it would garner a lot of responses on that score. But, no ... so far, no hawks, eagles or ospreys ... just tireless banter .... I hope it changes, soon. I think this is a question which warrants some sensibility.
Nov 27, 2017 17:20:36 #
CO wrote:
The fastest thing I've photographed are Stearman biplanes at an airshow. We're all photographing light which is traveling at 186,000 miles per second.
Oh, I see, CO ....
And what about those bi-planes?
How fast were they?
Nov 27, 2017 21:18:19 #
Chris T wrote:
Not quite sure why this question seems to be the t... (show quote)
Perhaps because everything is relative. Especially when it comes to the speed that you are traveling compared to the subject. You know what it is like when you are on a passenger jet, and everything seems to float by slowly, then I saw a jet on a parallel track go by in the opposite direction, wow, I know what 1200 mph actually looks like. A lot more impressive than driving a car at 140mph.
Birds? You have to be in the right place at the right time. A hawk flies fast, but when they get take out lunch, they can do it at anything between 100 and 250 mph.
I had a missed opportunity a few days ago. Here's the link to the story: http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-498836-1.html
My wife is a long time fan of raptors, cared for them at the zoo when she was young. She was working out the other day and saw this blur out of the corner of her eye. Then there was a barely audible thud. An ex crow. The rest of the story is in the link.
Catching a predator catching prey is hard.
Nov 27, 2017 21:28:27 #
Nov 27, 2017 21:33:04 #
Peterff wrote:
Perhaps because everything is relative. Especiall... (show quote)
Peter ... a couple of days ago, an osprey was shown after it had just dived down and grabbed a goldfish in its talons ....
Earlier today, in fact - someone had shown a series of photos of a hawk, espying something out of the corner of its eye (nesting) and then the dive down to the ground to pick up a mouse - the series is about four or five shots ... it may still be up ... take a look .....
Nov 27, 2017 21:45:34 #
Chris T wrote:
Peter ... a couple of days ago, an osprey was shown after it had just dived down and grabbed a goldfish in its talons ....
Earlier today, in fact - someone had shown a series of photos of a hawk, espying something out of the corner of its eye (nesting) and then the dive down to the ground to pick up a mouse - the series is about four or five shots ... it may still be up ... take a look .....
Earlier today, in fact - someone had shown a series of photos of a hawk, espying something out of the corner of its eye (nesting) and then the dive down to the ground to pick up a mouse - the series is about four or five shots ... it may still be up ... take a look .....
Yes, so how much planning went into capturing those? I was sitting at my computer working when the hawk strike went down. I might have been in the middle of writing about quantum computing, but these events don't happen often in my neighborhood. Unfortunately I can't take a superposition. So I have to focus on things that matter. But the 'murder of crows' was interesting.
Nov 27, 2017 21:59:56 #
Peterff wrote:
Yes, so how much planning went into capturing those? I was sitting at my computer working when the hawk strike went down. I might have been in the middle of writing about quantum computing, but these events don't happen often in my neighborhood. Unfortunately I can't take a superposition. So I have to focus on things that matter. But the 'murder of crows' was interesting.
Oh, so that series was yours, was it, Peter?
Just happened to catch it, huh?
Nov 27, 2017 22:05:58 #
Chris T wrote:
Oh, so that series was yours, was it, Peter?
Just happened to catch it, huh?
Just happened to catch it, huh?
No. I didn't catch a series, or at least I only posted a single image, of a murder of crows. Just something about the birds.
Did you read the thread?
Nov 27, 2017 22:14:53 #
Peterff wrote:
Perhaps because everything is relative. Especiall... (show quote)
It's also relative to how close you are to the subject. I used to shoot a lot of bicycle racing, and when you are standing on the inside of a fast turn and the riders are doing 30-40 mph just a few feet away, it is very difficult the track them. I have been to car or motorcycle races where the speeds are much greater, but I was quite a bit further away and it was much easier to track them.
Nov 27, 2017 22:41:06 #
JohnSwanda wrote:
It's also relative to how close you are to the subject. I used to shoot a lot of bicycle racing, and when you are standing on the inside of a fast turn and the riders are doing 30-40 mph just a few feet away, it is very difficult the track them. I have been to car or motorcycle races where the speeds are much greater, but I was quite a bit further away and it was much easier to track them.
Yep!
Nov 28, 2017 00:02:03 #
Peterff wrote:
No. I didn't catch a series, or at least I only posted a single image, of a murder of crows. Just something about the birds.
Did you read the thread?
Did you read the thread?
Yes ... your overhead view of crows is neat!!!!
They were ganging up for an attack on the hawk, were they?
I think they'd need to multiply eight-fold to be able to make any headway ....
And a few would be kamikazes ....
Nov 28, 2017 05:40:48 #
Chris T wrote:
Why were you shooting a rifle round, LF?
He was firing back in self defense, and the camera was the only "weapon" he had at the time.
Remember that great video with Canon photo gear used as weapons in a battle scene? I couldn't find it on YouTube.
Getting back to your question, I guess the fastest thing I ever photographed was the moon. (2,288 MPH)
Nov 28, 2017 05:51:23 #
Chris T wrote:
Was it man-made, or nature-made? .... How did you do?
300+ mph Nitro funny car.
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