Night shot of the Midway in San Diego
Feb 5, 2020 04:18:04 #
Feb 5, 2020 05:43:43 #
John Sh
Loc: Toronto, Australia
I can see now that this is the USS Midway. My first impression, however, was of a smallish vessel with a distracting skyline behind it. I think the tight crop has created this impression. The ship is / was a living thing and it needs room to breath. I also think it could do without the coloured lights. I know they are part of the attraction but the image might be better without them.
Feb 5, 2020 06:10:26 #
Don W-37
Loc: Bangkok, Thailand
Good exposure for a night shot! 👍 But I think the fence in the foreground is very distracting. Suggest next time walk to the fence an shot over it. Thanks for posting.
Feb 5, 2020 08:29:08 #
My brother was stationed on the Midway back in the late 50s, early 60s. I was living in Southern California when they first opened the Midway for tours. I told him he should come down and we could take the tour of his out ship. He wasn't too interested.
Feb 5, 2020 15:35:28 #
roadsideron
Loc: Apache Junction, AZ
Thanks for the suggestions. The photo is cropped height wise not length wise. I was using a 28 mm lens and where I was standing was the only place I could get the entire ship in view. Standing any closer to the fence would have cut off a large part of the ship. Standing further away would have diminished any detail I got. I have it printed out at 10by20 and it shows it's true size better. The small resolution file I put up doesn't. I asked the museum if they could turn off all the lights while I took my photo but you can guess what they said.
Feb 5, 2020 16:49:37 #
roadsideron
Loc: Apache Junction, AZ
Fixed the sky, a little larger resolution. This was a 15 second exposure and the wind was blowing the string of lights around. I asked God if He could hold up on the wind a minute, but you can guess what He said.
Feb 5, 2020 16:58:31 #
John Sh
Loc: Toronto, Australia
Given the size of the ship and all other uncooperative agencies it is a much better result than first thought.
Feb 5, 2020 17:45:50 #
Feb 5, 2020 18:19:46 #
John Sh
Loc: Toronto, Australia
roadsideron wrote:
I cropped the distracting foreground, much better.
Nah. I like it better with the water, jetty and rail. It gives a bit more context to the image.
Feb 5, 2020 22:27:59 #
Yep .., as shot .., gives perspective and situational awareness ..no cropping needed ..
Feb 5, 2020 23:09:40 #
Don W-37
Loc: Bangkok, Thailand
Yes, I really like the second version of the photo better. The extra resolution helps a lot on my screen. Thanks for explaining the situation.
By the way, the aircraft on the elevator is a Douglas A-4 Skyhawk attack aircraft. Hard to say for sure, but it looks like there are some Grumman F-14 Tomcat fighter aircraft on the flight deck. It was a great airplane. I was a member of the fleet introduction team for the F-14, and was one of the first 3 maintenance control officers qualified on that plane in VF-124, the NAS Miramar based training squadron. It was an honor and a great tour of duty.
Regards,
Don
By the way, the aircraft on the elevator is a Douglas A-4 Skyhawk attack aircraft. Hard to say for sure, but it looks like there are some Grumman F-14 Tomcat fighter aircraft on the flight deck. It was a great airplane. I was a member of the fleet introduction team for the F-14, and was one of the first 3 maintenance control officers qualified on that plane in VF-124, the NAS Miramar based training squadron. It was an honor and a great tour of duty.
Regards,
Don
Feb 6, 2020 01:19:31 #
roadsideron
Loc: Apache Junction, AZ
Dr.Nikon wrote:
Yep .., as shot .., gives perspective and situational awareness ..no cropping needed ..
The crop was a bit of sarcasm.
Feb 6, 2020 06:58:36 #
Feb 6, 2020 10:41:21 #
roadsideron wrote:
I cropped the distracting foreground, much better.
Not better at all in my opinion. The fence added no negatives to the photo and actually was a leading line to part of the ship. The first photo was beautiful.
Dennis
Feb 6, 2020 12:17:11 #
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