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Axalp 2010

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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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Re: Axalp 2010

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Great shots,

Always wanted to go to Axalp, but i`m pretty sure the climb will kill me :P
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Re: Axalp 2010

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[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".
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Re: Axalp 2010

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sp00k wrote:Great shots,

Always wanted to go to Axalp, but i`m pretty sure the climb will kill me :P
I've seen six year olds and sixty+ year olds climb that mountain with ease. There's no excuse for not going up there! :wink: You will not regrett it.
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Re: Axalp 2010

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evhest wrote:
sp00k wrote:Great shots,

Always wanted to go to Axalp, but i`m pretty sure the climb will kill me :P
I've seen six year olds and sixty+ year olds climb that mountain with ease. There's no excuse for not going up there! :wink: You will not regrett it.
That's different... they're (most likely) Swiss... they were actually BORN on a mountain :lol:
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Great shots :respect: !
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sp00k wrote:Great shots,

Always wanted to go to Axalp, but i`m pretty sure the climb will kill me :P
It's not the climb, it's the descent, believe me..
But it sure is worth the effort. Nice shots BTW!

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number 6 rocks!

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Stratofreighter wrote:
[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... :D

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Re: Axalp 2010

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RogierV wrote:
Stratofreighter wrote:
[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... :D
That must have been the whole remaining operational fleet of these "Zwitserse Zwaluwen" you saw flying... :shock: 8)
There were ten "flyers" last September, one got picked up by a Pakistani AF Hercules a week or two ago... :(
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Re: Axalp 2010

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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.
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Re: Axalp 2010

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The Cougar flying towards the camera takes the prize!
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Re: Axalp 2010

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Verry nice...
is it my screen or are they not that sharp??
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Re: Axalp 2010

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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!

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