[WikiEN-l] pics from le Bourget

[George Herbert]

On 5/31/07, Andrew Gray <shimgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 31/05/07, George Herbert <george.herbert at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 5/31/07, Mark Wagner <carnildo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 5/29/07, K P <kpbotany at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Last air show I went to, photographers kept bumping into each other--took
> > > > some fun pictures of that after a while.  Be sure to shoot the display tags
> > > > alongside the planes or whatever you shoot (I assume you're shooting
> > > > digital), as it may make accurate identification and use in articles
> > > > easier.
> > >
> > > When I'm shooting airplanes, I try for a square-on front view, a
> > > square-on side view, a front corner view, and close-ups of any
> > > significant markings (tail number, nose art, and anything else that
> > > looks interesting).
> >
> > Don't worry too much about ID, for that stuff; anyone who reads AvWeek
> > will be able to ID the photos on sight.
>
> Indeed. And if there's a tail number in frame, we can get pretty much
> all the necessary specific metadata off that as well :-)

If only we could get them to barcode the aircraft, as well as all the parts...


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-george william herbert
george.herbert at gmail.com