[WikiEN-l] pics from le Bourget

[K P]

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 :-)
>
> --
> - Andrew Gray
> andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk



Yeah, there are millions of folks who can identify things later.  Except
that it's much easier to do it up front.

I take photos of specimens I've planted, and always put an id frame in.  I
work with people who are better at id'ing my plants than I am, but still I
get mine done faster than they get their done, because I don't have to look
for ids, I don't have to think, I don't have to find one of the million
readers of AV week who can do, I don't have to post it and ask anyone.  I
don't have to do anything about the identification, because it is all right
there on my camera.

It's a freebie.  Do as you like, but sometimes it's nice not to have to
think or seek, especially when the information is right there at hand just
for the clicking.  Even when I'm not dealing with 16,000 images at a pop,
it's easier.

KP