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Old 05-23-2007, 11:48 PM
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Originally Posted by kramlavud View Post
Maybe, but my guess is that these 3 have practiced this earlier, and know exactly where they are in relation to each other. It is the camera's telephoto lens that makes them seem too close to each other.
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Yes, they do practice.

Steve Hinton, who was piloting the Glacier Girl, has flown these kinds of formations many times before.

I did not use a long telephoto, to avoid the flattening effect of a long tele lens.

I pushed the "film" speed (it is a digital SLR, but you can change the ISO) and closed the lens down as far as I could. Both of these actions tend to further diminish the telephote effect. If you notice, all three planes are in fairly sharp focus (that's the result of a narrow lens opening).

The planes were in very close formation.
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