TomCat on USS Intrepid

[mr.photoguy]

It was on the USS intrepid, located in Manhattan New york.
I was across the West Side Highway.
I parked temporarily, and mounted my Kenko 1.5 xtender, and my 70-200f4L .
Please let me know know what you think for taking a image from so far away.

http://www.pbase.com/brucescott/image/40776160.jpg
the image is uncroped, just resized.
exif
1/400th
f11
iso 200

70-200 f4 with 1.5x

(only did curves in pscs, and usm .. no extra contrast or saturation)

[ayotnoms]

Nice shot. Detail is so good, that I'd expect a visit from the FBI or Homeland Security if I were you LOL

[coatsie]

Nice shot - although my wife thought it meant the furry type of 'tom cat'!!!! LOL

[mr.photoguy]

LOL @ the furry tom cat

[Belmondo]

Without that wonderful lens, it might very well have been a fuzzy TomCat.

[NJPDDC]

I'm impressed with the clarity of the photo with the xtender, even with the minor pscs adjustment. Familiar with this area and the ship. Tough to get such a shot from the other side.

[Andy_T]

Very nice shot and good colours.
Only thing distracting me is that it is not level.

OK, the Awacs plane behind the tomcat also distracts a bit, but I suppose you couldn't really ask them to move it for your shot :wink:

Best regards
Andy
Best regards,
Andy

[mr.photoguy]

What's funny is, this is 1 of 2 images. I took the first image at about 1/320th, or so, and then reviewed the image in the view finder. I zoomed in on the words TomCat on the LCD display, and they were blurry, so I upped the T-value to 1/400th and took the photo again. Reviewed the words, and they were sharper..

I am planning to take a trip to the Intrepid when it warms up out here in new york. I will bring my tripod because I intend to try, and get a few interesting shots.. Including a view over the rear wings straight over the top portion of the plane.. If my tripod will go that high.. lol..

also all my parameters are set to 0 .. So the curves, contrast, and all that other stuff I do in photoshop.

[jpetrow]

Nice shot. You got me excited enough to find my own Interpid shots. Here's a couple.

http://ny.keskipiste.com/IMG_1623_800.JPG

http://ny.keskipiste.com/IMG_1581_800.JPG

Beautiful old war machines.

[mr.photoguy]

Those are sweet jpetrow, I am hoping to get a chance to check out the Intrepid fully when it warms up.

[jpetrow]

Those are sweet jpetrow, I am hoping to get a chance to check out the Intrepid fully when it warms up.

Thanks. The deck should look amazing if you get a chance to shoot it after rain while the sun is setting with Manhattan on the background. Hope you post your shots here if you do get a chance to board the ship.

[Mark Kemp]

Good shot especially given the range you had to take it from. I have one suggestion for improvement, tilt it a little in Photoshop so that the deck is level and maybe even crop a bit off the bottom as all that grey paint isn't really adding a lot, making it more of a letter box.

[mr.photoguy]

Thanks for the tips Mark. I will do so in photoshop.
Appreciate the incite. It's always helpfull.