So you say your lens is rugged? Prove it...

tfd888 wrote in post #8528834
Found this shot not too long ago of a photogs gear after a day in Iraq.

Link to the original page I found it on: http://mikehoffphoto.c​om/?p=110

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I followed your link and read the story . He says' it's after a days work in the field but that blood is fresh red blood so if true this shot was taken with-in minutes after the blood splattered the lens cause blood turns black red after a short time and on this lens is no exception . If it were takens minutes after the splatter then i myself don't think i would have the guts fast enough to take this kind of image . I also wish i knew the true story behind it and where it originally came from .

^ Fine job, Sherlock Holmes! I'm impressed.

Jeez i would never take my gear half the places you guys take yours!!!!

VGP wrote in post #8533982
Any rust?

Nope...not a spot

Celestron wrote in post #8534261
I followed your link and read the story . He says' it's after a days work in the field but that blood is fresh red blood so if true this shot was taken with-in minutes after the blood splattered the lens cause blood turns black red after a short time and on this lens is no exception . If it were takens minutes after the splatter then i myself don't think i would have the guts fast enough to take this kind of image . I also wish i knew the true story behind it and where it originally came from .

I recall seeing this image way back when. I believe it was just after an RPG impacted at a hotel where journalists were staying. It basically landed right in their room.

sleepo wrote in post #8532704
Not necessarily. Some Emirates 777s, for example, have 3-4-3 in economy, tapering off to 2-4-2 at the back (as in the picture).

(e.g. http://www.seatguru.co​m …ng_777-200_3class_new.php)

Lol. Didn't know that. Learn something new everyday

pixel_junkie wrote in post #8532731
Its a Cessna ...

ROFL!

Double Negative wrote in post #8534445
I recall seeing this image way back when. I believe it was just after an RPG impacted at a hotel where journalists were staying. It basically landed right in their room.

It was a tank shell.
It's the camera of journalist Faleh Kheiber.

Here's the story:

http://www.pbs.org …adreporters_04-08-03.html

Ed Radar...are you for real? That is one hell of a ballsy shot! Mate that is a living bear with teeth hunting for food, OMG You are my new hero. Put on a cape....put your undies on the ouside of your tights...grab the mill boots and dude take more shots like that.

The craziest photog award.

Great Work....Why Die Wondering

KenjiS wrote in post #8528960
In the words of Excel Saga, Todays Experiment: Failed

lol

twoshadows wrote in post #8527381
The worst I ever exposed my equipment to was my 1DmkIIn/16-35L mkI w/filter & 580exII in a torrential downpour for about an hour with no cover of any kind. Everything was fine.

All the same, just replace 16-35L with 17-40L

J-B wrote in post #8537082
It was a tank shell.
It's the camera of journalist Faleh Kheiber.

Here's the story:

http://www.pbs.org …adreporters_04-08-03.html

Bingo! That's the one.

Not testing my camera body built but my own body built. May seem harmless for some of the experienced shooters here, but these were some of the scariest moments in my small photography career. (But I didn't realize that till I looked through the images)


1) Free living gorillas in Ruanda. The male silverback looked pretty bored till he knocked off my lens rushing past me. You can imagine how close that was. Here's an image of him:

Mprayii,

You may have spent some time in troubled areas but your experience is rather puerile in what you trust with your life.

I suggest you sell your .556 and adopt the finest .762 short, 15 million + can’t be wrong.

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^ Nice one.