Bullitt, a photo from Bern, Ouest

Photographer's Note

Red Bull Air Race is sort of slalom with airplanes, where the pilots rush against the clock around the complicated race course.

Bullitt is a 1968 action movie starring Steve McQueen. It isn't about airplanes though, but rather about car chasing.

125 mmm, ISO-400.

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pastadog (13111) 2008-04-21 4:12

Fantastic, Kari! Superb timing to get the plane at the perfect place in the well-composed frame. Great sharpness and colors, congratulations, Daniel

Polonaise (5802) 2008-04-21 4:25

The connotation with Steve McQueen is as much in the land of fantasy as this image itself, Kari.

Yes... It is FANATASTIC !
Unreal... Phantasmagorian.. Illusory...
Red Bull...?
They couldn'yt find a better name for the event ...

Regards

g.

IgorDeleze (585) 2008-04-21 4:46

Hello Kari,
Great action shot.
I have missed this event and I'm happy to see some post in TE. And this one is realy good. Excellent timing.
Greetings.
Igor

andrewooi (204) 2008-04-21 4:52

Hi Kari,
Envy that you actually get to see this Red Bull Air Race. Anyways nice composition, colors and great timing. Thanks for sharing.

Rgds,
Andrew Ooi.

Floydian (30970) 2008-04-21 6:43

Hi Kari,
Ah, finally some action, can't be enough here on TE. Nice capture here with his wings in a vertical angle were we can see the big sponser of these events. It's not that easy to make such shots, but you've done it really nice.
Regards, Henk

Davidwh (3662) 2008-04-21 6:47

Hi Kari,
You had great timing with this one my friend as you've manage to capture the plane in the best part of the sky with no overlapping or blocking.The quality of detail is just great and the bright colours very attractive.Well done and TFS.
Regards, David

stefanocer (10642) 2008-04-21 7:22

Nice action shot karj it should be an interesting show from alive I think , nice composition and details in the shot , well done.
Stefano.

messenger1 (1033) 2008-04-21 7:40

Excellent mid-flight capture, Kari. Great sharpness shows the details of this plane, and the colors are vivid. I recognize the setting - isn't this Mystery Park?

PerR (1513) 2008-04-21 10:54

Hej Kari.
Very well taken photo with great chosen exposure to get the target sharp and clear. A perfect timing helped, too. Nice to have got those different constructions of the 'buildings' in one photo.

Regards
Per

barni (15751) 2008-04-21 11:09

Hello Kari
Superbe cadrage. L'avion est idéalement placé.
Regards
Christophe

emjleclercq (15778) 2008-04-21 15:18

Thus you have started to dig out the planes' pictures you talked about. A very impressive one with this aircraft flying low above the obtacles.

All the best,

Emmanuel

vinicio (23423) 2008-04-21 23:02

These races are spectaculars, another beautiful view Kari, compliments, I well like also the background, nice contrast of shapes, well done.
Ciao
Vinicio

pboehringer (770) 2008-04-23 19:55

Kari,
pure action! I like it a lot and I remember your shots of this event from last year. Glad that you still have some shots in your HD to share with us the moment. Funny and very opportune to call the event Red Bull Air Race. Is it a complete safe race or did some airplane crush into any of these obstacles?
Fantastic sharpness on the airplane, particularly the wings, but how come that the rest of the image is slightly blurry?
Peter

MikiM (1924) 2008-04-23 22:11

Hi Kari,

I like the idea of Red Bull Race. They created their own worldwide attraction with great success.

And you made a successful photo from this flying circus/race. This capcure is really nice due to the best timing and its composition.

It beat the usual blue sky background and small airplane combination. The main subject is in the best visible position and the background is also very supportive with interesting shapes and colors. Almost all elements are clearly visible - great composition.

Thanks for sharing!

Miklós

plimrn (21344) 2008-04-24 11:57

Hi kari,
That IS a complicated course - excellent timing in framing both the course and airplane in a maneuver & zooming through a clear space. Action shots are WAY more difficult than landscape.
HLJ, Pat

claudeD (47754) 2008-04-25 9:04

Hello Kari ,

excellent action shot of this airplane.Perfect sharpness and good fresh colors.Very well done.

With regards from Luxembourg

Jean-Claude

bakes888 (18499) 2008-04-26 2:01

Hi Kari. I remember the movie, very old now! Great photo. The airplane has good sharpness and stands out well from the BG. There is good space around the airplane also. Well captured and thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

coco (30439) 2008-04-29 5:57

Hi Kari.

This one not was an easy photo because the exposure and the speed of the aircraft.
But you made a good work with the composition and the exposure and I like this one.

Regards.

xuaxo (6854) 2008-05-19 13:30

Hi Kari,
I'm not a fan of these races, but you present here a very nice picture, with a very sharp view of the airplane and an interesting mix of elements and colours in the composition.
F