Yes I was thinking that too. To freeze the plane & shadow so well would
require a fast shutter speed. Focus on the plane is spot on. The only thing
that makes sense (apart from a faked photo which is possible I suppose) is
that the photographer was panning the camera to track the plane and followed
through while the shutter was open. This would keep the plane sharp while
leaving the static objects in the frame blurred as we see here. A well
executed shot if it was done that way, as there is no blur discernable from
top to bottom. Of course a panning tripod could have been used....

Joe

> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu 
> [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of greydove
> Sent: 18 April 2007 06:55
> To: 'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.'
> Subject: RE: [OT]:: Darwin award candidates - Sukhoi SU62 
> G-SIID and 5 friends
> 
> Looking at the photo things do not add up, the persons 
> holding the poles are fuzzy due to movement yet all aspects 
> of the plane are sharp including the prop...
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@MIT.EDU 
> [mailto:piclist-bounces@MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Russell McMahon
> Sent: 18 April 2007 04:50
> To: PIC List; AROCKET
> Subject: [OT]:: Darwin award candidates - Sukhoi SU62 G-SIID 
> and 5 friends
> 
> The most impressively bizarre and *apparently* dangerous feat 
> of flying that I've ever seen (photo only so far).
> 
> You'd have to think this photo was a makeup but odds are its real**.
> Don't try this at home (even if you have a Sukhoi G-SIID).
> 
>         
> http://www.airsceneuk.org.uk/airshow05/riat05/partone/curtis.jpg
> 
> I suspect that the level of skill and / or bravery required 
> by all concerned must be rather less than it appears.
> 
> Gargoyling on the tail number (G-SIID) for images finds it 
> doing many interesting things (so somebody here has probably 
> seen it), but none of its other feats seem to quite match 
> this one for utter fine tuned 
> death-to-everyone-if-any-of-slip-or-even-flinch derring do.
> 
> Just think what he could do if the engine was running! :-)
> 
> 
>         Russell
> 
> 
> Apparent motion blur of poles, if this is real, is caused by 
> an impressive feat of camera focusing, a long lens at large 
> aperture and more foreshortening than the brain suggests - 
> just as well for all concerned.
> 
> ** Even though there are a number of similar photos of this 
> around it's still hard not to feel it's a makeup and the 
> shadow looks strange compared to other shadows in the 
> picture. But the sites where this appear lend credibility to 
> it being real. 
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