Posted on 10/13/2014 12:45:40 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
Joe Broyles spent five years attempting to get the spectacular image which almost impossible due to the speed the aircraft moves.
The remarkable photo features an F-18 Super Hornet 2 jet with a vapour cone forming around it.
The cone, which lasted just tenths of a second, is produced when an aircraft reaches 'transonic velocity' — the speed of sound (766mph).
The 61-year-old took the picture at the Oceania Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, USA, on September 21.
He admitted he needed some luck to capture the shot after attending multiple air shows over the last five years without it.
Joe took eight snaps in less than two seconds hoping to capture the jet at just the right moment.
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So, that picture was taken when he was slowing down after breaking the sound barrier?
LMAO!
That’s what I was thinking! Why not just video tape it, then grab a frame? If it’s that fast, then use a high speed FMS.
You might know better than I. I have a Nikon F2 with a MD-3. Maybe 6.5 frames/sec. I can’t look it up, now.
I still have one of those. I love that camera.
When I am not “working” I love shooting film. No one pays me for that anymore.
I don't believe the point was to photograph something that had never been photographed before. It was to achieve a challenging shot on his own.
An ambitious mountaineer isn't going to be satisfied with merely knowing that a certain mountain has already been scaled. He wants to hike out there and do it himself, too.
Yeah, but once it’s been done, it’s been done.
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