Oh no! The September issue of Rigid Wing Gliding Australia has another pic taken with a camera stuck on a wing.
Am I the only one who finds this sort of picture dull and unimaginative? Admittedly, it is slightly less dull than having to endure a video of the same thing. Especially where the perpetrator has forgotten that you can edit out the boring bits… though I guess that would effectively delete the entire video. Maybe this shot was used because all the others done in the same session had already been used? Maybe it was used because the Vulcan bomber area of white wing was useful to strip in the Uvalde pic? In most areas of (sport) photography, the idea is to get an image which is new and shows a fresh aspect of the subject. Somehow we seem to be stuck in this rut where gluing a camera to a wing is considered amazing. The "Skies Call" books must have been released in the late '70s and set the benchmark for outstanding aerial photography. Somehow most gliding pix fail to come close to this standard. If gliding is more interesting than photographing it, fine… lets go back to a plain roneographed mag… otherwise, let's up the standard! D _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
