Monthly Photo competition August - SPEED-

Monthly Photo competition August - SPEED-

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velocemitch

Original Poster:

3,963 posts

234 months

Thursday 1st August 2024
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.............................SPEED............................

Seems as an obvious one as we all know it matters! but not used since 2007 by the looks of it.

Should give some variety as it can be any moving object, Transport, Wildlife, static machinery with twirly bits, even a still object, taken with a moving Camera.

Try and get some new stuff if you can, weather ought to be nice and I expect there will be some Motorsport/Airshows/Railtours and lots of moving wildlife around.

Rules are;

The photos taken must be your own work
The competition will run from the first to the last day of the month.
The winner from the previous month decides on the topic for following month and judges it at the end of the month
Entries and discussion on a single thread, please.
All entrants acknowledge that they may indeed win and that their adherence to convention ensures everyone else's continued fun.
Winners should update the Competition Wiki (it's easy)
Photos entered can be as large as you like, although bear in mind if too large, it may not be possible to see the whole image on some screens. Links to larger versions are permissible.

lancslad58

1,263 posts

22 months

bstb3

4,657 posts

172 months

Tuesday 6th August 2024
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Good topic choice, might be tricky getting something moving faster than the moon smile

As a youngster if I was asked to name something speedy, I probably would have said one of these. As it happened one appeared overhead today, out of the blue you might say, conveniently with the camera close.


1944 SPITFIRE Mk T.9 - it seems to belong to this company, so I'd say someone was having a good day. https://flyaspitfire.com/aircraft/1944-spitfire-mk...

Hard to judge the speed with nothing else in the frame, but I would say it was doing about 150 Leptons, or around half a clappers.

some bloke

1,343 posts

81 months

Tuesday 6th August 2024
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A Model A at full noise on Pendine Sands last year.


Nigel_O

3,298 posts

233 months

Tuesday 6th August 2024
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LeMans 2017. Kamui Kobayashi sets a new lap record at just over 156mph. This was taken from the banking at Porsche Curves, where the LMP1s were entering at c 180mph…

Kobayashi #7 lap record by Nigel Ogram, on Flickr

Benzinaio

299 posts

16 months

Wednesday 7th August 2024
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YEEEE HAA!!! God bless America!
A show of 'Horns' from the 'Wizzo' (Weapons Systems Officer) on this USAF F-15E Strike Eagle from RAF Lakenheath as it fluffs up whist pulling G on it's way through Cad West in the 'Mach Loop' Wales.
There's few spectacles like seeing 30+ tons of metal going past you at the same height (often lower) at circa 500 mph.





'Yeeee Ha!' by Jayson Cork, on Flickr

Edited by Benzinaio on Wednesday 7th August 14:06

Craikeybaby

11,335 posts

239 months

Wednesday 7th August 2024
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Rather than the more predicable car shot, I'll go for a risky bike shot:


DH Pan by Lewis Craik, on Flickr

cb804

109 posts

26 months

Wednesday 7th August 2024
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7 5 7

3,815 posts

125 months

Thursday 8th August 2024
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djsmith74

413 posts

164 months

Thursday 8th August 2024
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lancslad58

1,263 posts

22 months

Thursday 8th August 2024
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Benzinaio said:
YEEEE HAA!!! God bless America!
A show of 'Horns' from the 'Wizzo' (Weapons Systems Officer) on this USAF F-15E Strike Eagle from RAF Lakenheath as it fluffs up whist pulling G on it's way through Cad West in the 'Mach Loop' Wales.
There's few spectacles like seeing 30+ tons of metal going past you at the same height (often lower) at circa 500 mph.





'Yeeee Ha!' by Jayson Cork, on Flickr

Edited by Benzinaio on Wednesday 7th August 14:06
clap

Kneedragger95

268 posts

89 months

Friday 9th August 2024
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Doofus

30,654 posts

187 months

Friday 9th August 2024
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Speed?

Snail!


nessiemac

1,701 posts

255 months

Friday 9th August 2024
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Its Just Adz

16,182 posts

223 months

Saturday 10th August 2024
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Benzinaio said:
YEEEE HAA!!! God bless America!
A show of 'Horns' from the 'Wizzo' (Weapons Systems Officer) on this USAF F-15E Strike Eagle from RAF Lakenheath as it fluffs up whist pulling G on it's way through Cad West in the 'Mach Loop' Wales.
There's few spectacles like seeing 30+ tons of metal going past you at the same height (often lower) at circa 500 mph.





'Yeeee Ha!' by Jayson Cork, on Flickr

Edited by Benzinaio on Wednesday 7th August 14:06
Thats a cracker.

Jurgen

233 posts

169 months

Monday 12th August 2024
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CacheMonet

117 posts

100 months

Monday 12th August 2024
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linktr.ee/plumbshutter

driver67

1,053 posts

179 months

Wednesday 14th August 2024
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Going for it !

D85_2799-Edit by Dougie Lindsay, on Flickr


C n C

3,804 posts

235 months

Wednesday 14th August 2024
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3O2A4410 by conradsphotos, on Flickr

generationx

8,306 posts

119 months

Wednesday 14th August 2024
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Nigel_O said:
LeMans 2017. Kamui Kobayashi sets a new lap record at just over 156mph. This was taken from the banking at Porsche Curves, where the LMP1s were entering at c 180mph…

Kobayashi #7 lap record by Nigel Ogram, on Flickr
I was in the Toyota pit when this, frankly epic, lap was set. Kamui came on the radio and, with typical Japanese understatement, said “I think that was a pretty good lap”. Legend.

https://youtu.be/Sy91BcB8pRQ?si=ciqdFwBgqj29d5Pu