Monthly Photo competition August - SPEED-
Monthly Photo competition August - SPEED-
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velocemitch

Original Poster:

3,978 posts

237 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

1,437 posts

25 months

bstb3

4,732 posts

175 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

1,402 posts

84 months

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


Nigel_O

3,376 posts

236 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

367 posts

19 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

11,554 posts

242 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

115 posts

29 months

Wednesday 7th August 2024
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7 5 7

3,924 posts

128 months

Thursday 8th August 2024
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djsmith74

443 posts

167 months

Thursday 8th August 2024
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lancslad58

1,437 posts

25 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

269 posts

92 months

Friday 9th August 2024
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Doofus

31,363 posts

190 months

Friday 9th August 2024
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Speed?

Snail!


nessiemac

1,719 posts

258 months

Friday 9th August 2024
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Its Just Adz

16,535 posts

226 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

234 posts

172 months

Monday 12th August 2024
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CacheMonet

117 posts

103 months

Monday 12th August 2024
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linktr.ee/plumbshutter

driver67

1,058 posts

182 months

Wednesday 14th August 2024
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Going for it !

D85_2799-Edit by Dougie Lindsay, on Flickr


C n C

3,812 posts

238 months

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

generationx

8,482 posts

122 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