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As competition themes go, ‘Heat’ isn’t the

easiest to capture with a camera. Here are

some of our favourite interpretations.

PHOTOGRAPHER

Ben

Watson

EDITOR’S COMMENT

You can almost feel the

temperature rising just

looking at Ben Watson’s

high-octane shot from the

2015 Avalon Airshow.

“Their closing stunt each

day was to fly line astern at

funny angles about 20 feet

off the ground while a huge

fire wall exploded behind

them,” writes Ben. “I made

sure I had a short exposure

time and set my camera

to high speed continuous

shooting. I chose this shot

because the aircraft are

wonderfully focussed and

I feel it shows the fire wall

at it’s best, before it begins

to dissipate.”

We like the energy of the

shot and the panoramic

crop which puts the focus

on the three aircraft while

removing any distractions.

A great idea by Ben to shoot

in high-speed continuous

mode so he could choose

the best moment from a

number of frames. Well

done Ben!

DETAILS

Nikon D4, 80-400mm lens

@ 240mm, 1/1250s @ f/13,

ISO 500.

WINNER

Heat

AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHY MARCH 2016