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Does the ladder really help?
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Must be one of those pesky invisible fences. Those things are always getting in my way. :lol:

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That is great Blue, how did I miss this guy ?....... the only thing funnier would have been this guy on this ladder with a a 747-400 taking off with him in that position (remember "Pushing Tin"). I can see camera parts, ladder parts, and human parts scattered all over the tarmac!

There is never a good reason or excuse to use a ladder at the front of a crowd. I would rather stand further back, load up a longer lens, and get the better photo at a much better angle.

If you are a professional photographer, or at least a courteous non-professional photographer you will never be seen doing this, IMHO

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As I've said before, There's nothing but taxiing going on at ground level. All the action shots are at least 500 feet up. Even us amateurs can get great pictures from 100-200 feet behind the front row. Only Bob Uecker is enamored of the front row.

Mudge the amateur :wink:

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Even us amateurs can get great pictures from 100-200 feet behind the front row.
That's easy for you to say "oh tall one." Us folks under 6'8" don't have it quite as easy.
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OOOPS...My bad...I forgot that there are those of us who might be slightly...er...shall we say "vertically challenged". :P

Mudge the vertically endowed :D

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I need your address Mudge. I've got at least a hundred pics of the back of your head! :twisted:

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And let's face it - sitting down is just a little bit safer :twisted: :

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(calm down - it's just a movie...)

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catch-22?

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