Best Coaster Picture- Beast has Competition!

Jman said:

Well, if we're all plugging our own shots, I have to nominate these of mine:
http://balder.prohosting.com/gravbulb/coasters/sfwoa/Batman---Cobra-Roll-Signature-with-train_L.jpg

Heh, I think everyone gets the urge to take that photo when they walk under that cobra roll! Cool!

...and damn you, Vater - you're right! :)

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These are my favorite:

Ben g: goliath, BenD:vortex, Bryan: wicked twister, Lord gonchar: talon, Mikemir87: batman:darknight,coaster zak: MF, Gregleg, phantom and thunderbolt, peabody: white cyclone, Xcoasterrider: morning shot of sfmm, valpengeist: rattler, krypton coaster,kraxleridah: raptor,xclerator(one with s&s tower in back), mean streak, vertical velocity, silver star, batman

I like your picture ken.

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Are there any other coasters with the same type of supports Silver Star uses for it's lift?

Man I can't believe no one's mentioned this one yet:

http://rcdb.com/installationgallery1366.htm?Picture=20

I'd buy a ticket to Spain just to ride that thing... **drool**

KenK said:
Man I can't believe no one's mentioned this one yet:
http://rcdb.com/installationgallery1366.htm?Picture=20
I'd buy a ticket to Spain just to ride that thing... **drool**

You can....I made a NL recreation of it. You can find it at my site or at coastersims.com

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http://www.onridecentral.com/images/photos/0043_0030.jpg

Great Shot of Wildcat on ride.

Here are three nice photos I took this year at BGW. Of course one includes the stereotypical shot of Nessie's interlocking loops.

Photo 1

Photo 2

Photo 3

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Here's one of my better shots:

Millennium Force at night

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I was just looking through some of my old stuff and found another Mantis shot http://members.accesstoledo.com/bwiatrak/mantismfBWD.jpg

Only thing I don't like about this one is that it is a little grainy. This was taken before I bought my digital camera.

I think Gemini's shot of MF at night is the clear winner - and I looked through all of them up to this point!

Although all pics posted up to this point are outstanding, I disagree that they are better than the Beast pic. But who is to say that any pic is "better" than any other pic anyway? I just, and always have, liked the Beast pic best.

These are nice pics non-the-less.

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But seriously folks, I respect the opinions of yall who don't like the thing, but if MF were human, I'd marry it.

DROOL :)

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I haven't looked at these in a while but I posted some aerial shots of Son of Beast from my old website.

Also, I have some coaster phots from my Europe trip at pbase.com that include some shot like this. Not the best pics mind you but since everyone is sharing, I thought I would do the same.

-Sean

Hey Sean,

I hafta ask how does Collossos compare to SoB? Great pic too!

Everyone seems to say that Colossus is everything SOB isn't: Smooth, airtime filled, dream trains, etc. The only thing it doesn't have is a loop....but you can get the same thing on countless steel coasters. ;)

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Well IMO SoB is smooth, and I have gotten air on it aswell.....can't say much about the "dream trains." :/ Guess I'll hafta experience Colossos for myself. (anyone willing to pay my air fair?)

On it's smoothest day SOB isn't a fraction of how smooth colossus is. :( (Many complain it doesn't even feel like a woodie it's so smooth.) While there may be a fraction of a second of air on SOB, it doesn't have the long, sustained air on every hill that colossus has.

Oh if only Intamin had built SOB (and real trains for it!)....

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What is the "Beast Picture"? I have no idea what this refering to.

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It all depends on your opinion. Personally, as a photographer i enjoy those blurry images of WT better than a static snapshot; but that's just my aesthetic opinion.

Because this is a site about rollercoasters, and not aesthetics, I'd have to agree that the shot of Goliath is sweet, mainly because it shows the entire layout of the ride.

~me

The Beast picture is probably the most retaken photo of any coaster..... IMO nothing beats it.

http://www.rcdb.com/installationgallery67.htm?Picture=1