Photographer capture moment of her death.

I am sorry but it does beg the question................why get so dangerous close... why not just ......use a longer lens! Really was the picture so important it's worth risking your life?
 
Shell exploded on a training exercise, wasn't supposed to happen/be dangerous there?
 
Define too close. This situation probably wasn't seen as particularly dangerous in the grand scheme of things, just a training exercise. Neither of the two soldiers in shot are wearing any kind of protective gear so I assume they weren't trying to defuse anything.
 
It IS the shot they'll be remembered for, unfortunatly.
How did TWO of them get the timing SO close? Audio activated shutter release?

Sad but great.
 
Stumpy said:
It IS the shot they'll be remembered for, unfortunatly.
How did TWO of them get the timing SO close? Audio activated shutter release?

Sad but great.
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There's only one photographer in the picture. The photo was taken by her and I assume recovered from her camera afterwards.
 
stevelmx5 said:
There's only one photographer in the picture. The photo was taken by her and I assume recovered from her camera afterwards.
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I read it that there was two photographers one she was training. The two photos were one from each.

I can only assume they were so closely taken as maybe trying to get the mortar leaving the tube?
 
neil_g said:
I read it that there was two photographers one she was training. The two photos were one from each.

I can only assume they were so closely taken as maybe trying to get the mortar leaving the tube?
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Sorry, I hadn't seen the other image in the gallery. I'd guess they were both shooting high speed continuous to capture the mortar so caught similar results?
 
Stumpy said:
It IS the shot they'll be remembered for, unfortunatly.
How did TWO of them get the timing SO close? Audio activated shutter release?

Sad but great.
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Probably jumped at the moment of explosion, or were both tying to get the mortar as it left the barrel.
 
The camera in the corner of the second image (which I am assuming is where the first image comes from) looks to be a "video" camera, so it could just be a still frame taken from the footage. I guess the second image could also be a still frame from footage too. It would explain the perfect timing of both shots. Still doesn't explain why you would want to be that close!
 
Jimmy_Lemon said:
Still doesn't explain why you would want to be that close!
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My personal theory on this is that if you want to successfully photograph people in their chosen occupation, it's quite a good idea to get close to people doing their chosen occupation.
 
Just another sad incident when people just get to close to bad stuff.
sad but bombs are bombs.
 
Mortars by there very nature mean you have to get close to them to operate them

Normally they are safe to operate and be close to when firing.

However ordnance can and does malfunction which unfortunately, I believe, is what happened in this case
 
I dont really understand why they released it. What are they trying to say with it? The little quote from the article doesn't say much other than women will die in the army too.

Clayton's death symbolises how female soldiers are increasingly exposed to hazardous situations in training and in combat on par with their male counterparts
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Are they trying to disuade women from signing up or somehow boast that women are as much at risk as men. It's just odd. Cool photo though which was probably the underlying reason.
 
simon ess said:
My personal theory on this is that if you want to successfully photograph people in their chosen occupation, it's quite a good idea to get close to people doing their chosen occupation.
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Famous last words
I'm in the " why get so close camp" each to their own, but can't see what is to be gained being so close
 
"If your photos aren't good enough, you're not close enough" Sums up why I guess she was close.
 
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