Tank Museum 2014
Wikimedia UK has been given 12 weekday tickets by the Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset. The Tank Museum welcomes our photographers, and allows tripods, provided there aren't too many and it isn't a busy day.
This page is to organise how we use those tickets to improve Wikipedia articles and Wikimedia commons coverage of tanks.
To apply for a ticket yourself just email GLAM
Wikimedia.org.uk with your snail mail address.
Requested photographs
Anyone is welcome to make suggestions of articles at the Tank Museum that we could use better photographs of. Please check first that it exists at the tank museum and that we don't already have the photograph you want in one of the subcategories of The Tank Museum
| Target | Wikipedia article that would benefit | Comments | Will be photographed by (sign with ~~~) | Image we currently have |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malkara | w:Malkara missile | |||
| Morris-Martel | w:Morris-Martel | none | ||
| Tiger 131 | w:Tiger 131 | none | ||
| Rotatrailer | w:Rotatrailer | none | ||
| Sherman Crab | w:Sherman Crab | none | ||
| FV4211 | w:FV4211 | none | ||
| Mark IX | w:Mark IX tank | |||
| Tetrarch | w:Tetrarch | not easy to get a good pic of since it appears to be surrounded by stuff | ||
| Vickers 6-Ton | w:Vickers 6-Ton | |||
| Excelsior tank | w:Excelsior tank | |||
| Valentine Archer | w:Valentine Archer | |||
| T14 Heavy Tank | w:T14 Heavy Tank |
- Improvable with a tripod
- Little Willie-seriously dark though current image has an exposure of ¼ seconds
- Mark II female
- TOGII
- Improvable through other methods
- Light tank Mk IIA -Might be better with a slightly greater depth of field
- Tortoise heavy assault tank-Some clever HDR or off camera flash use is needed to deal with the rather messy lighting
- Black Prince-slightly wider field of view (the area behind the tank is much brighter than the tank itself which may complicate things).
- Valiant tank- needs a wider field of view. Area around tank is also pretty dark.
- Vickers A1E1 Independent-Some clever HDR or off camera flash use is needed to deal with the rather messy lighting
- FV4401 Contentious-Needs a wider field of view although
- Covenanter tank-Photo could be taken at a better angle. Some clever HDR or off camera flash use is needed to deal with the rather messy lighting
- FV 4005-Photo could be taken at a better angle in better weather
- Mark VIII- pic needed that shows the whole tank
- Rolls-Royce Armoured Car-Possible some HDR work. The thing has gloss paint that complicates things.
- Peerless Armoured Car- Looks like it could use some serious fill flash.
Conqueror tank- slightly wider field of view. Lighting is going to be a pain since there appears to be a window behind it so the thing is strongly backlit. You would almost want a large ring flash (something like the AlienBees ABR800). Tricky
- Fiat M13/40- slightly wider crop
Photographers
Each ticket is for one visit only and is to be used on a weekday other than "special event days" between now and 28th Feb 2015. The museum is at less busy and therefore has better conditions for photography on Mondays to Fridays during school term time.
Tickets can be requested by clicking a link that will be added here
Participating photographers need to agree to post photographs on Wikimedia Commons, in the category Wikimedia UK at The Tank Museum 2014 and an appropriate subcategory of The Tank Museum