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Mustang Air to Air " The Sequel"

Glenn Watson
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p.603 #1 · Mustang Air to Air " The Sequel"

Jo:
I'm blown away! Great pics. Have fun at the show. I'll be there on Sunday but the weather forcast doesnt look to good!

Raptor from SanAntonio last year:

Glenn

Nov 06, 2009 at 09:37 PM

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p.603 #2 · Mustang Air to Air " The Sequel"

Oh Man, where to begin?!??

Floridg8r
What a moon shot!

Jo,
The Randolf AFB shots are way WAY cool!!

Jim,
Great shots of the GrandBlessing!!

The Stack O'Blues and Double Reds are outstanding.

WeeHaw!!

Nov 06, 2009 at 10:47 PM

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p.603 #3 · Mustang Air to Air " The Sequel"

Dear Tom,

Thank you Pardner! When I began shooting professionally, specializing was a big deal. My competition made fun of me and dropped sarcastic comments to potential clients when we were in biding situations. They would say, "Jim is not a "pure" architectural photographer". There was a period in the 80's when photographers were so specialized that some interior shooters wouldn't shoot exteriors. Heck, I didn't know any of the rules, I was a Caterpillar tractor salesman. I've always felt that diversity was refreshing, and if I thought I could shoot a subject well (weddings, food & fashion being the exception!!!), why not shoot it. I'm not claiming that I'm a brilliant strategist (if I was I'd be sitting on Gary Fong's boat in the blue water instead of him

), but in retrospect the diverse subjects I've been blessed to shoot over the years has kept me fresh and versatile, and.......... profitable.

Thanks again Tom, and thanks for being a charter member of our group here, we enjoy having you.

JW

Nov 07, 2009 at 12:01 AM

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p.603 #4 · Mustang Air to Air " The Sequel"

Thanks guys! It was a blast shooting those

The pilots make it so sweet though; they set things up for you, it's really down to them, not me.

Nov 07, 2009 at 12:02 AM

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p.603 #5 · Mustang Air to Air " The Sequel"

That's a case of preparation meeting opportunity Jo!

Nov 07, 2009 at 12:10 AM

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p.603 #6 · Mustang Air to Air " The Sequel"

jbear2000 wrote:
I just found the level tool in ACR - what a great tool...

Props to Dbear, as the kids would say, for going at it tough. Getting up and getting moving are the two most useful steps to a quick recovery, from what I've been told... so the effort is well invested!

Re the level tool, I've just figured out a new keystroke too. If you press "R" in Lightroom to use the crop tool, you can then hold down Ctrl (Command on Mac) to activate the level tool without doing anything else. Then, as soon as you let go, you're back to crop/rotate in a sec. I don't know if ACR does this the same way, but a lot of things are the same so this one might be too.

Nov 07, 2009 at 03:09 AM

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p.603 #7 · Mustang Air to Air " The Sequel"

never mind...

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Nov 07, 2009 at 04:29 AM

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p.603 #8 · Mustang Air to Air " The Sequel"

Sheila and I had a fun evening with Reba McEntire, and other than a shot of her Citation arriving at McKinney, I didn't fire a shot. I was under strict instructions to enjoy the evening and not work. What a quality lady, aside from a beautiful voice.

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Nov 07, 2009 at 04:38 AM

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p.603 #9 · Mustang Air to Air " The Sequel"

My son JR coming back to TKI in a new R44. He's always wanted to fly a helicopter, this will be his first trainer.............. in preparation for a new Bell 407 that'll be coming soon.

2008 © JWilsonphoto

Nov 07, 2009 at 04:46 AM

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p.603 #10 · Mustang Air to Air " The Sequel"

Nothin' like seeing your kids accomplish something cool...

Nov 07, 2009 at 06:21 AM

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p.603 #11 · Mustang Air to Air " The Sequel"

Jim,

Makell loves Rebba. Would have loved to enjoyed the evening with you Shelia.

Jeremy
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Nov 07, 2009 at 06:29 AM

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p.603 #12 · Mustang Air to Air " The Sequel"

don't often get requests...
esa17
another of the dragonfly

regards

Nov 07, 2009 at 08:09 AM

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p.603 #13 · Mustang Air to Air " The Sequel"

carrg...

Your dragonflies are very nice!

Nov 07, 2009 at 08:13 AM

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p.603 #14 · Mustang Air to Air " The Sequel"

Never liked shooting from the R22, it'll be interesting to see what this one is like. I do like the 407 though!!

2008 © JWilsonphoto

Nov 07, 2009 at 01:57 PM

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p.603 #15 · Mustang Air to Air " The Sequel"

Reba makes jokes about being called a "girl" singer when she began her career. I guess that's why she has a "girl" pilot.................

2008 © JWilsonphoto

Nov 07, 2009 at 02:11 PM

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p.603 #16 · Mustang Air to Air " The Sequel"

Wow well......not sure where to start here:

Jo, outstanding air to air work, really beautiful! Well done, congrats.
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Glenn, the Raptor shot on top of this page is a stunner...can't possibly capture it nicer!

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Jim, nice to see you have some time to relax and post some shots here, appreciate them, as usual! I really love the gradient you have in your photos, very special. The Blue's shots on the previous page is gorgeous, too!

Keep it up everyone, I breathe through your shots when weather is crappy here

We have a nice Falcon 2000 on the apron at the moment sporting brand new winglets, not many of those around so far.... hope I can go catch it at some point tomorrow.

Cheers,
florian

Nov 07, 2009 at 03:33 PM

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p.603 #17 · Mustang Air to Air " The Sequel"

Rodolfo Paiz wrote:
...follow him around for a couple of days at those exercises (assuming it doesn't require some sort of clearance).
...

Thank you for the kind words Rodolfo. No clearance required as long as you go on the Air Show week (usually first or second week of October) and get to one of the viewing locations before a predetermined time (before the guys start to shoot!)

A few more:

This image is copyrighted by the owner

-dolfo

Nov 07, 2009 at 05:01 PM

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p.603 #18 · Mustang Air to Air " The Sequel"

JWilsonphoto wrote:
Reba makes jokes about being called a "girl" singer when she began her career. I guess that's why she has a "girl" pilot.................

I wouldn't mind getting to my gigs in one of those...

Nov 07, 2009 at 10:46 PM

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p.603 #19 · Mustang Air to Air " The Sequel"

Some more Voodoo in the morning.

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Date	2009:11:07 17:24:02
Original date	2009:09:18 20:58:33
Exposure time	1/320 sec
Focal length	300mm
Focal number	f/2.8
ISO speed	100 ISO
Exposure compensation	-0.7

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Date	2009:11:07 17:34:10
Original date	2009:09:18 20:58:55
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ISO speed	100 ISO
Exposure compensation	-0.7

Nov 07, 2009 at 11:36 PM

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p.603 #20 · Mustang Air to Air " The Sequel"

The D3x is dead.

Warner and I we were supposed to take the families and some friends down to the Homestead Air Show tomorrow, so of course we offered to recon the driving distance, crowd size, and parking situation by going over for a few hours today. Good opportunity for father-daughter bonding too, so we invited Anya to come along.

We had an absolute blast, a great time. The hot dogs were delicious (and $3.50), the ice cream was good (and $3.00), the crowd was comfortably spread out and we were able to find a tiny spot in the very front of the crowd where we could squeeze in without upsetting anyone. The crowd is NW of runway 05-23, facing SE, we had the afternoon sun 50 degrees up and 45 degrees to our right front. Somewhat challenging, but it also gave good reflected-light opportunities and a cloudy day meant the light was not too harsh. Most of the show was very good, in particular the Thunderbirds were fantastic and we noted that they, Crazy Horse, and one or two other performers flew very close to us at times... wonderful shooting opportunity. And a great time with both Warner and with Anya, who loved all of it.

Almost a perfect day. Would have been perfect, in fact, if I hadn't killed the D3x. The strap was attached to the lens collar, but I thought the strap was attached to the camera, and yadda yadda yadda... the D3x fell 4 feet to the concrete, bounced, and would no longer record images. The shutter curtain is locked shut, whether from damage or a defensive measure I don't know. But off to Nikon it goes for what will probably be significant repair, and I got all of 30 clicks before its violent death.

On the positive side, I got to spend more time with Anya and Warner got to use the 200-400 on his D3. I also got to ponder the importance of always having a backup body, and to be grateful for the fact that the camera is insured so the repair costs will not be out-of-pocket. I watched a very fun airshow without baking in the sun, and we had some great conversations about photography, aviation, Barbies, and puppies.

In the end, almost a perfect day.

Nov 08, 2009 at 01:20 AM

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p.603 #21 · Mustang Air to Air " The Sequel"

Ouch, sorry to hear that. That's why I have insurance too!!

Now, how close is the racing at Reno you ask? Very close.

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Model	Canon EOS 50D
Date	2009:11:07 21:02:31
Original date	2009:09:19 00:44:03
Exposure time	1/250 sec
Focal length	300mm
Focal number	f/7.1
ISO speed	100 ISO
Exposure compensation	+0.7

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Nov 08, 2009 at 01:42 AM

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p.603 #22 · Mustang Air to Air " The Sequel"

Rodolfo Paiz, sorry about the camera accident but you clearly have your priorities in order. I hate carrying a lot of gear and have only reluctantly come to see the importance of having a backup camera with me.

Nov 08, 2009 at 01:52 AM

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p.603 #23 · Mustang Air to Air " The Sequel"

I forgot to mention another positive to the day's events: I'm all done editing!

Since I had only three semi-sharp captures, and since the looked all funny because I'd forgotten to change all the wonky settings I had from Thursday's candle-lit wedding, I decided to give them some unusual treatments just for fun (and consolation!

Exif information
Model	NIKON D3X
Date	2009:11:07 20:57:01
Original date	2009:11:07 14:53:20
Exposure time	1/160 sec
Focal length	550mm
Focal number	f/16.0
ISO speed	200 ISO
Exposure compensation	0.0

Exif information
Model	NIKON D3X
Date	2009:11:07 20:57:06
Original date	2009:11:07 14:53:22
Exposure time	1/160 sec
Focal length	550mm
Focal number	f/18.0
ISO speed	200 ISO
Exposure compensation	0.0

Exif information
Model	NIKON D3X
Date	2009:11:07 20:57:09
Original date	2009:11:07 14:56:19
Exposure time	1/400 sec
Focal length	550mm
Focal number	f/10.0
ISO speed	200 ISO
Exposure compensation	0.0

Nov 08, 2009 at 01:58 AM

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p.603 #24 · Mustang Air to Air " The Sequel"

Ow man Tim that colours on VooDoo so nice

Hey Rodolfo to bad man i hope they can fix it for you and that after just 30 clicks
I had the same with my 1d mk2 didn't drop it but i died on me after just 150 clicks at Reno

couple of years ago but they fixed it for me hope all goes well for you....

Nov 08, 2009 at 02:42 AM

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Exif information
Model	Canon EOS-1D Mark II N
Date	2009:11:07 21:16:50
Original date	2009:09:19 08:43:23
Exposure time	1/60 sec
Focal length	70mm
Focal number	f/7.1
ISO speed	100 ISO
Exposure compensation	-1.0

Nov 08, 2009 at 03:18 AM


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