Another "portrait" of an Inuit stone carving that's been in my family since before I was born. Shot on an A7 iii with a 1970s-era Minolta Rokkor 55mm/1.7 lens, wide open for the amazing bokeh, played around with the curves and saturation in Capture One trying to make the colors at least slightly reminiscent of the northern lights.
kdrk888 wrote:
I went to an airshow about 70 miles NW of New York City on Sunday, it was a 270-mile drive (one way) with lots of tolls. But I am a diehard airshow fan so it was worth the trouble. This show was one of the very few airshows in the U.S. that didn't get cancelled. I went to another one in Ocean City, Maryland two weeks ago. That's all the airshows I could attend this year, not including the several flyovers. There will be a huge WWII war birds flyover in Washington DC on Sept 25th. It was planned for May 4th on the 75th anniversary of the V-E Day but got postponed due to the virus situation. There will be over 70 WWII war birds of all sort. For me, it will be less about taking pictures of these war birds but more about witnessing the history and appreciating the sacrifices they made.
This last show I went to was organized as a "drive in" event. They pre-marked hundreds or even thousands of parking spots, with enough space separating the vehicles, next to each parking spot is a marked 6'x20' rectangle like a "play pan" for the vehicle occupants. We were not supposed to leave the rectangle next to our vehicle unless we were going to the portable potty at the end of our row. Overall it was a good setup so that they met the government's Covid guidelines and put up the show. The lighting was challenging most of the time with the sun in and out of clouds and the planes were backlit for the most part. Anyway, here are some shots from the show.
Thanks for looking,
Douglas
All were shot with the A7RIV+100-400+1.4 TC, except the one of the two F-16s crossing each other, that one was shot with the A9+200-600. I brought the A9 with me so I could use the 20 FPS to increase the odds of capturing the exact moment.
kdrk888 wrote:
I went to an airshow about 70 miles NW of New York City on Sunday, it was a 270-mile drive (one way) with lots of tolls. But I am a diehard airshow fan so it was worth the trouble. This show was one of the very few airshows in the U.S. that didn't get cancelled. I went to another one in Ocean City, Maryland two weeks ago. That's all the airshows I could attend this year, not including the several flyovers. There will be a huge WWII war birds flyover in Washington DC on Sept 25th. It was planned for May 4th on the 75th anniversary of the V-E Day but got postponed due to the virus situation. There will be over 70 WWII war birds of all sort. For me, it will be less about taking pictures of these war birds but more about witnessing the history and appreciating the sacrifices they made.
This last show I went to was organized as a "drive in" event. They pre-marked hundreds or even thousands of parking spots, with enough space separating the vehicles, next to each parking spot is a marked 6'x20' rectangle like a "play pan" for the vehicle occupants. We were not supposed to leave the rectangle next to our vehicle unless we were going to the portable potty at the end of our row. Overall it was a good setup so that they met the government's Covid guidelines and put up the show. The lighting was challenging most of the time with the sun in and out of clouds and the planes were backlit for the most part. Anyway, here are some shots from the show.
Thanks for looking,
Douglas
All were shot with the A7RIV+100-400+1.4 TC, except the one of the two F-16s crossing each other, that one was shot with the A9+200-600. I brought the A9 with me so I could use the 20 FPS to increase the odds of capturing the exact moment.
Thank you Rene, John! We all need some entertainment during this depressing time.
@john, the F-35's demo pilot is a female flier with over 900 hours in both the F-22 and F-35. #5 of the Thunderbird team is a female pilot too, she is in the inverted jet in the 3rd picture and last picture.
Looking at a Great Egret in breeding plumage.
Cropped from left and right, tripod mounted 200-600mm G set to 600mm and A7rIII; silent shutter.
ISO 100, f6.3, 1/2000 second.
Exposure Corrected +0.29 Stops.
January 6, 2020
At Gatorland, Orlando or Kissimmee, FL.
Český Krumlov in Jihočeský Kraj - picturesque medieval little town beautifully placed in Vltava River bend, to the South of České Budiejowice and not far away from Austrian border.
To me the most attractive little old town in the whole Central and Eastern Europe,if not in the whole of Europe by means of well preserved,well maintained historical buildings and places.
The façades of the majority of beautifully decorated town houses are in the mannerist or early baroque style, with rich sgraffiti typical of the whole Bohemia's buildings from that era.
The ground floors and cellars yet,bear the strong feature of the ripe, late, European,urban Gothic.
The enormous (bigger than Prague's Hradcany IMO) castle dominates the hill above the city, and from the high bridge, there is a breathtaking view of the town.Also there are several viewpoints with similar, beautiful city panoramas in many other places of the city.
I don't want to bore you more about it, but I definitely recommend the place.
Please bare in mind,that most of presented pictures were taken in unfavourable harsh sunlight.Imagine how the whole scene would look like in other kinds of lighting.....November fogs,,,,or January hoar frost,,,,or October autumn colours....
