2 hours in the roomy back seat of a Cub and I can't wait to get out - my legs barely working ...
JWilsonphoto wrote:
My Buddy Paul Bowen and I crammed ourselves into the tail gunner position one evening and I go this shot of a master at work........
I really like the "how it was" shots like your previous one. The finished product is great, but as a life-long aviation bum I like to enjoy the moments that I missed.
My shot below is as I waited (impatiently) for my turn as three friendly Frenchman (lower right) beat each other up jockeying for a shot Sunday morning.
I hope they weren't the Frenchmen that yacked at the top of their lungs and compared notes for four hours while I tried to shoot video. They never lifted a camera, just yacked! Made me realize how badly I needed a shotgun mike! When I got home from GML, I went out and bought a great set of knee pads for my next round in the 25. Kneeling on those fuselage formers and stringers is pure torture! I don't think we're going to get much sympathy from the group though.
Jim is correct. John Mohr can do some amazing things in that stock Stearman. I only shot one pass at GML because I was too busy just watching his performance. Barnstorming is alive again.
GML was wonderful, but a real lighting challenge. I wish they would have mixed the routines up every day so we had afternoon sun at least once on every routine.
I hope they weren't the Frenchmen that yacked at the top of their lungs and compared notes for four hours while I tried to shoot video. They never lifted a camera, just yacked! Made me realize how badly I needed a shotgun mike! When I got home from GML, I went out and bought a great set of knee pads for my next round in the 25. Kneeling on those fuselage formers and stringers is pure torture! I don't think we're going to get much sympathy from the group though.
JW
Yup, I bet it was the same group. They were so exited to be there.
No sympathy from the group. One of the Frenchman was wearing shorts in the B-25 and cut his knee up on the alum. My time on my knees that day was short so no pads needed this time as only two P-51s came by. I say "only" because many flights were getting 2 groups of 4. But any flight with a camera and a P-51 involved is better than watching from below.
Edited by MustangsX2 on Dec 01, 2007 at 11:39 PM GMT (Reason: spelling)
JWilsonphoto wrote:
GML was wonderful, but a real lighting challenge. I wish they would have mixed the routines up every day so we had afternoon sun at least once on every routine.
You are much too nice Jim. The lighting sucked. Changing times each day would have helped. A late afternoon show would have been great as the light was beautiful at that time. I tried to shoot when the light was hitting some part of the aircraft the camera could see, but there was stuff happening that you wanted to catch no matter.
Yeah, I did the same, catching the light as the aircraft changed axis. With all that hardware flying there would have been some killer images had we been able to shoot them in the right light. On a positive note, I've never been to an event that had less dead airspace than GML.
I have had the chance to shoot out the back of a B-25 on three occasions. All three times I have noticed yawing side to side and a fair amount of vibration. These were middle of the day shoots when the air was rougher. In calm conditions is there still a noticeable yaw and vibration or is there times when the tail of a B-25 is very smooth? Can't beat early morning air and light.
Whooowee that 1600 asa shot of your Granddaughter is a blast Jim.
All the other Mustang pics also.
You keep suprising me every single time you post something.
Still wresteling trough my own photo's of the trip still have to start with the gml photo's so we have someting to look forward to during the coming wintermonths.
Next time you have those anoying frenchies onboard give them a parachute and shove them out the door.
i'am gladly volunteering to join you on a mission and i can guarantee you i will be blasting away with my camera :-)
Goodluck with the 1Ds mk3
Thanks Pardner! The guys that were so annoying were up on the media stand on the south end. They were there for four or five hours on Sunday, which was the day I decided 12,400 still captures were enough, and switched to HDV. These guys never shut up, talking at the top of their lungs and never so much as raised a camera the whole time. They could have been conversing anywhere but a foot in back of me, because they had no interest in shooting anything. It was then I realized what a shotgun mike does, and I came home and ordered one. If I hadn't been shooting video it wouldn't have made any difference, but once again, Murphy's Law is alive and well.
Glad you like the shots! You'd be welcome on any mission!
JW
Edited by JWilsonphoto on Dec 02, 2007 at 06:36 PM GMT
They were so exited to be there. 
