Douglas L wrote:
From the news, an F-35B flown by a contractor crashed in New Mexico. Pilot survived.
I saw that...Crazy.
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Hope you're all doing good in Texas, crazy weather down there and back east as well.
If last summer was any indication, a nice September day in Roswell will be around 100 degrees, but it
is a dry heat.................. There were days last summer where my oil field client wouldn't let me come out and shoot because temps on the rig were 120-130.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
If last summer was any indication, a nice September day in Roswell will be around 100 degrees, but it
is a dry heat.................. There were days last summer where my oil field client wouldn't let me come out and shoot because temps on the rig were 120-130.
He must have thought you were from up north somewhere. I never measured the temps on the flightline when we had our 100°+ days with 99% humidity. Feels like 120°.
The oilfield environment is challenging in the very best of climatic conditions, but I love the work and the compositional challenges/opportunities. My work is getting quite a bit of recognition in some very influential energy circles, we'll see where it all goes.
A morning shot from Garden of Gods in Colorado Spring yesterday morning. I heard some jets flying, maybe the Thunderbirds practicing for the USAF Academy commencement flyover today but didn't see them. Would have been nice to photograph them with a backdrop like this.
ILCE-7RM5FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II lens70mmf/14.01/4s100 ISO0.0 EV
Douglas L wrote:
A morning shot from Garden of Gods in Colorado Spring yesterday morning. I heard some jets flying, maybe the Thunderbirds practicing for the USAF Academy commencement flyover today but didn't see them. Would have been nice to photograph them with a backdrop like this.
Beautiful Douglas!
I watched the documentary on the "Blue Angels"! Fantastic!
I believe you need to send some of your compositions to them for display. The ones I saw framed and hanging in the "Ready Room" and "Boss's" Office were no where NEAR your quality!
Have a safe trip home!
Dan
The storms have been wreaking havoc on our local trees. I spent the day removing a 40’ tall tree in our daughter’s front yard. There was some urgency so I did it in on and off driving rain and intermittent lightening and thunder, but I finally got it finished. The boys helped me for a few hours . Another instance where I realized how fortunate I am to be a photographer and not an arborist🤣
If you all haven't seen the Netflix documentary "The Blue Angels," the aerial photography both internal and external to a/c is just utterly amazing. These guys and one gal - the first - are just incredibly competent. Brought back lots of memories from the 7 years I lived in KPNS area. Tony
JWilsonphoto wrote:
The storms have been wreaking havoc on our local trees. I spent the day removing a 40’ tall tree in our daughter’s front yard. There was some urgency so I did it in on and off driving rain and intermittent lightening and thunder, but I finally got it finished. The boys helped me for a few hours . Another instance where I realized how fortunate I am to be a photographer and not an arborist🤣
Last Wednesday we had two tornados hit west Temple and Belton. Suddenly, there are hundreds of guys with chainsaws who have decided to become arborists for a couple of weeks.
I just watched a segment on the making of the Blue Angels film. I’m always curious about cinema camera and lens choices. Seems like Sony was the weapon of choice, with some Insta 360’s thrown in.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
I just watched a segment on the making of the Blue Angels film. I’m always curious about cinema camera and lens choices. Seems like Sony was the weapon of choice, with some Insta 360’s thrown in.
I watched the IMAX movie and also downloaded it to my phone from Amazon Prime, watched it on the phone on the flight from Denver back to Maryland, a little different from watching it in IMAX. I recall I read somewhere that they used those tiny Voigtlander manual focus UWA lenses on Sony cameras for the inside the cockpit shoot in Top Gun II.
I've been out at El Centro when they come back from a practice session and the crew has to polish blue smudges off of the canopies from moments where spacing was much less than 18"........
. Pilot survived.
There were days last summer where my oil field client wouldn't let me come out and shoot because temps on the rig were 120-130.
