Years ago on Jim's advice I bought disk arrays(2 bays-SanDisk Pro G-RAID2) for all my backups. Works like a charm. I wish there was some software that would auto b/up when ever I edit on my computer without me dragging-n-dropping....But a low price to pay for a complete failure!
Danpbphoto wrote:
Years ago on Jim's advice I bought disk arrays(2 bays-SanDisk Pro) for all my backups. Works like a charm. I wish there was some software that would auto b/up when ever I edit on my computer without me dragging-n-dropping....But a low price to pay for a complete failure!
Ray Swindle wrote:
WOW, just WOW! I knew we would get some great stuff from Jan-Arie and Douglas, and they hit it out of the park, but then our buddy Bill throws in a bunch of WOWZers to! Congratulations guys, great job!
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Danpbphoto wrote:
Just fantastic photography Douglas!!! Just primo compositions!
Dan
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Bill Gass wrote:
Thanks Eddie Ray-
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Nice Douglas...That cloud below the F-16 looks almost like it's from it, be kool getting a pix of it going thru it.
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Just got the camera and one lens yesterday, will try it out this weekend. Gotta find a few smaller lens to buy for it as well pretty soon. It's funny how different Sony and Canon are, buttons, batteries, cards, chargers, etc, etc.
That a7RV has a gazillion settings as well, geesh...Wish it were all camera and no video, imagine how that would be. And the 61 mp files are crazy huge and color, most flower test shots were raw at 128 megs....Show more →
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Jan-Arie wrote:
Safe to say that Douglas raised the air to air photography bar.
Man that is sharp I love it very beautiful Douglas.
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Jan-Arie wrote:
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Thank you all, gentlemen!
J-A, I didn't see the a Typhoon and a Tornato in such colorful paint scheme when I was there on Wed. June 5th. Very nice!
On Tuesday, June 4th, the Danish Air Force sent two F-35s up in the morning for us to photograph, in the afternoon they sent two also, not sure if they were the same pair, I didn't pay attention to the numbers.
Here are some shots from the morning. Man, they came pretty close sometimes! Maybe 15 meters??
Enjoy!
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ILCE-1FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens173mmf/10.01/2500s1600 ISO+0.3 EV
ILCE-1FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens400mmf/8.01/2500s800 ISO+0.3 EV
ILCE-1FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens400mmf/8.01/2500s1000 ISO+0.3 EV
ILCE-1FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens400mmf/8.01/2500s1000 ISO+0.3 EV
ILCE-1FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens158mmf/10.01/2500s1000 ISO+0.3 EV
ILCE-1FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens177mmf/10.01/2500s1600 ISO+0.3 EV
ILCE-1FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens177mmf/10.01/2500s1000 ISO+0.3 EV
The "like" button is woefully inadequate these days. Douglas, you travelled a long way and navigated a number of obstacles, you deserve the results you achieved. Congratulations on your expertise meeting the opportunity Buddy! I would have loved to have been photographing you while all that was going on.
Danpbphoto wrote:
Years ago on Jim's advice I bought disk arrays(2 bays-SanDisk Pro G-RAID2) for all my backups. Works like a charm. I wish there was some software that would auto b/up when ever I edit on my computer without me dragging-n-dropping....But a low price to pay for a complete failure!
I don't know if you use Mac or Apple, but in either case there are directory sync programs easily available so that when you're done editing you can just trigger a sync from your primary drive to the backup drive and the software will just copy any new or modified files. Not entirely automated but a lot better than dragging and dropping.
I work in IT so I'm more paranoid about data than most. I do what I describe above and then I sync THAT data to an off-site backup (AWS). Hey, even paranoids have enemies!
Here is a batch from Tuesday afternoon when we had to fly above the clouds, so less interesting background than in the morning... I haven't had time to work on the files from Thursday yet but with a quick glance I may have a few that I am really happy with.
see where I keep my candies?
ILCE-1FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens196mmf/8.01/2500s400 ISO+1.0 EV
ILCE-1FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens324mmf/8.01/2000s125 ISO+0.3 EV
ILCE-1FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens171mmf/9.01/2500s320 ISO+1.0 EV
ILCE-1FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens175mmf/8.01/2500s250 ISO+1.0 EV
ILCE-1FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens312mmf/8.01/2500s320 ISO+1.0 EV
ILCE-1FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens179mmf/8.01/2000s250 ISO+0.7 EV
ILCE-1FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens100mmf/8.01/2500s320 ISO+0.7 EV
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Bill Gass wrote:
Nice Douglas but very white...Love that last F-16 shot...Beautiful.
Thanks Bill. I was ecstatic to be able to shoot the F-35s from the air at such close range for a total of 30 minutes in two separate flight on that day, background be damned!. I feel very blessed to have the opportunity to do so. Very very surprised that Danish Air Force was so accommodating, a pair of F-35s for both morning and afternoon on Tuesday, and again on Thursday. We all know how much it costs to fly these things. Maybe they counted that as their training hours.
I should have something with more interesting background coming, maybe tonight or tomorrow.
Those shots "on top" are just incredible Douglas! How often do we get opportunities like that? Just wonderful and you nailed it each and every time. I have long been amazed at what can be accomplished with military subjects outside the US, it just about takes an act of congress to get anything like that done within our borders. We've had it set up with the Thunderbirds and the Blues a couple of times at Alliance, but it always fell through for one reason or another.
Douglas L wrote:
We all know how much it costs to fly these things. Maybe they counted that as their training hours.
Yep, all flying time is logged for their record. For these types of sorties (flyby, photos etc.) they will include formation training and with the photo ship they can log dissimilar aircraft formation time. They may have even logged an intercept of your photo ship. They probably performed a normal training session before or after the photo op. Since they were clean birds (F-35 didn't have drop tanks) those sorties may have been special for you.
Great shots. I was scrolling up to see if you mentioned what you were taking them from - high AoA shots - droopy, vapor, landing gear, etc. A skyvan! holy moly, they must have been on the edge of falling out of the sky!
I worked on the f-35 program for a while and the lead pilots from around the world would meet at China Lake each year to test fly the first birds. My customer would be scrambling to put together presentations for them - last minute prep, and asked me to get them out of the office. So, I took them golfing on the base's oiled surface course in the desert. Golf was the setting, but It really was an international, professional comedian competition. Fighter pilots don't need weapons to kill you; their jokes and pranks are enough.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Those shots "on top" are just incredible Douglas! How often do we get opportunities like that? Just wonderful and you nailed it each and every time. I have long been amazed at what can be accomplished with military subjects outside the US, it just about takes an act of congress to get anything like that done within our borders. We've had it set up with the Thunderbirds and the Blues a couple of times at Alliance, but it always fell through for one reason or another.
Thank you Jim!!
Eric with Aviation Photocrew told me several times that the Europe offered the best opportunities to do air to air shoots of modern fighter jets, especially during big airshows because the air forces of those countries are more enthusiastic in showing off their "toys". The join-ups for this trip would have been even better with the F-4 Phantoms and others had the Danish airshow itself not been postponed until next year, but the Danish Air Force was nice enough to send their jets up multiple times for two days, just for us. We had some choppers, trainers too but I don't want to touch these for now, I want to eat the steak first.
How did you like shooting from the Skyvan Douglas? How many photographers did they pack in with you. I've looked into renting one for a shoot, they go for around $3,000 to $3500 an hour. That is a bit less than a B25, but the perspectives are a little more limited from the Skyvan. Skyvans are quite a bit less likely to have mechanical problems though.
RobMoser wrote:
I don't know if you use Mac or Apple, but in either case there are directory sync programs easily available so that when you're done editing you can just trigger a sync from your primary drive to the backup drive and the software will just copy any new or modified files. Not entirely automated but a lot better than dragging and dropping.
I work in IT some I'm more paranoid about data than most. I do what I describe above and then I sync THAT data to an off-site backup (AWS). Hey, even paranoids have enemies!
Douglas L wrote:
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Thank you all, gentlemen!
J-A, I didn't see the a Typhoon and a Tornato in such colorful paint scheme when I was there on Wed. June 5th. Very nice!
On Tuesday, June 4th, the Danish Air Force sent two F-35s up in the morning for us to photograph, in the afternoon they sent two also, not sure if they were the same pair, I didn't pay attention to the numbers.
Here are some shots from the morning. Man, they came pretty close sometimes! Maybe 15 meters??
Enjoy!
Again just fantastic photography Douglas! The sharpness, sheen and clarity is beyond phenominal!
Can't get any better than this IMHO!!!
Dan
