Saab T-17 basic trainers and the ANT-2 -- one of my favorites. Functionally, half a DC-3 (incl the copied engine). They were scattered in fields all over the commbloc countries after the break up. Cessna, Piper and Beech had the FAA block most of them from being imported in the spirit of pure free market trade.
taildraggin wrote:
Saab T-17 basic trainers and the ANT-2 -- one of my favorites. Functionally, half a DC-3 (incl the copied engine). They were scattered in fields all over the commbloc countries after the break up. Cessna, Piper and Beech had the FAA block most of them from being imported in the spirit of pure free market trade.
Thank you. I remember the word T-17 something. I am really bad with names of most planes other than the ones often appear at airshows here in the U.S.
It sure is a totally different experience shooting A2A, so much easier to get sharp prop. shots. I killed myself when I deleted most of my perfectly in focus prop. shots from the A2A shoots because I got too many and most of them looked similar, I would be lucky if I got 1 out of 50 that's sharp when I shoot from the ground. I wish I had more kidneys to sell to pay for these rides. I should have asked my kids to get student loans instead of paying their college with our savings, had I known the loans would be forgiven... What a freaking scam!
Anyway, some less interesting shots from Denmark, I consider them a bonus, I got my F-16 and F-35. I don't remember what model they are rather than the Seahawk. The pilot who flew the yellow bi-plane (Russian-built?) also owns the L-29 he flew for us. He invited the whole group to his hangar at the airport for coffee and tea, a real nice gentleman. In his huge hangar he has quite a collection of WWII stuff, including a few tanks, armored personnel carriers, jeeps and big guns. He lives half of his time in Greenland. In my head Greenland was always far far away from us, until I looked at the map. Well, at least the southern tip of Greenland is pretty close to N. America....Show more →
AGAIN just FANTASTIC photography Douglas!
You stayin' cool? Our AC unit is new but cannot keep up with the 100F temps and "wear the air" humidity!:mad!!
Never ever had this problem in 20+ years!
Dan
You stayin' cool? Our AC unit is new but cannot keep up with the 100F temps and "wear the air" humidity!:mad!!
Never ever had this problem in 20+ years!
Dan
You know, Texans are pretty good at stayin' cool in the summer. When I restored this old 100+ year old house, I had foam (open cell foam) insulation sprayed under the floor joist, inside the outer walls and on the rafters. We have had temps over 100° here in Central Texas and we are at 74° inside. The HVAC guys don't mind working in our attic because the attic, with the foam insulation, is no more than 10° warmer than the house temp. Keeps my electric bill low too! Also, as long as we have a breeze, I can sit out on our front porch in the 100° temps and rest with a Stanley mug of water.
Unfortunately, the crop insurance will be buying the corn after last months hail and windstorms. About this time of year the breeze makes a nice rustling sound as it blows through the drying corn stalks. They are wilted and falling apart.
I know the heat to you guys is like snow for us, so hang in there, it shall pass.
It sure is a totally different experience shooting A2A, so much easier to get sharp prop. shots. I killed myself when I deleted most of my perfectly in focus prop. shots from the A2A shoots because I got too many and most of them looked similar, I would be lucky if I got 1 out of 50 that's sharp when I shoot from the ground. I wish I had more kidneys to sell to pay for these rides. I should have asked my kids to get student loans instead of paying their college with our savings, had I known the loans would be forgiven... What a freaking scam!
Anyway, some less interesting shots from Denmark, I consider them a bonus, I got my F-16 and F-35. I don't remember what model they are rather than the Seahawk. The pilot who flew the yellow bi-plane (Russian-built?) also owns the L-29 he flew for us. He invited the whole group to his hangar at the airport for coffee and tea, a real nice gentleman. In his huge hangar he has quite a collection of WWII stuff, including a few tanks, armored personnel carriers, jeeps and big guns. He lives half of his time in Greenland. In my head Greenland was always far far away from us, until I looked at the map. Well, at least the southern tip of Greenland is pretty close to N. America....Show more →
I love those helo and prop shots Douglas! You are right, they are easier to capture when you are both moving at the same speed.
Yes Ray I know you what you are sayin'!
The builder of our home scrimped and saved on anything and everything he could. And that included flexible plastic hose versus the metal furnace duct work to the different floors. I could have wrapped the metal ducts with insulation to keep the heat down in the summer and cold in the winter.
Plus we have a black shingled roof that absorbs the heat a hundred fold. So my upstairs is 20degrees warmer than the downstairs in the summer. I have ceiling fans in every upstairs room also.
Plus the HVAC units were not properly "sized" to the houses. Theoretically, we should have 2 AC units. 1 for upstairs and 1 for downstairs. But he didn't. We have been in this house 20+ years and this is the 1st time we have had this issue and it is only June and we have had hotter temps over a period of time prior.
Just have to live with it for now! 74F is too hot for me! I have never recovered from the intense heat and humidity of Vietnam on my skin. I sweat like a falling waterfall in the least amount of heat!
Stay cool brother!
Thanks!
Dan
Dan, I guess since I grew up on the Texas coast with 100° summers plus 95% humidity (without A/C) I became acclimated to the heat and humidity. I remember when I was at basic training in San Antonio during 100° days and the guys from the north and east of the Mississipi were complaining about the heat. I told them we had two things going for us, it was a dry heat-no humidity, and the buildings were air conditioned. They told me I was crazy. I thought: what's new?
Ray Swindle wrote:
Dan, I guess since I grew up on the Texas coast with 100° summers plus 95% humidity (without A/C) I became acclimated to the heat and humidity. I remember when I was at basic training in San Antonio during 100° days and the guys from the north and east of the Mississipi were complaining about the heat. I told them we had two things going for us, it was a dry heat-no humidity, and the buildings were air conditioned. They told me I was crazy. I thought: what's new? !
I also grew up with no ac at all.
My body handled heat and humidity far better then. Even in the military in SE Asia. After that it was all down hill tolerance wise. I was in Panama for 30 days in 1967 and it was miserable there also and spent the late Summer of 67 in the swamps of Ft Polk "Tigerland", LA. "No joy" there either!
Spectacular set Doug. Difficult to pick one over others. You are using 100-400 to its fullest. I was thinking maybe 70-200 would have made more sense but you are going over 200mm on quite a few shots, so good decision
Danpbphoto wrote:
AGAIN just FANTASTIC photography Douglas!
You stayin' cool? Our AC unit is new but cannot keep up with the 100F temps and "wear the air" humidity!:mad!!
Never ever had this problem in 20+ years!
Dan
Thank you Dan! I haven't been outdoor much these past whole week. Drove to Jersey to visit a friend on Saturday, when we got out the car at a rest stop at 3:00 in the afternoon, man it was hot!
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JWilsonphoto wrote:
I love those helo and prop shots Douglas! You are right, they are easier to capture when you are both moving at the same speed.
Thank you Jim! My panning skill sucks so it's very hard for me to get sharp prop. shots from ground. I was really surprised from my first A2A shoots in Florida in April that a vast vast majority of the prop. shots were perfectly sharp and I had to delete most of them! I would die for just a few shots this sharp when I shoot from the ground.
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Bill Gass wrote:
Just gorgeous Douglas...And the pixs of the plane over the water (x2) beautiful...Love those little planes too-
Thanks Bill! I am more into modern fighter jets so these are bonus.
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cs3is wrote:
Spectacular set Doug. Difficult to pick one over others. You are using 100-400 to its fullest. I was thinking maybe 70-200 would have made more sense but you are going over 200mm on quite a few shots, so good decision
Any plan to do Mach loop since you are there?
Thank you very much! Before I did my first A2A shoot in April, the head of Aviation Photocrew recommended a 24-70 (or 24-105) on one camera and a 100-400 on another. I followed his advice. Most other folks on the plane used 70-200 instead of 100-400. The new Sony 70-200 lenses are really light. I thought about taking the 70-200 instead of the 100-400 to Denmark, then I looked at the pictures I took in the previous A2A shoots, I did go over 200mm many times, plus I was going to Iceland to shoot puffins, so I decided to bring the 100-400. I think ideally, a 50-300mm lens would be perfect for these A2A shoots but in Sony land I don't think it exists, at least not as sharp as my setups. The 100-400 is crazy sharp. A 70-200 would have been perfectly fine given the Sony A1 is 51 MP, a lot of room for cropping.
I have been paying some attention to Mach loop but didn't have time this trip. Maybe in the future....
I’m sitting at a Toyota dealership getting my car serviced and they have six new “Landcruisers” on the floor. They look like 4Runners and are powered by a turbo 4 cylinder. Thank you Toyota for saving me a hundred grand……..🤣
JWilsonphoto wrote:
I’m sitting at a Toyota dealership getting my car serviced and they have six new “Landcruisers” on the floor. They look like 4Runners and are powered by a turbo 4 cylinder. Thank you Toyota for saving me a hundred grand……..🤣
A whopping € 127.650,- over here that's a 136.892,50 $ US
My Toyota service tech is telling me that the turbo 4cylinder is anemic(go figure) and the life span is going to be pitiful. I’ve got 170,000 on mine and I’m aiming for 500,000, then James wants it…….🤣
Some good news, I’ve heard a whisper about my R5II coming in sometime in the next 30 days. I’m thinking that it’s going to be more like 60, but we’ll see.
Jan Arie, the stickers are around $90,000, and surprisingly, the epa mileage estimate on the window is 20 average. I guess percentage wise that’s a considerable jump, but mine ranges from 13-18 , given what you would give up with the 4 banger, that’s not a huge difference. They asked me if I’d like to drive one , I’m not even tempted.
I guess if something happened to mine I’d go to the Lexus , but I don’t want to. I love mine, and as long as it holds up, I’m sticking with it. Styling is personal prey, but I don’t even like the looks. The interior seems much smaller than mine. There are companies here in the US that will completely refurbish a Landcruiser , new leather, carpet, drive train, the works.
. I should have asked my kids to get student loans instead of paying their college with our
74F is too hot for me! I have never recovered from the intense heat and humidity of Vietnam on my skin. I sweat like a falling waterfall in the least amount of heat!
