Jan-Arie wrote:
Morning boys and girls I think they are still around lurking.
Just rolled back into town after a tiring five day visit to the Royal International Air Tattoo.
Hot weather cold hot again and so on.
Stayed in the FRIAT enclosure that is a grandstand with a patch of grass it's own toilets and refreshments.
Completely sold out show for all the days mind boggling.
Shot a total of 181GB of photo's not all that great
And being so close to the runway a 500 prime is not always handy.
But it were a great couple of days.
One sample for now as i have to go to mom.
The COAP guys had people from Canon etc in the tent and they had the new R1 and the new R52 on hand.
But I don't know if the guys did some test shots with it will have to ask.
Sample photo a Royal Moroccan Airforce RMAF 08-8013. F-16C Block 52 in a rare attendance to an overseas show this being the 50th anniversary of the F16.
Jan-Arie wrote:
Saudi Airforce F15 SA Strike Eagle departing for home.
Some seriously good shooting. Must have been pretty overcast or dark. No way I could get down to those settings at the airshow that was here. I should have went up from 1/2500sec to 1/4000sec or so to get my aperture wider, but my brain doesn't engage when the camera is to my eye it seems.
Not a sexy in air flight shot, but this thing is/was HUGE. Not the biggest plane around, but it was for sure bigger than anything at the show this weekend. Pilot was also a female, from Michigan, and she campaigned to get to bring her biggie to the show for a couple years, and finally they agreed.
Well Douglas ... I've been pretty busy and was just getting ready to post a few shots from the Sacramento show. But now - because of you - I'm going to sell all my equipment and just monitor FM for your unbelievable shots.... You definitely got some amazing talent. Same show, same equipment, ...damn.
That said, you did have great light Sunday and they flew closer to the moon 0 damn it.
jlambros wrote:
Well Douglas ... I've been pretty busy and was just getting ready to post a few shots from the Sacramento show. But now - because of you - I'm going to sell all my equipment and just monitor FM for your unbelievable shots.... You definitely got some amazing talent. Same show, same equipment, ...damn.
That said, you did have great light Sunday and they flew closer to the moon 0 damn it.
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Jeff
You are too kind, Jeff! Post away! We are all here to have fun and share our passion. Sunday evening's light was definitely much better than Saturday evening's. Most of what I posted were from Sunday. I only kept a couple of the F-35 and the Ghostwriter shots from Saturday. As you remember I missed 2/3 of the show on Sat. I got 2 or 3 more shows to go before the season ends, nothing too exciting except the one in Oceana.
Douglas L wrote:
You are too kind, Jeff! Post away! ...
Ha ha, ok, but the not-so-great-state of California has dropped our electricity. Expected back at 1AM. 93 degrees now at 8PM and forecast as 84 at midnight. But ... buy more electric vehicles! Yeah, right! Why do we live here?!?!
Douglas L wrote:
So sorry to hear about the card failure, Jim. Something I dread about. I recently sold all my six 160 GB CFExpress Type A cards (Sony and Prograde), they performed great but I wanted bigger cards, just bought two CFExpress Type A 960 GB cards and two 480 GB card, all Prograde, faster speeds, much cheaper $/GB compared to what I paid for the 160 GB cards when I bought them. For what I shoot, that's all the cards I need for now.
Me too Douglas,
I pretty much always shoot with redundant card settings now asa precaution. Doing that does slow capture rate and buffer capacity, even with the fastest SDXC cards. Right now I have standardized on 512 GB CFE/128SDXC cards, but I'm migrating to 1TB CFE/512 SDXC over the next few months. I'll see how this 1TB Lexar performs and I may just stick with that brand. I really work these cards hard so it's tough to complain about any particular brand, the 1TB Angelbird has probably been loaded/downloaded several hundred times. Fortunately it went toes up after I uploaded the images on it, when I put it back in the R5C it wouldn't format. Angelbird didn't hesitate replacing it. I use all Angelbird SSD's in my Atomos Ninja + monitor recorders, but I don't work them nearly as. hard as the CFE cards.
jlambros wrote:
Well Douglas ... I've been pretty busy and was just getting ready to post a few shots from the Sacramento show. But now - because of you - I'm going to sell all my equipment and just monitor FM for your unbelievable shots.... You definitely got some amazing talent. Same show, same equipment, ...damn.
That said, you did have great light Sunday and they flew closer to the moon 0 damn it.
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Jeff
Hi Jeff,
I sympathize with you! Douglas' talent does tempt one to seek other avenues of expression....... On top of his incredible talent, he works harder for the opportunities than most anyone that I know. He certainly earns what he brings home.
jlambros wrote:
Ha ha, ok, but the not-so-great-state of California has dropped our electricity. Expected back at 1AM. 93 degrees now at 8PM and forecast as 84 at midnight. But ... buy more electric vehicles! Yeah, right! Why do we live here?!?!
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Jeff
So true! You live there because California is a beautiful state with incredible resources, it's just a crying shame what its leaders have done to it over the decades. I used to jump at any assignment that would bring me to the West Coast, now, sadly, I turn many of those opportunities down. Years ago I would pretty much always bring Sheila out at the end of an assignment in California and we'd spend 3 or 4 days just drinking in the beauty of SanFrancisco, Monterey, or San Diego. The last time I shot in SanDiego my client and I tried to go to dinner down near the water and we finally gave up due to the amount of tents/trash we encountered. I have several friends who won't go back to Northern California because they've been robbed of all their gear, in broad daylight, another pro shooter had all the windows in his rental car smashed out when he went to lunch at Fishermen's Wharf. They all told me that they called the police and they basically got laughed at.
I would love to see a revolt in your state that would allow it to actually be "The Golden State", but I don't hold out much hope.
RWNPhoto wrote:
Not a sexy in air flight shot, but this thing is/was HUGE. Not the biggest plane around, but it was for sure bigger than anything at the show this weekend. Pilot was also a female, from Michigan, and she campaigned to get to bring her biggie to the show for a couple years, and finally they agreed.
These are beautiful "beasts of the air" "MIch!!!
I am on the flight path to Dover AFB and these monsters lumber across the air and the engines whine fusiously!
Beautiful!
Dan
JWilsonphoto wrote:
So true! You live there because California is a beautiful state with incredible resources, it's just a crying shame what its leaders have done to it over the decades. I used to jump at any assignment that would bring me to the West Coast, now, sadly, I turn many of those opportunities down. Years ago I would pretty much always bring Sheila out at the end of an assignment in California and we'd spend 3 or 4 days just drinking in the beauty of SanFrancisco, Monterey, or San Diego. The last time I shot in SanDiego my client and I tried to go to dinner down near the water and we finally gave up due to the amount of tents/trash we encountered. I have several friends who won't go back to Northern California because they've been robbed of all their gear, in broad daylight, another pro shooter had all the windows in his rental car smashed out when he went to lunch at Fishermen's Wharf. They all told me that they called the police and they basically got laughed at.
I would love to see a revolt in your state that would allow it to actually be "The Golden State", but I don't hold out much hope....Show more →
I spent most of the 1970's living in San Diego (with one year in Pearl Harbor). At the time I thought I was an idiot for leaving. Not anymore.
I know Rob, I used to have a dozen assignments a year in and around California and loved every minute of it. Now if I am going to El Centro to shoot The Blues, I fly into San Diego, get my car and hi tail it east to "The Pearl of the Desert", do not pass go, do not stop for anything. Years ago I shot the pano image that the SanDiego news people used for their background, the perspective was across the water from Coronado Island at dusk. Sold that stock shot over and over for thousands.
This is what happens when you think he will fly by right to left, and he flies in this time left to right, and a whole lot closer than you expect. This was 400mm, and no, I did not crop it. Accidents happen.
RWNPhoto wrote:
This is what happens when you think he will fly by right to left, and he flies in this time left to right, and a whole lot closer than you expect. This was 400mm, and no, I did not crop it. Accidents happen.
Great capture "Mich"!!!
One of the most under rated fighter aircraft in WWII..its successor also.
Super image!
Dan
I'll try to keep this going until those at Oshkosh post everything they get there...
(2 different F4U Corsairs, and seeing 2 is better than 1, like twice as better)
RWNPhoto wrote:
I'll try to keep this going until those at Oshkosh post everything they get there...
(2 different F4U Corsairs, and seeing 2 is better than 1, like twice as better)
Super "Mich"!!! The nemisis of the Zero!
Dan
. You definitely got some amazing talent. Same show, same equipment, ...damn.
