Hi Paul, Welcome! I haven't been to either of those shows so I can't give you any first hand tips, but it is nice to have the option of a photo pit or special area designated for photographers. You can still wander the grounds, but stake out your spot in one of the restricted areas. I'm sure we have folks in the group that have shot those shows and can give you specific advice. Keep us posted!
paulrayburnett wrote:
Hi All - a friend and i are heading to the US from Australia and we are planning on attending the Key West Airshow and the Lakeland Airshow. Any tips on best photography locations for the airshows? I see that the Lakeland show has tickets to a photographer's section - is this worth the upgrade? thanks in advance.
Hi Paul, I assume the Lakeland show you mentioned is the Sun N Fun show? If it is the Sun N Fun show, it’s a HUGE event. I was there for the air to air shoots this past April, I was able to go to evening portion of the show for one day, and a day/evening show for another day. I bought the photographer’s section tickets for both days. While it was nice, it was not the show center, the show center was further to the right. I didn’t have time to talk around and check out other areas and exhibits, which were numerous. The sunset and evening shows were amazing, beautiful light. If you go back to some of my posts from this past April/ May, you should be able to find some shots made from the airshow, in addition to the A2A stuff. I think the show organizer will publish the ground map as it gets closer. That place is a bit confusing, it’s just huge. I may do another A2A at Sun N Fun in 2025, nothing final yet.
Hi Dan, I'm always looking for the next edge, but I am pretty pleased with the tools Canon has provided of late. I need to amortize what I have invested with them in late 2024. Just beginning to dial in the C400 and it links like it's going to be a perfect fit on the two long assignments that pushed me over the edge on it. Fortunately, due to my familiarity with the R5C, it's not too big of a learning curve.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Hi Dan, I'm always looking for the next edge, but I am pretty pleased with the tools Canon has provided of late. I need to amortize what I have invested with them in late 2024. Just beginning to dial in the C400 and it links like it's going to be a perfect fit on the two long assignments that pushed me over the edge on it. Fortunately, due to my familiarity with the R5C, it's not too big of a learning curve.
Not having the "field experience" lends me to appear "unknowladgeable" on mirrorless Canon. I am but don't tell anybody!
I want to stay with Canon..too much denaro invested...If I have to wait, I can and will but geez....Economics 101- demand ..demand demand..Canon has the demand but not the iniative to upgrade their product line at this time. Go figure!!
Thanks for the info!
Say "Heh" to my buddy please!
Dan
Another pool project wrapped up before the landscape goes south.............. Don't believe that I have pushed it this far into the fall before, but it's still working. 36 degrees tonight so it's cutting it close. The last shot was just a thank you to the homeowner for putting up with me all day.
Bill Gass wrote:
Nice pixs Douglas and you got some good prop blur there...
Thanks Bill! Talking about prop blur... While I was shooting eagles on Monday, this bird flew over out of the blue, this was shot at 1/4000, the shutter speed I was using for eagles that time, so no prop blur for this bird. I immediately changed the shutter speed to 1/80, not only did I get prop blur, the whole thing was a blurry mess
Every time I have upgraded this lens over the years, I think, "how could it possibly be sharper?", then I shoot with it and the newest version blows me away. The "Z" is no different.
The lab business has been a pretty tough go for quite a few years. First they lost film processing revenue and the money they made from silver recovery, then printing itself began to dwindle. My lab put in a 2 million dollar Kodachrome lab in their Miami South Beach branch, two years later Kodak was forced to cease Kodachrome production for environmental reasons, quite a hit for the lab. I sat down with my lab folks today and placed an $18,000 display print order, by far the largest single order I have ever had. Tough to tell who was more excited, me or them..................
Once at a warbirds event, I met a guy next to his AT-6. It turned out that he was Maj. William Palank that flew in WWII, Korean and Viet Nam. In VN, he flew as a Sandy pilot in the beastly A-1 Skyraider. Super humble guy that I later find out was a major player in Air Force's largest rescue mission (book is The Rescue of Streetcar 304). He was shot down on that mission and rescued by a Jolly Green while hanging from his parachute in the tree tops. I was able to force a VHS tape from him of the rescue so that I could digitize it ().
He's referenced in another good book, Cheating Death.
Meeting and learning about these guys can surely make one feel pretty small and insignificant.
jlambros wrote:
Once at a warbirds event, I met a guy next to his AT-6. It turned out that he was Maj. William Palank that flew in WWII, Korean and Viet Nam. In VN, he flew as a Sandy pilot in the beastly A-1 Skyraider. Super humble guy that I later find out was a major player in Air Force's largest rescue mission (book is The Rescue of Streetcar 304). He was shot down on that mission and rescued by a Jolly Green while hanging from his parachute in the tree tops. I was able to force a VHS tape from him of the rescue so that I could digitize it ().
He's referenced in another good book, Cheating Death.
Meeting and learning about these guys can surely make one feel pretty small and insignificant.
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Jeff the A1 was my best CAS, close air support, in Vietnam. It lumbered along only to reek death and destruction on the enemy below. Slow enough to read "hand signals" from the infantry below and re-direct its fire elsewhere.
On "Bright Light" missions it was a great aircraft to re-direct enemy troops on our "six".
Great story Jeff!
Dan
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