JWilsonphoto wrote:
My Buddy Gene Soucy had the first "Showcat" I think that he may have retired. Those acts are a joy to photograph due to the slow/smooth routines performed and the copious smoke generated from the big radial.
Indeed. This was my first time witnessing such an act in person. The crazy thing is that she had to climb up from the cockpit and get herself harnessed while in mid air.
It is really cool how the sharpness fades into the water creating a natural frame around your subject.
I wanted to get a 'Blad or Mamiya medium format in the '80s because the results were just so darn good. Unfortunately, my wife thought food and clothes for the kids were more important.
That also reminds me how much I miss Skylark camera stores we had where I could go and fondle and drool over all the cool 'tools' in the glass case. Like being a kid in the candy store.
cs3is wrote:
Canadian performers Mike and Samantha Tryggvason perform a brilliant barnstorming style wingwalker performance with their unique Grumman ‘Showcat’. This unique adaptation of the Legendary Grumman AgCat agricultural aircraft, was modified by Smith Edgar Butlar IV for aerobatics and wing walking, and is called the Butler’s Special or the ‘Showcat’. Derived from the Grumman G-164A Agcat, it is powered by a 450 Horsepower Pratt & Whitney R-985 radial engine.
Cheers,
IB
Now this is my kinda flying!!!! Low and slow!!!!
Great capture!
Dan
Left at O'Dark Thirty this morning to go set up the freight door shot, then scrambled to the other side of the metroplex for a groundbreaking in the afternoon. Early wake up for an all day landscape shoot tomorrow and then a 777 test flight on Thursday. A good week for sure, but this 95 degree stuff can ease up any time...............
I reluctantly gave the Hasselblad back, but I sure got to see what it was all about.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Great work Jan Arie! I see that the RF200-800 is treating you well, do you like it better now?
Thanks Jim, and others.
If you watch the light and stay away from 800mm it is a good lens.
I think it's sweet spot is around the 600mm mark.
What I mentioned in an earlier post is when you put the switch in the middle position (Control) you can use the first ring on the lens for changing the under and over exposing if you have enough time with the subject
And because you can see directly what the result will be the keeper rate will go up.
I observed some rolling shutter but only at certain angles, I tried the mechanical shutter but that is a weird way of taking photo's because of the way your eye sees things in the viewfinder.
Ground
