It looks like the rejoining jet came in above the lead. Since he can not "see through" his jet, judging the alignment becomes impossible. Damn lucky the way the jets tangled that both crews were able to blow the canopies and safely eject. Kudos to the chute packing support team - everything work!
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Jeff
jlambros wrote:
It looks like the rejoining jet came in above the lead. Since he can not "see through" his jet, judging the alignment becomes impossible. Damn lucky the way the jets tangled that both crews were able to blow the canopies and safely eject. Kudos to the chute packing support team - everything work!
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Jeff
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Doesn't the plane have something that tells it another plane is there and that close ?
Thank god the bottom plane didn't eject the 2 pilots up to where they would have hit the upper plane and luckily were angled to the side a little...
A proximity warning system would just be a distraction when your job is to fly close formation. When we are doing air to air work, everyone turns their TCAS off, it will drive you rammy.
There are few things more satisfying than realizing that you are in the perfect situation, with the very best equipment available, and it's all riding on you. This shot is at 1/10th of a second handheld. Having the Hasselblad along for this adventure, and having had the system long enough to learn its nuances was such a blessing.
The 20-35E proved to be a perfect lens for wide cockpit perspectives..................here we are traversing the Archipelago North of Bodo on the way to 90 degrees North......
Thank you John, it was quite an experience for sure. I am looking forward to the South Pole Expedition in 2028 because we will land on the ice runway and get out to experience that area. Doubt that I would ever get there absent that trip, cuz I am never doing the Drake's passage ordeal. A boat with seat belts in the bunks is trying to tell you something.........
While that image is beautiful and I know it was a sight to behold with your eyes. I cannot ever imagine standing in an environment that is quite that harsh.
I know what you mean Joe. Watching that terrain slip under our wings for thousands of miles was mind boggling, a couple of degrees Fahrenheit, arctic winds, "inhospitable" is an understatement. We went through an extensive brief, discussed a number of scenarios if something really bad were to take place. We had thermal suits, rafts, astronaut hi-tech blankets, ice saws and provisions. The unspoken truth that we all saw in each other's eyes as we went through the possibilities was, there was zero chance we would survive even the most successful ditching. We would succumb to the environment in 1-3 minutes , depending upon how wet we were, certainly 5 minutes tops in the best of conditions. But heck, a guy in a 1926 Fokker Tri-Motor did it a century before us and he made it back............ I kind of doubt that he and his crew had an omelette, bacon and a croissant on the leg out, so "tough it out" we did. There was not a member of our team that wasn't thinking about the courage that it took to make that trip 100 years before, honestly......... not sure how they fit their testicles through the cabin door.................
That's some adventure Jim! I want to be Jim when I grow up, getting paid for having fun!
Went to the Naval Academy yesterday for the Blue Angels rehearsal. They lifted the restriction and opened campus to the general public. It was HOT!! I am heading there again today since it's only 30 miles away from me.
The first picture is the Acting Secretary of Navy, Mr. Hung Cao, a Naval Academy alum, with multiple deployments to the Middle East and Somalia, came to the US at the age of 4 as a Vietnamese refugee.
I am starting to wonder if I should use CPL for some of these shots?? I know the angles change by the second and there is no time to adjust the CPL, but it may help for at least some of the shots?
ILCE-1M2FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens600mmf/6.31/3200s1000 ISO-0.3 EV
back seater taking selfie??
ILCE-1M2FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens422mmf/6.31/4000s400 ISO+0.3 EV
ILCE-1M2FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens437mmf/6.31/3200s160 ISO-1.0 EV
ILCE-1M2FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens496mmf/6.31/3200s400 ISO0.0 EV
F-35B
ILCE-1M2FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens374mmf/6.31/4000s320 ISO-1.0 EV
ILCE-1M2FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens411mmf/6.31/4000s640 ISO+0.7 EV
ILCE-1M2FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens385mmf/6.31/4000s250 ISO-1.0 EV
Wonderful Douglas! We had one of our Life Group lunches after church on Sunday and several people asked me about the expedition and my career as a professional photographer. I realized that between my years at Caterpillar and my life as a shooter, I just might be able to get through this whole thing without "working" a day in my life...........
Nice Douglas, like the guy in the backseat with a gopro...What a fun way to film stuff...
And the F-35 shot is killer.
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Waiting for you to test the new Sony a7VI and give us some feed back...
Bill Gass wrote:
Nice Douglas, like the guy in the backseat with a gopro...What a fun way to film stuff...
And the F-35 shot is killer.
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Waiting for you to test the new Sony a7VI and give us some feed back...
Thank you Bill! I have been following the A7RVI's release very closely. 67MP, fully stacked sensor, 30 FPS, what's not to like?Before it was announced, a few "influencers" were hyping it as a Sony A1II (50mp, 30 FPS) killer for $2000 less! Well, the devil is in the details. While in some areas the A7RVI bests the A1II, simply because newer technology is available, it can't beat the A1II or the A1 in terms of AF calculations per second and the sensor scanning speed.
The A7RVI's sensor scanning speed is said to be similar to the Canon R5 (the first generation), showing curving golf club, baseball bat swings, leaning buildings, funning looking hummingbirds wings....So for some fast action stuff, A1, A1II or the A9III (global shutter, but "only 24M") are still the desired bodies in Sony world. I got to say Sony packed a lot of technology in the new A7RVI, tremendous dynamic range as well. If one knows it's limitations, and does not mainly shoot fast action stuff, I think it's an amazing camera. Of course, all the limitations I outlined above can be negated by using mechanical shutter instead of electronic shutter, but "only" at 12 FPS.
I thought about replacing one of my two A1II bodies with it but it's not happening any time soon. I may pick one up to play with when the price drops $1000.
Douglas L wrote:
That's some adventure Jim! I want to be Jim when I grow up, getting paid for having fun!
Went to the Naval Academy yesterday for the Blue Angels rehearsal. They lifted the restriction and opened campus to the general public. It was HOT!! I am heading there again today since it's only 30 miles away from me.
The first picture is the Acting Secretary of Navy, Mr. Hung Cao, a Naval Academy alum, with multiple deployments to the Middle East and Somalia, came to the US at the age of 4 as a Vietnamese refugee.
I am starting to wonder if I should use CPL for some of these shots?? I know the angles change by the second and there is no time to adjust the CPL, but it may help for at least some of the shots?...Show more →
Now that back story about Mr. Hung Cao is what makes this country what it is.......where else in the world is that story possible? God Bless America!
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Now that back story about Mr. Hung Cao is what makes this country what it is.......where else in the world is that story possible? God Bless America!
I was one of his many supporters when he unsuccessfully ran for the US Senate in Virginia. He is a truly grateful patriot.
Went to the Naval academy again yesterday for the show, it was HOT again but not as brutal as Tuesday. Next show for me will be the Atlantic City show 8 days from now.
Some shots from yesterday's show.
ILCE-1M2FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens600mmf/6.31/2500s250 ISO-0.7 EV
ILCE-1M2FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens397mmf/6.31/3200s500 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-1M2FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens411mmf/6.31/3200s200 ISO-1.0 EV
ILCE-1M2FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens350mmf/6.31/3200s400 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-1M2FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens600mmf/6.31/3200s250 ISO-1.0 EV
ILCE-1M2FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens347mmf/6.31/3200s250 ISO-1.0 EV
ILCE-1M2FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens553mmf/6.31/4000s250 ISO-1.0 EV
ILCE-1M2FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens321mmf/6.31/4000s500 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-1M2FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens571mmf/6.31/2500s250 ISO-0.3 EV
I kind of doubt that he and his crew had an omelette, bacon and a croissant on the leg out, so "tough it out" we did. There was not a member of our team that wasn't thinking about the courage that it took to make that trip 100 years before, honestly......... not sure how they fit their testicles through the cabin door.................
