You did good Ray! Thank you for the kind words! Glenn's first air to air was with me in The Pacific Prowler, and we all know that he's never been the same since................
My wife and I flew up to the NYC as I was attending a work event in White Plains, NY.
We had some time to kill on the return trip, so I spent it spotting at the NEW and MUCH IMPROVED La Guardia Airport. They completely removed the "old" airport terminals and built a new one.
This was the highlight of my day at LGA. There is a nice food court that you can sit at, and watch the planes go by, although you are shooting through glass windows.
There have been a number of times over the years where everything was falling into place during an air to air shoot, the air was velvet, my pilots were dead on, I was in sync with my equipment. I've successfully dropped down to 1/15th of a second shutter speed while clipping along at 185 knots in the tail of the B25, and that was when a fast buffer would let you get off five or six frames before it bogged down.
I'd love to get Douglas up in a B25 at sunset and let him do his thing, it would be something to watch! I guess I've taken a couple dozen people up for their first air to air experience in a B25 and every time it was a joy to watch them, knowing that they would never be the same again....Show more →
I would love that opportunity, Jim! No doubt it's a totally different perspective from shooting on the ground.
No airshow for me until the end of next week, so just some tiny flying guys from my yard. Amazing the camera's AF stays on the eye even when the eye is almost blocked by the wing.
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Looks like the lesson is to get more a head on shot and try to avoid too much side to side motion so the 1/80th works as shown by JW
I think I will go with a new mindset that I Can Do It and see where that gets me . Will set up in viewfinder a better aiming target to track to try to stay locked on. Douglas, I know you can do it buddy!
Karl
Set your A1 at 20 FPS (I don't think 30 FPS works below 1/250 second SS), you are bound to get one or two sharp ones.. Absence of bad weather,I will be going to Battle Creek, Michigan next week for the airshow, the main draw for me is the Navy's F-35C team (2 ship demo), saw them for the first time a month ago and I am hooked! They will also have the TB, F-18 Rhino, F-35 A and a bunch of civilian stuff. I will make a stop in Dayton to visit the Air Force Museum. LONG drive!
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I would love that opportunity, Jim! No doubt it's a totally different perspective from shooting on the ground.
No airshow for me until the end of next week, so just some tiny flying guys from my yard. Amazing the camera's AF stays on the eye even when the eye is almost blocked by the wing.
You all have a great weekend!
Douglas
Oh my Douglas!!! WoW!!! Just beautiful in all aspects of photography! So well capture! Bravo!!
Dan
Went out to Erie Ottawa Liberty Aviation Museum to practice my 1/80th panning and catch the Vette show there too. Well, I need much more practice panning and a different lens so that is all in the works
Enjoyed a few of these old Stearmans, the blue one belongs to the Museum and had a chance to talk to Hudson a youngster at 20 that has flow it and also is on the maintenance team for it, has been a pilot since he was 15 he told me, fine young man very involved in the older airplanes. Tille was taking people for rides, what a thrill that looked like!
In the learn here on airplanes so if you folks see something to correct me on or improve on just speak out please and thanks
Karl
Edited and added a selective color manipulated image thanks to motivation by Douglas Liu's fine shot!
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One for Dan!
13 on cue from Douglas one with selective coloring
Karl Witt wrote:
Went out to Erie Ottawa Liberty Aviation Museum to practice my 1/80th panning and catch the Vette show there too. Well, I need much more practice panning and a different lens so that is all in the works
Enjoyed a few of these old Stearmans, the blue one belongs to the Museum and had a chance to talk to Hudson a youngster at 20 that has flow it and also is on the maintenance team for it, has been a pilot since he was 15 he told me, fine young man very involved in the older airplanes. Tille was taking people for rides, what a thrill that looked like!
In the learn here on airplanes so if you folks see something to correct me on or improve on just speak out please and thanks
Karl Witt wrote:
Went out to Erie Ottawa Liberty Aviation Museum to practice my 1/80th panning and catch the Vette show there too. Well, I need much more practice panning and a different lens so that is all in the works
Enjoyed a few of these old Stearmans, the blue one belongs to the Museum and had a chance to talk to Hudson a youngster at 20 that has flow it and also is on the maintenance team for it, has been a pilot since he was 15 he told me, fine young man very involved in the older airplanes. Tille was taking people for rides, what a thrill that looked like!
In the learn here on airplanes so if you folks see something to correct me on or improve on just speak out please and thanks
Here is another A-220 shot that I got last week while we were in La Guardia Airport, waiting to fly back to Dallas. I've flown on a couple of these aircraft with Delta and have been very impressed with them.
The amount of room in the front lavatory is quite impressive for a commercial airline and I've heard that the back lavatories have a window in them, as well. I'll have to go check that out the next time I fly on one.
. Will set up in viewfinder a better aiming target to track to try to stay locked on. Douglas, I know you can do it buddy!
