This is the photo from the memorie that Jim posted on FB Joe, the L39 with Jim's son in the back.
I was sitting behind Jim and shooting over his shoulder and Scott Perdue flying the B25 Pacific Prowler now known as God and Country after a extensive restauration ( a much needed one).
Great time's the L39 was flown by Jim's best friend Glenn.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II105mmf/4.01/250s200 ISO+0.7 EV
One thing that I have discovered in this data/computer migration, is the disappearance of a lifelong glitch in my iMac. Whenever I copied files, and sometimes when it wasn't copying files, I'd return to find a message, "Your computer was restarted due to a problem", and some of the files didn't get copied. This always ticked me off, and Apple had no idea what to tell me so they just made stuff up that didn't work. So far, in the last five days, I have copied close to 200 TB of data without a hiccup. That alone makes the investment worth it to me.
I have about a day left and all my client and stock files will be duplicated on the new array. My video back up folder will take a couple of days I suppose, it's 40TB, then I'll be caught up, and have all of my data in three locations. Sometimes I wonder if this I really all worth it, most photographers deliver the files to the client and don't worry about if after that. I'm sitting here looking at $30,000+ in RAID enclosures that I've amassed over the past 40 years, yikes! Remember when a 1TB LaCie was $1,000 bucks and you never thought that you'd fill it up?
Jan-Arie wrote:
This is the photo from the memorie that Jim posted on FB Joe, the L39 with Jim's son in the back.
I was sitting behind Jim and shooting over his shoulder and Scott Perdue flying the B25 Pacific Prowler now known as God and Country after a extensive restauration ( a much needed one).
Great time's the L39 was flown by Jim's best friend Glenn.
First time using the R5C with the RF 50 mm f/1.2. Looks like I will invest in an ND filter. I prefer f/4, but to get the blue sky with a flash, I used f/9. I really like the feel of the R5C with the 50mm in my hands. Makes me feel like I am compensating.
Still working on getting flash settings right. Got it a little hot with the nose shadow on the wrong side.
Danpbphoto wrote:
For us novices to this type of flying Jim. Would you or another member provide some context for me?
"Inquiring minds want to know"!
Thanks!
Dan
Hi Dan,
There are variations on the theme, like drag races, but STOL is basically a series of competitions held across the country utilizing different course and sometimes just a straight grass runway. The STOL competition last weekend was simply about who could lift off and land in the shortest distance in their aircraft class.STOL has been a great thing for companies like American Legend and Cub Crafters, along with a host of aftermarket performance parts manufacturers. Some of the competitors have invested north of $400,000 in their glass cockpit/high horsepower Cubs, but one of the nice things about STOL is a guy who has a vintage Cub can compete and have fun too. Heck a guy with a Cessna 205 can compete! Participants are all over the map as far as $$$ invested and type of aircraft. The challenge is to manage your airspeed to such a finite degree that you have just what you need and not a knot more, or less. Real easy to fall out of the sky when you are flying on the ragged edge, or stand it on it's nose when you are trying to stop in the minimum distance. I'm editing the videos as we speak, I'll upload a couple to Vimeo and post a link.
Danpbphoto wrote:
For us novices to this type of flying Jim. Would you or another member provide some context for me?
"Inquiring minds want to know"!
Thanks!
Dan
