Warbird Pilot

[dugmar]

I took over 120 shots at this show, this has to be my favorite...

http://dugmar.smugmug.com/photos/7338116-L.jpg

[Shakey]

I like this a lot very well done. Awesome reflection!:thumb
Tim

[SeeMoon]

You have over 120...and posted only one?

Why?

:D

[dugmar]

You have over 120...and posted only one?

Why?

:DGoing through them as we speak. Deleting the ones that are out of focus or just plain bad. :)

More to come...

Doug

[pathfinder]

http://dugmar.smugmug.com/photos/7338116-S.jpg
I took over 120 shots at this show, this has to be my favorite...

I think I saw this same airplane last summer, but without the shiny Spinner

http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/7345875-M.jpg

I love airshows:1drink I have posted several frames I shot over the last two years. Some of them are here http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=1979&highlight=birds

[dugmar]

Can you guys spot me? I tried to blend in as best I could, kinda tough with the 360 degree reflection.

Doug

[pathfinder]

Can you guys spot me? I tried to blend in as best I could, kinda tough with the 360 degree reflection.

DougYou're the Man in Black, right? Did you use a wide angle lens or is that just due to the convex mirror of the prop spinner?

[dugmar]

You're the Man in Black, right? Did you use a wide angle lens or is that just due to the convex mirror of the prop spinner?Nope!

[dugmar]

I think I saw this same airplane last summer, but without the shiny Spinner



I love airshows:1drink I have posted several frames I shot over the last two years. Some of them are here http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=1979&highlight=birds
Nice shots. They had the same Sky Raider at this show, "Naked Fanny". He must do the air show circuit. They must have let you get a lot closer to the action at the show you were attending. I was shooting with a 400mm lens and I couldn't get action shots like yours if I wanted to. The area where the planes were flying had the worst lighting, I was facing due south, right into the sun. The sides of the planes facing the crowd were all in the shadows.

I have posted a bunch more here:
http://dugmar.smugmug.com/Airplanes

Doug

[pathfinder]

Nice shots. They had the same Sky Raider at this show, "Naked Fanny". He must do the air show circuit. They must have let you get a lot closer to the action at the show you were attending. I was shooting with a 400mm lens and I couldn't get action shots like yours if I wanted to. The area where the planes were flying had the worst lighting, I was facing due south, right into the sun. The sides of the planes facing the crowd were all in the shadows.

I have posted a bunch more here:
http://dugmar.smugmug.com/Airplanes

DougAll of my shots this summer were with a 100-400 Canon - almost all at 400. The images have been cropped slightly, but I tried to fill the frame as much as I could. It was pretty overcast the day of the show - it rained Right before the f-16 flw for about 20 minutes - hence the visibility of the condensation over the wings in a high speed turn. Air shows are great fun, I agree. I especially like the war birds.

I noticed that Naked Fanny in the image on your Smugmug site has several empty wing bomb mounting hard points - Whenever I have seen her, she always has had a full complement of bomblets. Did they do the Tora,Tora, Tora Show in New England? I ennjoyed seeing all the Zero's in the air here.

[DoctorIt]

Cool shots! I wish I could have been there, its only 40 minutes from my house. Damn weddings. :wxwax