California Capital Airshow: Thursday

[RCoulter]

Had a great time this afternoon watching the Blues and a few arrivals. See you guys tomorrow and this weekend. Hope that the weather stays nice!

Excuse any bad editing, my laptop screen is horrible.

Blues:

http://airshowreports.com/temp/CA2008/IMG_1292.jpg

http://airshowreports.com/temp/CA2008/IMG_1305.jpg

http://airshowreports.com/temp/CA2008/IMG_1332.jpg

http://airshowreports.com/temp/CA2008/IMG_1400.jpg

http://airshowreports.com/temp/CA2008/IMG_1404.jpg

http://airshowreports.com/CA2008/IMG_1530.jpg

F5:

http://airshowreports.com/temp/CA2008/IMG_1696.jpg

Harrier:

http://airshowreports.com/temp/CA2008/IMG_1716.jpg

[snails]

Very nice shots.

[orangeclaw]

Wonderfull shots. I hope to have some at least half as good. This is my first time shooting at an airshow and I am looking forward to it. Do you know when it opens? I have not found any such info on the home page.

[RCoulter]

Wonderfull shots. I hope to have some at least half as good. This is my first time shooting at an airshow and I am looking forward to it. Do you know when it opens? I have not found any such info on the home page.

The gates should open around 10:00 am, but they may let people in earlier. Last year I goti in around 9.

[orangeclaw]

Thanks, I'll be hoping for blue skies and no t-storms!

[RCoulter]

Thanks, I'll be hoping for blue skies and no t-storms!
No problem, have fun and post pics!:)

[sumyungviet]

i work off of power inn and folsom ... a couple of the blue angels were flying over head ALL day. i did take a half hour 'freshair' break and watched them for a bit though. Weather doesnt look too good for saturday but I might check it out Sunday.

[kaitanium]

i thought it starts on saturday?

will be out there sunday myself! anyone know when and if the b-2 and f-117 will do flyovers? when was it last year? i missed it

[RCoulter]

i thought it starts on saturday?

will be out there sunday myself! anyone know when and if the b-2 and f-117 will do flyovers? when was it last year? i missed it

It does start on Saturday but you can watch arrivals and practices from outside the fence.

The B2 is grounded so it won't be flying, the F117 is being retired so no show on that also :(

[3Turner]

http://airshowreports.com/temp/CA2008/IMG_1400.jpg
Great set...like them all. This one though, made me LOL.

[NukeGM]

Nice shots!

[kaitanium]

It does start on Saturday but you can watch arrivals and practices from outside the fence.

The B2 is grounded so it won't be flying, the F117 is being retired so no show on that also :(

oh right i forgot about that B2 incident. DANG IT!
heck the p-51 was retired a long time ago, why cant that f117 still fly =P

so i have a question. how did you get 1/664 sec as a shutter speed??? you got some random numbers... i wonder if my camera can do that. or is that the act of using PS that messes it up. or is that the actual shutter speed and exposure time is what i should be looking at in your EXIF. been shooting all these years and never really noticed these things till i looked at the data on your shots!

[PhotosGuy]

Outside of being a bit on the dark side, they're pretty good shots. Nice catch on the last one.

[tom ryan]

Nice Series! I'll be wishing you good weather for the weekend. I hope to see some more of these in the next few days.
Good Shooting...tom

[RCoulter]

oh right i forgot about that B2 incident. DANG IT!
heck the p-51 was retired a long time ago, why cant that f117 still fly =P

so i have a question. how did you get 1/664 sec as a shutter speed??? you got some random numbers... i wonder if my camera can do that. or is that the act of using PS that messes it up. or is that the actual shutter speed and exposure time is what i should be looking at in your EXIF. been shooting all these years and never really noticed these things till i looked at the data on your shots!
Yes, it due to editing them in RAW since this laptop screen is horrible so I may end up screwing with the exposure in a bit.

Outside of being a bit on the dark side, they're pretty good shots. Nice catch on the last one.
Thanks, on my laptop they seem over-exposed so it just confirms how bad this screen is :(

[Pete's Prints]

Very nice images, really like #3, all are cool. Thanks for sharing.

[45R]

Sweet photos bro! Looking forward to our Annual meeting this afternoon :)

[Phenix]

Nice Photo's - I'll be there Sunday trying to get some good shots. I'll be the one by the fence trying to figure out why my 12 pound 400mm 2.8 lens won't use Image Stabilization on a tripod after what I paid for it,,,but I digress. Stop by and say Hi!

[Ad@m]

Looks good! I'll be there Sunday, hoping for good weather. It'll be the first time using my new (to me) 70-200 f/4L. I can't wait!

[kaitanium]

i just came back from the show and the show was a lot less than what i expected it to be judging from last year. where the heck was the c-17 demo team and the f-22??????