McChord air show Thnderbirds

[JimClark]

A few from this past weekends Air Expo in Tacoma Washington at McChord Air force Base

http://JimClark.smugmug.com/photos/336432882_KDCSZ-M.jpg

http://JimClark.smugmug.com/photos/336732431_7Wo8N-M.jpg

http://JimClark.smugmug.com/photos/336731838_e99uK-M.jpg

http://JimClark.smugmug.com/photos/336438794_DyH4B-M.jpg

full gallery here
http://JimClark.smugmug.com/gallery/5405304_oDdof/1/336438794_DyH4B

[Mike Bowen]

Pretty awesome, we were watching the T-birds from my deck, they flew right over us a couple times.

Nice shots!

[Jamie Holladay]

Nice set of shots.

[PhotosGuy]

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[66chevyIISS]

Hey you stole my f-18 shot! haha j/k
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=539361

I found 4 or 5 other people with the same exact shot! I was pretty bummed. Hoped I had something unique :(

We must have been standing pretty close to each other as I have similar angles.

[JimClark]

Looks like I was further north than you were. Yours make three similar shots that I have seen now.

Jim

Hey you stole my f-18 shot! haha j/k
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=539361

I found 4 or 5 other people with the same exact shot! I was pretty bummed. Hoped I had something unique :(

We must have been standing pretty close to each other as I have similar angles.

[RCoulter]

Very nice!

[andrewhuxman]

Hey you stole my f-18 shot! haha j/k
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=539361

I found 4 or 5 other people with the same exact shot! I was pretty bummed. Hoped I had something unique :(

We must have been standing pretty close to each other as I have similar angles.

LOL when shooting airshows, there is no shortage of white lenses or black ones pointed skyward. You did capture a very unique moment.... nice job.

[lkb-28]

Hi Jim;

Love the Mig shot... well done...

Cheers;

Lee

[Desertraptor]

Love the Fagot

[Tigershark]

I really like #3 and 4 great captures

[FatAlbert]

Love the shadow of the F-18 tail in #3. I have a very similar shot, but without the shadow, taken at Pensacola last year.

[JTVal]

Some Great shots,Jim. Thanks for the link to the (parachute team) Wings of blue

[rssmps]

Here's a small sample of what I took.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3230/2688706586_670536fc82_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/2687893275_789e0889d9_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3047/2687892365_f71e1b1435_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3029/2688702434_18232b76a5_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3175/2688700112_44f4b68af7_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3018/2687886701_6c0e21de31_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3262/2688697858_d257f5dc5a_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3187/2688695666_7b9f778cc5_b.jpg

[Mike Bowen]

rss i hope you dont mind, its says "image editing OK" for you. I really liked this picture so I did a little work on it.

http://www.imgtree.net/files/jk930uys2a96k50zyqve.jpg

[rssmps]

rss i hope you dont mind, its says "image editing OK" for you. I really liked this picture so I did a little work on it.


I don't mind as long as you tell me what you did to make it so much better.
I shot in RAW and was able to clean out dust spots.

Can you teach me how you did this?

[Mike Bowen]

Do you have Photoshop?

[rssmps]

I do.

I ran into the problem where trying to lighten up the trees washed out the mountain.
Do you have to make each a layer?

[Mike Bowen]

No I just did this very quickly, just wanted to clean it up a bit.

First I bumped up the contrast and brightness a bit.

The did a quick little selection of the sky around the mountain (i used the magic wand, it got most of it, without going into the mountain too much). I then applied a gradient going from transparent at the bottom to a darker blue at the top.

Then used the Shadow/Highlight tool to bring out the rocks on the mountain and brighten up the trees a bit.

Last I used the Photo Filter tool with just the warming filter at a pretty low density to make the sky look not so bright/blue.

[rssmps]

Hey thanks!
I'll give it a try on the original.....learn something new everyday.

getting ready for this weekend to get some shots of the blues. :)

[Mike Bowen]

sweet! I am going to try and get up there but I am not sure if I will be able to make it.

[rssmps]

sweet! I am going to try and get up there but I am not sure if I will be able to make it.

best location is on the west side of 90 just outside the tunnel.

[tofuboy]

Great shots. I was hoping to be able to go to this, but had other plans :(