So Cal So Cal

Perfectly Frank wrote in post #16622817
^^Cool shots, Navydoc. I guess that museum is bigger than I thought.

This is the only Air Museum I've been to but they seem to have a nice collection of a wide variety of aircraft. The image below is from Google maps.

PixelPusher wrote in post #16622870
Gene, I noticed that there are no people in any of your shots. Is it not visited much or do you have a special pass or something? I know you have a military background, just wondering.

I got to the museum early enough and the grounds are large enough that I was able to avoid people for the most part. I left as more visiters kept showing up. This was Sunday morning.

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Far too many amazing photos posted to individually recognize them all, this group has some talent!!!

Not much time to go through my shots from Sunday's sunset, these looked like the better ones. I often wonder how much better I could make these look with some proper editing.

Gene, I'm really enjoying your shots taken with the a7R. Dynamic range is so damn good!

navydoc wrote in post #16622892
This is the only Air Museum I've been to but they seem to have a nice collection of a wide variety of aircraft. The image below is from Google maps.

Love your shots Gene. By the way there is a real nice air museum is at Chino airport called Planes of Fame, a must see for WWII buffs, it's one of the better museums I have seen. They also have a free air show that is very good, it is May 3 & 4 this year, in fact it would be a great POTN meet up event.

We had a couple of guests from over seas(HK & China) this weekend, plus a couple more from OC on Sat.

We started out visiting the Alpaca farm near my house. Here's a couple of snap from there.

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We then headed over to one of the wineries to start the long day of drinking, we'd later return for event that evening.

Between that time we headed over one of the other wineries to meet a couple of other friends. Here's some shots from there.

I wish Sat's sunset would have been like Sun's but this is what I got while at the winery:

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T2i4me wrote in post #16622906
Love your shots Gene. By the way there is a real nice air museum is at Chino airport called Planes of Fame, a must see for WWII buffs, it's one of the better museums I have seen. They also have a free air show that is very good, it is May 3 & 4 this year, in fact it would be a great POTN meet up event.

I'm at Chino every year. On Sunday that is. No better place for WWII planes.

T2i4me wrote in post #16622906
Love your shots Gene. By the way there is a real nice air museum is at Chino airport called Planes of Fame, a must see for WWII buffs, it's one of the better museums I have seen. They also have a free air show that is very good, it is May 3 & 4 this year, in fact it would be a great POTN meet up event.

This is my year of to shoot all those things I've been meaning to shoot. Airshows is one of many so count me in.

headed over to the ice hockey rink by the house to try out some shooting there. Learned something very valuable. I had shot there before and always worry about my ISO. So I tried to not go above 800. But then I get home and am sadly dissapointed when editing because they are noisy noisy noisy. This is of course after some editing. Then I got to the ones I tried at Auto ISO and the 1600 shots looks less noisy after editing. So I learned to not be afraid of the high ISO as long as I get the exposure right otherwise. With the 800 and below shots I have to add some brightness and up the exposure since I was trying to shoot at 1/500 at the slowest.

Most of the shots are bunk but I have a better understanding for next time. Ill probably stop in tomorrow night with the new found knowledge and see what comes of it.
Still a little noisy

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lovemyram4x4 wrote in post #16622982
This is my year of to shoot all those things I've been meaning to shoot. Airshows is one of many so count me in.

added to my calendar as well.

Didn't take toooo many photos in Catalina, but I did like this one of the Queen Mary on the way there:

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joonrhee wrote in post #16622900
Gene, I'm really enjoying your shots taken with the a7R. Dynamic range is so damn good!

Thanks, I'm having a lot of fun using the camera too.

T2i4me wrote in post #16622906
Love your shots Gene. By the way there is a real nice air museum is at Chino airport called Planes of Fame, a must see for WWII buffs, it's one of the better museums I have seen. They also have a free air show that is very good, it is May 3 & 4 this year, in fact it would be a great POTN meet up event.

Thanks Eric. A few years ago, I pinched my sciatic nerve and ever since then, I can't walk very far at a time or even stand still for long without experiencing pain or numbness. The "Planes of Fame" museum seems to be much more spread out than March Field and is why I've avoided it to this point. That's also why I usually don't go to air shows is the distance from parking areas to the event itself. While doable, it certainly takes the fun out of it for me.

CJCMarquez wrote in post #16622727
Permit is only required for posed photography.

"We require a photo permit for all posed and professional photography.

Group photos are limited to 10 people per group. For a permit, contact our reception desk at (657-278-3407).

An approved photo permit is processed for the cost of $100 and is valid for 1 and a half hours on the date requested. "

Hey, thanks for the info Chad. I don't think I'd pay $100 for a photoshoot there though... I'll just find another place, like Cerritos Library.

I'm not sure if I posted these here, but I thoroughly enjoyed shooting at Cerritos Library. If you need to do an outdoor session, I highly recommend this place. I ran into 2 other photogs within about 2 hours.

amazing how much that place has changed. i was there after school every day about 20 years ago. Now it looks so different than it ever did.