<Air> California Capital Airshow 2010

Thought I would add to the posts from this past weekend's airshow.

Enjoy

F-5 Tiger

Wow,truly excellent prop blur on the P-38!

F-5 is the strongest image with the P-38 static a close second.

Having a hard time though with the keystoned roofline behind the P-38. Makes the eye want to see the image as crooked even if the plane is sitting level. Maybe might have tilted down to hide that roofline altogether or perhaps a tighter crop?

I'm digging the processing on the P-38 static. I like the pattern being thrown by the corrugated roof in the background. The Shark Pitot Tube cover is a nice detail. I'd have put the focus on the eye of the shark though and not mid body.

Raptor head on taxi is nice but the stack of taxiway signs keeps pulling my eye to camera right. Great "Cylon" glow in the HUD!

A few Dust Bunnies need cleaning in some of your darker areas of the F-5 shot as well as the in-flight shots.

Solid Effort all around. Glad to see folks pushing the processing envelope some!

yagimax wrote in post #10912182
Wow,truly excellent prop blur on the P-38!

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #10912200
F-5 is the strongest image with the P-38 static a close second.

Having a hard time though with the keystoned roofline behind the P-38. Makes the eye want to see the image as crooked even if the plane is sitting level. Maybe might have tilted down to hide that roofline altogether or perhaps a tighter crop?

I'm digging the processing on the P-38 static. I like the pattern being thrown by the corrugated roof in the background. The Shark Pitot Tube cover is a nice detail. I'd have put the focus on the eye of the shark though and not mid body.

Raptor head on taxi is nice but the stack of taxiway signs keeps pulling my eye to camera right. Great "Cylon" glow in the HUD!

A few Dust Bunnies need cleaning in some of your darker areas of the F-5 shot as well as the in-flight shots.

Solid Effort all around. Glad to see folks pushing the processing envelope some!

I agree!

I like the F-5 and the Raptor head-on. Nice series.

great shots!

yagimax wrote in post #10912182
Wow,truly excellent prop blur on the P-38!

Thanks! It was the one shot out of about 100 that worked, but I was also only shooting 1/80s to get a strong blur. For Reno I'll probably used 1/125s

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #10912200
F-5 is the strongest image with the P-38 static a close second.

Having a hard time though with the keystoned roofline behind the P-38. Makes the eye want to see the image as crooked even if the plane is sitting level. Maybe might have tilted down to hide that roofline altogether or perhaps a tighter crop?

the F-5 is my favorite as well, and i pushed the edge of my skills with the PP.

the P-38, i was going for a more WWII vintage look to it. in LR3 it looked a little more grainy (a good thing), but on Flickr it tonned it down some. i'll mess with the crop and the roofline to see if i can get that optical illusion out of there.

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #10912200
I'm digging the processing on the P-38 static. I like the pattern being thrown by the corrugated roof in the background. The Shark Pitot Tube cover is a nice detail. I'd have put the focus on the eye of the shark though and not mid body.

i wish i could go back and re-do the shark, because on my 5D i didn't notice the focus was that far off of the eye, no excuse, just lazy focusing.

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #10912200
Raptor head on taxi is nice but the stack of taxiway signs keeps pulling my eye to camera right. Great "Cylon" glow in the HUD!

A few Dust Bunnies need cleaning in some of your darker areas of the F-5 shot as well as the in-flight shots.

Solid Effort all around. Glad to see folks pushing the processing envelope some!

for the Raptor taxi i may go back and tone down the yellow in the sign, that may help it not pull your eye away from the jet.

good eye on the dust. no matter how clean i try and keep my 5D, it just takes one lens change and i seem to attract dust. it just means i need to pay more attention to cloning in between cleanings

Jay, the Master of Aviation photography/art, thanks for the C&C. I actually took a look at a lot of your work and tried to put myself in that frame of mind when I was shooting. All shots were with a 100-400, so it was interesting to make the shot work with the reach i was getting.

PhotosGuy wrote in post #10912900
I agree!

Thanks!

Owen ORourke wrote in post #10913096
=Owen O'Rourke;10913096]I like the F-5 and the Raptor head-on. Nice series.

Thank you

TheBigDog wrote in post #10913294
great shots!

Thanks

wow... love the P-38 static...

Man, those first two really rock! Two of my favorite planes as well. However, the P-38 is not Glacier Girl. GG is a P-38E and your picture is either a P-38J or L.

spitfirejd wrote in post #10916075
Man, those first two really rock! Two of my favorite planes as well. However, the P-38 is not Glacier Girl. GG is a P-38E and your picture is either a P-38J or L.

Good Catch...

This being Glacier Girl:

Ooooo... Nice one, Jay.

. . . good mix WaFp !!

Nice... I really like the p-38 in flight.

Nice set, Get some Reno stuff up when up been! Will go one year, Just gotta make the effort of coming from the UK!

Any more from this set??

spitfirejd wrote in post #10916075
Man, those first two really rock! Two of my favorite planes as well. However, the P-38 is not Glacier Girl. GG is a P-38E and your picture is either a P-38J or L.

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #10916248
Good Catch...

This being Glacier Girl:

Cruddy Day At AirVenture 2010

You are both correct. I went back and checked and the P-38 is
That of "Thoughts of Midnite". Good catch and oops