Blue Angel Practice photos

[KeithnFW]

A few from this afternoon at Alliance.

[MHampton]

Does that mean that they will not be flying tomorrow? (Fri)

[RKEnnis]

Wow, nice shots! I especially like the last one.

You really did a great job capturing the blue color of the aircraft. Did you do much in post?

[KeithnFW]

Originally Posted by MHampton

Does that mean that they will not be flying tomorrow? (Fri)

I am pretty sure they will fly tomorrow. I think they flew today to get some idea on landmarks around the Alliance area. I believe they will fly their show Friday at 3pm.

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Originally Posted by RKEnnis

Wow, nice shots! I especially like the last one.

You really did a great job capturing the blue color of the aircraft. Did you do much in post?

Thanks Randy. Very little was done in post other than adding some fill light on the top 2 shots. They were taken with the new Canon 7D. . .the new AF seems to be very fast and accurate.

[Joe_Lorenzini]

Awesome! Looking forward to seeing the show.

Joe

[andyz]

When I was in SF for fleet week they were flying practice runs days before. You can get an idea of where to be tomorrow, plus some great shots by being there as you were.

In SF, years ago, I had my Sony Mavica which had a 12x zoom as I recall. I got some great stills and short videos of them while on Alcatraz.

[jeffro20]

Nice......they look like toys.

[Roy]

Okay. I've got a little head cold and taking meds but it looks like those birds are inverted on the last one and it looks like you are higher than they are???

Were they that low or were you up higher? Nice shot!

[KeithnFW]

Originally Posted by Roy

Okay. I've got a little head cold and taking meds but it looks like those birds are inverted on the last one and it looks like you are higher than they are???

Were they that low or were you up higher? Nice shot!

Roy I am battling a cold also. . . .I was on the south end of Alliance and they were that low. I was shooting with a 300mm.

[ka5txl]

I heard on one of the radio traffic reports that they will be flying around 3 tomorrow

[AndrewCCM]

I was leaving San Fran a couple of weeks ago and they were doing touch and goes at the airport right outside my gate...Pretty interesting.. I would like to go this weekend...Unfortunately, I have a cub scout camp out in Mineral Wells.. I think we're going to freeze!

Great shots.. I was hoping to have my 7D exchange by this weekend, but it didn't happen. :(

You guys have a good time this weekend.

[Jake]

Great shots!
The EXIF says you were shooting with a 300mm. Did you have a TC on it or is this just at 300mm?

[Bobby C 01TA]

nice pics!! I'm going Sunday morning. The most I have in zoom is my 70-200 2.8L.. I hope that should be sufficient!

[CaptainTom]

I shoot all my aircraft with the 70-200 f2.8L IS.
as long as you are somewhere close, the images will be fine. It's hard enough to find and track the target with a 200mm let alone a longer focal length.

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Here's a little trivia test.

How can you tell that these photos were taken during practice and not at the show ?

[David_3]

Originally Posted by CaptainTom

Here's a little trivia test.

How can you tell that these photos were taken during practice and not at the show ?

Because the EXIF says they were taken on the 22nd, and the show is not until the 24th/25th.


And, there is a passenger in the 2-seater.