Blue Angels
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Blue Angels
OK, so I'm a Blue Angels junkie. I try to get out to see them every year when they come to Seattle, rain or shine. I have taken literally hundreds of pictures of them over the years, so I thought I'd share a few. The last 3 were taken this summer when there was a low ceiling so they had to do their "low show". Icky looking sky, but some neat new angles from where I was perched. Anyone who has more, feel free to add them, but please, make them your own. There are lots of cool Blues shots out there from some real pros, but I'd rather not see them again here (unless you are the pro who shot them, then I will respectfully defer as I stand in awe of your work).
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Larry - the shot with the cloud ceiling as the horizon line is amazing. That's one perch that I would not move from had I attended that airshow. Here are several of mine, first 2 taken during 2005 SF Fleet week from the parking lot of Coit Tower, did not have a proper zoom lens at the time. The last was from 2010 Alliance Air Show @ Fort Worth, TX - tried to capture the solos but not having the inverted one showing but the landing gears - alas - I was a tad early .....
BTW - did you take yours during the Seafest?
BTW - did you take yours during the Seafest?
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XK8+XJ8L (01-09-2011)
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Love your shot with the Flag in it!
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SF Fleet Week 2011 - dedication pass
Just came back from San Francisco attending the Fleet Week air show. This is the last pass - dedication pass, moving from West to East, from Crissy Field skirting the shore all the way to Embarcadero.
Shot this picture from Fort Mason pier - with Golden Gate bridge as the background.
Shot this picture from Fort Mason pier - with Golden Gate bridge as the background.
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Some more shots from the 2011 SF Fleet Week
Blue Angels #5 performing low level sneak pass - most people are usually fixated on the Blue Angels diamond performing a slow echelon barrel roll while the #5 sneaked from left to right at close to supersonic speed, followed by #6 from behind the crowd.
These next 2 are the shots of the Fat Albert - the support C-130 flown by the all-Marines crew. One of the shot is a low pass by Alcatraz, note the shadow on the water.
with vortices from the propeller tips:
This one was taken at 2011 Randolph AFB open house, at 1/160 to blur the props, with rented L-lens. That lens does make a difference!
#1 and #2 taxiing past the crowd - I've never been that close before!
Blue Angels #5 performing low level sneak pass - most people are usually fixated on the Blue Angels diamond performing a slow echelon barrel roll while the #5 sneaked from left to right at close to supersonic speed, followed by #6 from behind the crowd.
These next 2 are the shots of the Fat Albert - the support C-130 flown by the all-Marines crew. One of the shot is a low pass by Alcatraz, note the shadow on the water.
with vortices from the propeller tips:
This one was taken at 2011 Randolph AFB open house, at 1/160 to blur the props, with rented L-lens. That lens does make a difference!
#1 and #2 taxiing past the crowd - I've never been that close before!
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I got to see the Blue Angels at the Labor Day show that is put on at Pax River NAS. I was testing out my new lens (55-250mm) and this is what I ended up with. It was a little overcast, so, the background isn't great. But, I liked the "reach out and touch me" of the lens. If you want bigger versions of this than what you can grab off of here, let me know. The originals I have are roughly 4300x2900 pixels in size. So, they would be good for printing up to 16x20" pictures.
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