08 Sunday Oct 2017
Posted in #Fleetweek, Blue Angels
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#Fleetweek, #FleetweekSF #blueangels #f18hornet, Airshow, Airshow 2017, Blue Angels, Canon 5D Mark IV, Etsy Untouchedtcphotos, F-18, F-18 Hornet, Fleetweek 2017, Fleetweek San Franciso, Navy, Untouchedtcphotos, US Navy
Blue Angels 1, 2, 3, and 7 flying in a tight stacked formation during Fleetweek San Francisco this weekend. It is amazing how they can fly so precisely in close formations and doing it safely.
08 Sunday Oct 2017
Posted in #Fleetweek, Blue Angels
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#Fleetweek, #FleetweekSF #blueangels #f18hornet, Airshow, Airshow 2017, Blue Angels, Canon, Etsy Untouchedtcphotos, F-18, F-18 Hornet, Fleetweek 2017, Fleetweek San Franciso, Navy, Untouchedtcphotos, US Navy
Blue Angels in the Diamond formation approaching from the Marin County side of the San Francisco Bay towards Aquatic Park in San Francisco. The weather was perfect in the low 70’s with a slight breeze and not a cloud in the sky. Love to go out every year during Fleetweek to watch them.
01 Thursday Jun 2017
Posted in Thunderbirds
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Air Force Thunderbirds, Air Superiority Fighter, Airforce, Airshow, Airshow 2017, F-16, F-16 Falcon, Fighter, Fighter Jet, Fighting Falcon, Thunderbirds, Travis Airforce Base
We went to Travis AFB to watch Thunderbirds on May 6, 2017. It was a wonderful airshow.
I love watching fighter jets up in the air doing their maneuvers.
This is a F-16 Falcon Thunderbird. It was gaining altitude fast with it’s afterburners on – notice the flames at the back end.
I shot with a 400 mm lens with a very fast shutter speed.
My wife commented that this photograph looks surreal and almost like a drawing instead of a photograph.
Why does this photograph have this effect?
Notice on the sides, there is water vapor which contributes to the surreal look. The water vapors come off the plane when it makes a tight turn or gains altitude quickly.
My challenge in taking these jet fighter photos is to take photographs in focus and in the frame. So it is very important that I take lots of photographs to get shots I am satisfied with. My practice is not to change the photograph via “Photoshop”. Instead, I am aiming to get good focused shots of the jet fighters in motion.
My goal is to shoot to produce untouchedtcphotos.
