Aviation Nation 2009

Tailhook · Post by **Tailhook** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 8:34 pm

Nice shots takeone! I highly recommend purchasing some microfiber cloths though to clean that lens.

Post by **Lawndart** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:22 pm

Great show! It was windy today (picked up quite a bit from yesterday's practices) and it was noticable during the demos, not just the Thunderbirds. Stroker's smoke came on as he came out of burner on the DLOT, and he had to disarm the system to turn it off. That's why you'll see Boss using smoke in all the Diamond maneuvers instead of #4 from today's performance. Made for some unusual looking smoke trails.

Also met and said hello to Sheik (RNLAF) today after his display, he just happened to walk by...

Enjoyed meeting everyone, and of course all of the Patriots last night. (Quite an "interesting" show program edition this year).

Looking forward to some of the photos Panther took!

takeone · Post by **takeone** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:39 pm

Actually lens was clean...must be on the mirror. I'll have to clean it tonite.
Saw it when I posted and didn't have the time in photoshop to fix it.

Post by **Teej** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:36 pm

takeone wrote:Actually lens was clean...must be on the mirror. I'll have to clean it tonite.
Saw it when I posted and didn't have the time in photoshop to fix it.

Yup, that's sensor (AA filter) dust, not lens dust.

Looks like you were shooting ~ f11 I'd say.

Frazer · Post by **Frazer** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 4:20 pm

Also another advice if I may,

The pictures are on the dark side. This is caused by the camera automatic light metering always trying to make the photo histogram nicely divided from black tints to white. This is good in most (normal) circumstances but not in all situations like during airshows with bright white jets and a light sky, with the end results being darker pictures.

You can test and understand this by taking a picture of a black wall and a white wall... Guess what the results will be... both pictures will be gray!

Solve this by overexposing your pictures in very bright situations and underexposing them in very dark (night) situations.

Eighter way, nice shots!

This is probably closer to what you saw in reality:

Post by **Panther** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:53 pm

I'm no pro photographer just a point and aim camera but here are a few shots from Friday & Saturday.

Tailhook · Post by **Tailhook** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:57 pm

Nice shots!

takeone · Post by **takeone** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:21 pm

LD...

What happened on Sunday during the line break loop (I believe)? They aborted. Then after a few minutes they setup and did the maneuver successfully and continued with the show.

I didn't have my radio with me this year but figured you were listening and knew what was going on.

GREAT shots Panther!!!

Post by **Lawndart** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:53 pm

I wasn't there Sunday, but heard it was pretty windy and if the winds shifted to the north, the Split S setup may have kept them too close to the aerobatic box to allow for a long enough run-in.

Panther said she heard them abort on the radio, and reposition for the LBL again, but I don't believe she was there either to see it first hand.

Post by **Panther** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 2:31 pm

I was listening to the scanner at home but didn't hear why they aborted. However it seemed from comms they were tight on 5 (or 5 was stretched). I didn't record comms as I had technical issues with the frequency.

takeone · Post by **takeone** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 9:28 am

Hmm... Narrator said there was a problem with one of the aircraft. They were doing "checks"...

It took about 3 minutes until they resumed the show.

Post by **Panther** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 9:07 pm

Post by **Lawndart** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 2:38 pm

Some very nice pictures in the ASB thread about AN 2009 here! (Page 16- and on).

Blaze · Post by **Blaze** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:23 pm

Some very nice pics in that thread!

Blaze · Post by **Blaze** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 4:54 pm

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