We made it to the Miramar Airshow last weekend (10/14) for the 2nd time in two years. Last year we had box seats. This time we upgraded to the observation deck. (Apparently we're too good for the grandstand.) And so yeah, that makes me a week late with these photos. But c'mon. I took 571 shots, whittled them down to 122 keepers and settled on 50 for upload. I'm surprised it didn't take longer. Anyhoo...
Prior to the show, I perused through some forums to see if there were any tips on shooting airshows and also to see any sample galleries. I came to realize that these shows are more or less playgrounds for camera jockey's and their "great zoom lenses". These galleries show shot after shot of closeups of planes in flight. I mean, the planes might as well be on the ground. Granted there are some really awesome photos, especially those showing vapor trails and shock waves and what have you, but still, it's just not my style.
Lucky for us, it rained in the morning. Normally that'd be a bad thing, but being in San Diego and all, the rain stopped by the time the demostrations started and a ton of clouds remained. This gave me shots like this, this and this. And so I think it worked out for me. Especially considering I don't have one of those crazy zooms like this guy:
see the whole set
3 comments:
Fantastic pictures Dan! I went to the show on Saturday with Keith. The 90 minute (literally) wait to park burned me out before I even got there. We got to see the Blue Angels and take some pictures but were with all the other poor people on the tarmac. It was still a good time and I got some fun pictures with my new lens.
Thanks! But yeah, 90 minutes. Yikes. Plus the time it takes to actually get to the show after parking can be pretty bad as well. This year we didn't want to deal with that and got preferred parking. Anyway, that's a nice fancy lens, but let's see the photos!
You already know the shots i love....great work can't wait to see what you come up with...when you start shooting with the new goods!!
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