Mcchord Air expo 2008

JimClarkJimClark Registered Users Posts: 305 Major grins
edited July 27, 2008 in Other Cool Shots
Spent this Saturday with 150,000 others at the McChord Air Force Base 2008 air Expo. Here are a few shots.

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With way more photos here
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  • DJ-S1DJ-S1 Registered Users Posts: 2,303 Major grins
    edited July 22, 2008
    Jim, great stuff there! You should post, #4747, that's a corker!thumb.gif

    Is that Mt. St. Helens as a backdrop?
  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited July 22, 2008
    DJ-S1 wrote:
    Jim, great stuff there! You should post, #4747, that's a corker!thumb.gif

    Is that Mt. St. Helens as a backdrop?

    I agree, image #4747 is indeed an amazing shot clap.gif :ivar
    You tooks some fantastic shots at the Airshow Jim.
    Awesome Shots thumb.gif ... Skippy :D
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  • moose135moose135 Registered Users Posts: 1,420 Major grins
    edited July 23, 2008
    Skippy wrote:
    I agree, image #4747 is indeed an amazing shot.

    Same here - great shot, those are tough to get! You have some terrific shots there, Jim. Looks like you were able to get up close to the show line, and they had the displays set up in the right place for the light. That's often the hardest part of shooting air shows - what works for the show line / crowd areas doesn't always work out for good light for photography.

    I was looking at the rest of your site - you have some fine work there! I love your shot from the 2005 show, with the T-Birds taking off with the mountain in the background (that's Mt. Rainier, right?)
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  • JimClarkJimClark Registered Users Posts: 305 Major grins
    edited July 23, 2008
    OK 4747 it is. The mountain is Mount Rainier and I got as close to the flight line as I could right up by the fence just north of the show center. arrived at 8:30 am and the show didn't start with flying until 11:00am and the Tbirds flew at I think just after 3:00. Thanks for the kind comments

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    "Christianity, if false, is of no importance,
    and if true, of infinite importance. The only
    thing it cannot be is moderately
    important." C. S. Lewis
    http://www.photosbyjimclark.com/
  • DJ-S1DJ-S1 Registered Users Posts: 2,303 Major grins
    edited July 23, 2008
    JimClark wrote:
    The mountain is Mount Rainier...
    Dang! I thought the chopped top was MSH - You got really lucky with the weather to see Ranier so clearly, no? The few times I've visited Seattle/Tacoma I think it was clear maybe 10% of the time.

    It must have been fairly humid to get that "4747" shot - love seeing the planes do that. I have lots of shots like that when they are in tight turns, but I have yet to see one in level flight like this in person. Cool stuff!
  • JimClarkJimClark Registered Users Posts: 305 Major grins
    edited July 23, 2008
    Actually it was even clearer at the last airshow in 2005. It was real cloudy in the am and there were still a lot of clouds around when the shot was taken but it cleared perfectly for the tbirds

    from the 2005 show
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    DJ-S1 wrote:
    Dang! I thought the chopped top was MSH - You got really lucky with the weather to see Ranier so clearly, no? The few times I've visited Seattle/Tacoma I think it was clear maybe 10% of the time.

    It must have been fairly humid to get that "4747" shot - love seeing the planes do that. I have lots of shots like that when they are in tight turns, but I have yet to see one in level flight like this in person. Cool stuff!
    "Christianity, if false, is of no importance,
    and if true, of infinite importance. The only
    thing it cannot be is moderately
    important." C. S. Lewis
    http://www.photosbyjimclark.com/
  • DaddyODaddyO Registered Users Posts: 4,466 Major grins
    edited July 27, 2008
    Really nice work. thumb.gif Wow. 4747. Sweet.
    You took so very many excellent images beyond just that one.
    Michael
  • JimClarkJimClark Registered Users Posts: 305 Major grins
    edited July 27, 2008
    Thanks everyone for the kind comments. I had a lot of fun shooting that day.

    Jim Clark
    "Christianity, if false, is of no importance,
    and if true, of infinite importance. The only
    thing it cannot be is moderately
    important." C. S. Lewis
    http://www.photosbyjimclark.com/
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