Trip to the Oshkosh Air Show (Wisconsin)

grimacegrimace Registered Users Posts: 1,537 Major grins
edited August 28, 2009 in Journeys
I've been to a couple air shows but most have been the type where they just do circular patterns. Oshkosh on the otherhand, is not that type air show. Infact, some consider it the best show in the U.S.

Here's a couple from the first three days (Monday thru Wednesday).

My only "keeper" I took on Monday.
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Why was the above shot the only keeper? A change in weather of course. The afternoon show was cancelled.
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While I was there I ran into Albert Einstein's child.
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NASCAR Car Owner, Jack Roush
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Some wing walking
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  • Wil DavisWil Davis Registered Users Posts: 1,692 Major grins
    edited August 2, 2009
    The pictures of the planes are fabulous, thanks for sharing! The last pic is particularly interesting; it's not often you see so many in the air at the same time in the same shot! Now a shot of a wing-walker on the Airbus would have been really cool! thumb.gif

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  • Chrissiebeez_NLChrissiebeez_NL Registered Users Posts: 1,295 Major grins
    edited August 2, 2009
    very nice shots!

    crisp, colourful! I recently shot a few shots of a F-16 dogfighting from my plane window that came out pretty cool but i cant publish them.. :cry working on it though :D
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  • ElaineElaine Registered Users Posts: 3,532 Major grins
    edited August 2, 2009
    Wow! These are great! Thanks for sharing!
    Elaine

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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 2, 2009
    Lovely shots, Adam! clap.gif
    Boy, you got some nice aircrafts there, like Virgin Galactic! bowdown.gif
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  • MishkaMishka Registered Users Posts: 236 Major grins
    edited August 2, 2009
    These are really amazing...fantastic detail!
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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited August 2, 2009
    I love Air Shows!

    Very, very nice indeed!
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  • Ann McRaeAnn McRae Registered Users Posts: 4,584 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2009
    Excuse you, Mr. Grimace, but you forgot the song lyrics.


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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,245 moderator
    edited August 3, 2009
    Excellent series, Adam! Vic reminds me of the Burger King "King," and thus, creeps me out a little. rolleyes1.gif One of these years or decades, I've got to get myself up there to see all that.
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  • squiddysquiddy Registered Users Posts: 161 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2009
    I think that's the mask from V for Vendetta..... awesome.

    These are great! I love the color and the crops. Excellent!!
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  • aktseaktse Registered Users Posts: 1,928 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2009
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    Amazing job!

    And I like some of yours better than these:
    Other Oshkosh photos on cnet
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2009
    Wow fantastic series
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  • rookieshooterrookieshooter Registered Users Posts: 539 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2009
    O_O

    what size lens were you using??
  • Bayer-Z28Bayer-Z28 Registered Users Posts: 392 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2009
    oooho! NOICE!! :ivar

    I followed the Airbus A380 through production! Fat whale of an aircraft, but SOOO nice inside!



    Man, I need a bigger lens for airshows!!! MUCH bigger lens!!! rolleyes1.gif
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  • grimacegrimace Registered Users Posts: 1,537 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    Thanks everyone for the kind comments.

    I used two set ups while I was shooting. I used my Canon XTI with my Canon 500mm lens and used my Canon 100-400 on my 5D.
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  • moose135moose135 Registered Users Posts: 1,420 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    Very nice work, Adam! I love the shot with the line-up of T-34 tails - very colorful! I really do need to get to Oshkosh one of these days.
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  • stuffjunkiestuffjunkie Registered Users Posts: 156 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    Wow!
    I'm so close yet never have been up fot the show. This year I had it on my calendar. Next year....
  • thebuschthebusch Registered Users Posts: 66 Big grins
    edited August 5, 2009
    Splendid work!
    Wonderful images of wonderful aircraft!

    Ah, to be young again .....
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  • hgernhardtjrhgernhardtjr Registered Users Posts: 417 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2009
    Hey Adam, very nice photos!

    I wonder if you were the dude with the tripod and 500 standing behind my wife and me to the left of Aeroshell Square where the people were sitting on the wing of their bipe?

    We were there for the week and took plenty of photos (a yearly pilgramage for us for many years). Deb was shooting the 30D with Bigma and I the 70-200 IS with 2xTC and occasionally with the Tokina 10-17 for crowd shots.

    I, too, noticed "Einstein's Son" wandering around near us, but did not get him in a shot as nice as yours! BTW, did you get to stay and watch Dunham's ribald show Saturday?
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  • grimacegrimace Registered Users Posts: 1,537 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2009
    hgernhardtjr wrote:
    Hey Adam, very nice photos!

    I wonder if you were the dude with the tripod and 500 standing behind my wife and me to the left of Aeroshell Square where the people were sitting on the wing of their bipe?

    If there was a tripod involved it wasn't me (can I get an amen Davev?).

    I was there M-W. I stand 6'5" weigh 290lbs and ALWAYS wear a New York Yankee hat (wouldn't be caught dead without it). :D
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  • MLangtonMLangton Registered Users Posts: 140 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2009
    Awesome!! thumb.gif
    More photo, less shop.

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  • grimacegrimace Registered Users Posts: 1,537 Major grins
    edited August 7, 2009
    MLangton wrote:
    Awesome!! thumb.gif

    Thank you.
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  • mtbparkermtbparker Registered Users Posts: 60 Big grins
    edited August 28, 2009
    Very nice pix. Albert Einstein's child -- that day was electric -- literally. If I'm guessing correctly, that was Tuesday (?) when the thunderstorms rolled through. We saw A LOT of people with their hair standing on end. That's when you should start to worry. The air is charged and the lightning bolts aren't far behind.

    I thoroughly enjoyed your pix. Thanks.

    Tom
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