Mt Comfort Air Show

pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
edited July 30, 2010 in Other Cool Shots
Last weekend the Air Show in Indianapolis was held at the Mt Comfort Air Port.

The Saturday show was cancelled due to rain, but Sunday made up for it. The weather tended to be quite humid, and the sky was grey at times, but they had some great warbirds to see. I had not previously attended this air show, but my son invited me, and it was a great excuse to spend some family time with him.

I shot the planes on the ground with a 5DMKii with a 24-105 IS, and the planes in flight with a 7D with a Tamron 200-500mm lens hand held from the public seats along the runway. I saved the files in MRAW and processed them via LR3 and CS4. Some of these images are not straight out of the camera, but straight out of my vision!

Five P-51s lined up on the tarmac, and three as a flight in the air.

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One of only two remaining Harpoons in the world

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If the tags are accurate, this Harpoon was a very deadly airplane for the Navy.
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One of the remaining B-17s still flying around the country. For $475 you can get a ride in it. If you want to sit in the nose, it costs $600. I just enjoyed watching it fly.

The Yankee Lady
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Here is The Yankee Lady with its "Little Friend", a P-51
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The other plane that I really wanted to see was the Wart Hog, the A-10 tank buster.
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I think this is an AT-6 or called a Texan
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They also had several great aerobatic pilots and planes, monoplanes, biplanes, and twin engined monoplanes.
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They had a great Wing Walking performance as well. Here is the Captain Morgan stance
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Watching three P-51s flying in tight formation was just fantastic as was the sound of three Rolls Royce Merlin engines in flight
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My son and I had a great time that afternoon. I look forward to doing it again.

Overall I shot about 1500 frames, and a few of them can be seen here - Please leave comments if you see anything you like, or dislike, or if I have labelled anything incorrectly.
http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Indianapolis-Air-Show-Mt/12547630_hezVS#901678452_6YqK5
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Comments

  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,958 moderator
    edited June 20, 2010
    The "Capt Morgan" looks more like Michael Jackson :)

    Nice work.
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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited June 20, 2010
    You're right, Ian, it does at that!
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  • squirl033squirl033 Registered Users Posts: 1,230 Major grins
    edited June 21, 2010
    very cool... haven't been to a decent air show in years, your pics remind me that i need to get out to see one soon! the HDR in the B-17 shots is a little "overcooked" for my taste, but the rest are spot on!
    ~ Rocky
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  • Quzol1Quzol1 Registered Users Posts: 167 Major grins
    edited June 21, 2010
    I am curious about the tamron. How well did the focus work with your canon?
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,985 moderator
    edited June 21, 2010
    Great stuff. Must have been fun--except for culling 1500 shots lol3.gif.

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  • rcofrcof Registered Users Posts: 115 Major grins
    edited June 21, 2010
    Wonderful pictures. If I had to pick a favorite it would be the head on shot of the biplane. Years ago a local company had a fleet of B-17s that they used to crop dust wheat fields with.
  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited June 21, 2010
    Quzol1 wrote: »
    I am curious about the tamron. How well did the focus work with your canon?

    I shot all the aerial views with th Tamron 200-500 in AIServo mode, at about f8, and the majority of my images are as posted. By necessity, I shot handheld, and the lens does not have IS.

    It is not L glass, and it is sharper when shot at less than 500mm, but I have found it quite useful if shot with good long glass technique.

    I actually did very little correction of CA in most of these images.

    I own Canon L telephotos, but without tripods and gimbal heads, they are not much better at an air show, and a lot more inconvenient, in my hands. I would love a modern EOS 200-450 IS f4, but no such luck yet.
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  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,325 Major grins
    edited June 21, 2010
    Very nice pictures. The only suggestion I have is that your shutter speed is off a bit ( too high ) and should be adjusted when shooting the prop planes. The lack of sufficient prop blur is a slight detraction. Again, though, nice shots.

    Tom
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  • DaddyODaddyO Registered Users Posts: 4,466 Major grins
    edited June 22, 2010
    Nice job with that long lens. Actually both. :D Appreciate the conversation
    as to your thinking. You came away with some very nice shots.
    Prop blur. You knew that. I'd go fast shutter and miss blur too +/- if I knew
    what the score was. Some interesting results in some of the PP. Unusual
    but highly interesting. thumb.gif
    Michael
  • DaddyODaddyO Registered Users Posts: 4,466 Major grins
    edited June 22, 2010
    Richard wrote: »
    except for culling 1500 shots lol3.gif.

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    rolleyes1.gifcorrect is after all correct.
    Michael
  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited June 22, 2010
    Culling wasn't that hard, as 8 fps generates lots of similar images, with minor variations in framing, lighting, and focus.
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  • SeatimeSeatime Registered Users Posts: 112 Major grins
    edited June 22, 2010
    Beautiful shots! I was culling today, and only had a few hundred. Think I might start culling in the field!

    I tried to pick a favorite air show shot from your post, but can't do it. They're all awesome!
    Kevin Miller
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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited June 22, 2010
    Aw shucks.

    Thanks Seatime, I'm glad you enjoyed my images.

    And you too DaddyO!
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  • trevorbtrevorb Registered Users Posts: 263 Major grins
    edited July 28, 2010
    The reflection off the P-51 is outstanding, however I will always be partials to any images which contain an A-10. Very nice set.
  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited July 28, 2010
    Glad you liked my images. When you can see 2 P-51 and and an A-10 in the air together things are dandy!

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    And a Warthog by itself

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  • StaystillStaystill Registered Users Posts: 232 Major grins
    edited July 28, 2010
    Awesome aircraft shots, love the second onethumb.gifthumb
    I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. Douglas Adams

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  • rontront Registered Users Posts: 1,473 Major grins
    edited July 29, 2010
    Great shots pathfinder!! I really like the shot of the B-17 with the P-51 in the same frame! It looks like it was a very good airshow and you recorded it well!

    I also have the Tamron 200-500 and for the $$, IMHO, it is a pretty darn good lens! I use it with my Sony a700 and get what I feel are pretty good results.

    I also went to an airshow at Fairchild AFB in Spokane, WA this last week end. I took about 1600 pics and am working through them. I have a few static pics that I will post later today.

    Thanks for sharing your pics of the airshow. I love these events and really enjoy looking at all of the pics that I can!!

    Ron
    "The question is not what you look at, but what you see". Henry David Thoreau

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  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited July 29, 2010
    Really nice shots Jim!
    I enjoyed them all.

    Amazingly clean sensor's too thumb.gif
    Randy
  • rontront Registered Users Posts: 1,473 Major grins
    edited July 29, 2010
    rwells wrote: »

    Amazingly clean sensor's too thumb.gif

    +1 on that. These kind of shots really do show a dirty sensor. I am finding that out while processing my airshow pics!! I need to clean my sensor bad!

    Ron
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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited July 30, 2010
    rwells wrote: »
    Really nice shots Jim!
    I enjoyed them all.

    Amazingly clean sensor's too thumb.gif

    Thanks Randy.

    I do know how to use a clone toolthumb.gif
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited July 30, 2010
    Very nice Jim. I even think I see a couple of HDR shots among these.
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  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited July 30, 2010
    Enjoyed looking at your photos :D

    We had a plane like that..maybe the same one....in town. It was the same cost to ride in it. Would of been fun, but to expensive for me.
    Mary
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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited July 30, 2010
    dlplumer wrote: »
    Very nice Jim. I even think I see a couple of HDR shots among these.

    Really?????

    :Dthumb.gif
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