Plane Photography

[uneven fog]

They went to Kadena

[flint smelt]

Yea

[brittle bridge]

Holy crop

[sage cape]

never military spotted mate?

[brittle bridge]

Not really

Only at airshows

[dense totem]

Natu slander will not be tolerated

[delicate silo]

Base dependent

Some you can get really close

[sage cape]

That photos not even from base brotisserie chicken

[delicate silo]

Bro couldn't go 500ft to the base

[sage cape]

lol I was 40km from the base

[brittle bridge]

Crazy

[uneven fog]

Not photography related but I got my pilots license today!

[brisk hinge]

mega ultra crazy based

[delicate silo]

awesome!!

[flint smelt]

Some of the final Assam Draggins have departed for Davis-Monthan. I believe only a few remain in South Korea.

[uneven fog]

Gang you just flash banged me

[dense totem]

i feel like this isnt the first time either

just speed up the shutter bro please

wtf are the settings

[brisk hinge]

holy overexposure

[uneven fog]

You might be right

It’s never this bad tho

[delicate silo]

What photos? A10?

[dense totem]

yes

just like

[delicate silo]

Just horrible lighting and over expose

[dense totem]

change any of the settings bro

[delicate silo]

Hawaii peak lighting

[flint smelt]

I think its just my shit ability with lightroom. Unless u guys think the raws are overexposed too.

@dense totem

@uneven fog

@delicate silo

[dense totem]

what metering mode are you using

[delicate silo]

I think you need some lr help

[flint smelt]

Evaluative.

[dense totem]

try spot metering

the subject is so small in the frame with evaluative so its basing off the entire sky

[flint smelt]

Fr 🥀 I need to watch some tutorials

[flint smelt]

Ok 👍

[delicate silo]

I do like a mix of spot and evaluative

Forget what its called

On nikon

Try the dehaze tool to get detail in the sky

That's usually what I use

[dense totem]

even something as simple as absolutely slamming highlights might work

[flint smelt]

Any Lightroom tips is appreciated 👍

[delicate silo]

Fr

[uneven fog]

I do spot also

Gives me a little extra area to center the shot too

[brittle bridge]

dawg you selling

I always under expose by like -0.3

[flint smelt]

I’m a D1 seller, lol 🥀

[brittle bridge]

so real

[flint smelt]

Airshow is coming here in august. I will try not to sell 🙏🙏

[brittle bridge]

level impossible

[flint smelt]

All your gonna see is white 😂

[brittle bridge]

https://tenor.com/view/flashbang-gif-22572243

[flint smelt]

Heres one thats not a flash bang.

[brittle bridge]

No way

[flint smelt]

🤯

I mostly sell on fighters.

[delicate silo]

Why

[delicate silo]

Id up saturation on grass and trees

But maybe that looks better

[delicate silo]

Fr

Your big plane shots are mostly fine unless they aren't

C130 cough cough c5

[delicate silo]

Its like half of em are good

Other half are ⬜

[delicate silo]

Clean design

I want to see cfts I'm jealous

(I know that's not cfts)

@viscid elbow you should get a camera

[flint smelt]

Its hit or miss with me.

[viscid elbow]

Eventually… but what has you randomly pinging me about it?

[delicate silo]

I don't know you seem active in here

Yet no camera

[flint smelt]

I feel like i rarely see cfts on usaf f-16s. Like where they stay?

[delicate silo]

We dont use them

Only export

Isreal etc

[viscid elbow]

I wouldn’t say so, Im not as. Active as you think. Not sure what gives you that idea.

[flint smelt]

Fr? I swear i saw one at nellis one time.

[viscid elbow]

Eventually maybe.

[flint smelt]

I must be trippin

[delicate silo]

Probably not usaf

[delicate silo]

Ah

[delicate silo]

Hmm ?

Am I wrong? Or is that just testing

[flint smelt]

Idk.

Could be.

[delicate silo]

Ig I'm wrong

[flint smelt]

Oh, lol

[delicate silo]

Oklahoma and cali use em apparently

Nvm cali doesnt

Just Oklahoma, south Carolina, and Minnesota according to chat gpt

Unsure if that's accurate

[brittle bridge]

Cuz i can

[sage cape]

Arizona ANG has em cause they operate internationally owned aircraft

Here’s a Slovenian (?) F-16 with some fancy stuff

actually that might be an added electronics suite not CFTs

[dark hare]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-funny-cat-cat-funny-cat-flashbang-flashbang-gif-8479999063609699416

[brisk hinge]

is anyone here going to be at Oshkosh and has a nikon fit Tamron tap dock?

my 70-200 needs a firmware update to work with my z6iii unfortunately

[uneven fog]

I am not going to be at Oshkosh NOR do I have a tamron Nikon dock

If that helps

[brisk hinge]

thanks 👍

really appreciate the helpful insight!

[uneven fog]

Any time!

[delicate silo]

Yeah doesn't look like normal cfts

[brisk hinge]

TIL the blue angels only fly one aircraft

[potent hull]

v22 osprey flying full tilt right overhead in the middle of nowhere and I didn’t have my camera next to me

evil…

oh shit

its actually on radar

CMV-22B osprey

[flint smelt]

Does anyone know why Metrea has Timothy Daltons name on their KC-135?

[dusk spindle]

@flint smelt @delicate silo Only f16s you’ll see with cfts now a days are foreign other than the ex. Singaporean birds at luke. Greece, Morocco, and bahrain are the countries i know for a fact use them still

[dusk spindle]

I have so many pictures of that bird😭 and yeah its a spine packed full of electronics

[sage cape]

those are sick

I was so stoked when I saw it lol

the Taiwanese ones they have there are also pretty cool to see

[sage cape]

Have the Luke F16s done their time now? I thought the squadron disbanded a few months ago

[delicate silo]

ah so none are USAF?

[delicate silo]

fire

[flint smelt]

Ah, ok 👍

[royal maple]

plaen

[delicate silo]

What's the red

[dusk spindle]

I think luke afb “inherited” a couple jets from singapore that have them

The blackwidows jets

[delicate silo]

Oh?

[delicate silo]

Cool names, do they have liveries to match?

[dusk spindle]

Yeah they have a special tail

https://www.instagram.com/p/DKid2v1S0GO/?igsh=em8yeGhqcWxqMnZs

kedarsclix

MUSCULAR VIPER!!
The Republic of Singapore Air Force F-16D with the special tail from 425th FS 'Black Widows' taxies out at Eielson AFB for a vul during Ex Red Flag-Alaska 24-2.
📸: @kedarsclix
#lockheedmartin #f16 #f16viper #f16fightingfalcon #viper #falcon #singapore #thersaf #republicofsingaporeairforce #blackwidow #taxi #airforce #fighte...

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@delicate silo

[delicate silo]

Can't view rn

[dusk spindle]

https://www.instagram.com/p/DJw8u3uSAsG/?igsh=MTB6Y2R5djludWg0MQ==

kedarsclix

PEACE CARVIN VIPER!!
425th FS 'Black Widows' F-16D Viper from the Republic of Singapore Air Force takes off for a vul during Ex. Red Flag-Alaska 24-2 at Eielson AFB.
📸: @kedarsclix
#lockheedmartin #singapore #rsaf #republicofsingaporeairforce #f16 #f16fightingfalcon #f16viper #viper #takeoff #landinggear #exercise #redflagalaska #eielsonafb...

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[brisk hinge]

it’s the orange dot on the runway

[delicate silo]

Kinda cool ig

[brittle bridge]

This belongs in here, pulling tractor with P51 engine

[brisk hinge]

WW just landed

[uneven fog]

Shoulda gone with the copper spinner

Woulda looked cooler

[brittle bridge]

real

[sage cape]

Locals from RAAF Base Williamtown

[uneven fog]

Who’s gonna tell them they’re going the wrong way

[brisk hinge]

lol

[brisk hinge]

Wairworthy and Trent Palmer

[uneven fog]

Inspection pass

[brittle bridge]

that wouldve looked so much better with a bronze spinner

[brisk hinge]

really working on my panning, these pan shots were all at 1/60 handheld

[dense totem]

You can go slower

[brisk hinge]

i want a better hit rate at 1/60 and then i’ll drop it

probably not this show

i’m used to shooting at 1/200 so this is already a massive improvement

[brisk hinge]

Trent liked the picture a lot

[uneven fog]

Lmao

You camping or staying nearby?

[brisk hinge]

i’m camping at the show, my brother is friends with Trent and sent the photo to him. looks like Trent is at one of the various parties or hangouts around

[dark hare]

WHISKEY NEAT

[dark hare]

Damn

I really wanna go to osh someday

[brittle bridge]

Now go hit up Wairworthy

get a selfie in Whiskey Neat

[brisk hinge]

i sent him the picture and he liked it

might find him if i have time

[brittle bridge]

[brisk hinge]

absolutely should

i’ve been going every year since 2018 now and it’s amazing

[brisk hinge]

got to see them last year with the CF18

[uneven fog]

Are there any fighters on static this year?

I saw the T38 go in earlier but I don’t really count those as fighters

[dark hare]

damn

Sadly the cf18 didnt fly with the snowbirds at abby last yr

oh ueah even though the demo team is gone the demo jet still exists

I found photos of ot flying at am airshow this year

Im super excited to see the mig 17 at abbotsford this year

Especially with my new setup

[brisk hinge]

i haven’t had a chance to check yet

i can almost guarantee there will be though

[brisk hinge]

i’m sad the team is gone

[uneven fog]

Yea I’d think

Go look at the KC-46 on static

[brisk hinge]

mig 17s are one of my all time favorite planes

[uneven fog]

I don’t have any good pictures of it

But

[brisk hinge]

seeing them fly at twilight with a flickering afterburner is an insane experience

[uneven fog]

pretty cool airplane

[brisk hinge]

oh yeah that came in today

[uneven fog]

yea

Oh I think there’s a 104FW F15 scheduled to be there

[brisk hinge]

oh neat

[brisk hinge]

A10s are here from maryland, i’m pretty sure they’re going to fly demos

[uneven fog]

Yea that’s pretty sick

Probably the last Oshkosh they’ll attend

[brisk hinge]

we’ll see

ACC’s demo team is obviously no more but this is just a wing from MD

[uneven fog]

Definitely will be for the MD guys but maybe even for the hog

[brittle bridge]

im hoping to go next year

i also hope to have another/different camera by then

i have one picked out in my head

[brisk hinge]

z6iii?

[brittle bridge]

no

part of me doesnt want to share my idea but yet part of me does

cuz one day if i just send a photo of what i bought i will most likely be flamed

but if i share it

i will also get flamed

[brisk hinge]

do it

no balls

[brittle bridge]

lets make it fun

guess

[uneven fog]

He’s being smart and switching to the canon ecosystem

[brittle bridge]

fuck that

i did contemplate it tho

r6ii

but z6iii better

@brisk hinge get back in here

😡

[brisk hinge]

blocked

gross

you’re so cringe

wow

[brittle bridge]

dawg

did you not see me say i did

not my current fire idea

r6ii bad

[brittle bridge]

z6iii better than r6ii but not the camera in my brain rn

[brisk hinge]

ugh i’m not getting pings

must’ve left discord running on my mac, which i left inside the gates on grounds tonight

[brittle bridge]

smh

[brisk hinge]

all good

i don’t want pings from a canon glazer

[brittle bridge]

keep guessing

you nowhere near what is in my head

[brisk hinge]

sony

[brittle bridge]

hell no

even farther away

[brisk hinge]

anything canon?

[brittle bridge]

no

[brisk hinge]

nikon?

[brittle bridge]

you really think i could afford canon

[brittle bridge]

[brisk hinge]

bro is trying for a z8

[brittle bridge]

no

[brisk hinge]

z9?

[brittle bridge]

but it is a nikon

you going the wrong way smh

price need to go down

[brisk hinge]

z7/ii

[brittle bridge]

no

[brisk hinge]

z6

[brittle bridge]

no

[brisk hinge]

z5

[brittle bridge]

god youre terrible at this

no

[brisk hinge]

z4

[brittle bridge]

...

[brisk hinge]

z3

[brittle bridge]

yes

z4

[brisk hinge]

mmm

tell us

[brittle bridge]

what if i told you its not mirrorless

[brisk hinge]

gross

bye

[brittle bridge]

dslr my beloved

where goated battery life huh

[brisk hinge]

i have 8 batteries

i’m not worried

[brittle bridge]

smh

i have two

[brisk hinge]

we should probably stop clogging this chat

[brittle bridge]

dslr just that goated

maybe if you would guess correctly

😡

[uneven fog]

Buying a Dslr in 2025 is insane

[glass charm]

The clickity clackity shutter sound of DSLRs

I cant stand the sound of mirrorless especially electronic shutters 😭

[brisk hinge]

real

[sage cape]

it’s really not lol they’re still the best price effective cameras on the market

[brisk hinge]

i’ll take 20fps over a nice sound any day of the week

[sage cape]

acting like a professional DSLR shot isn’t still gonna do 90% what a mirrorless almost twice the price will

[brisk hinge]

yawn

[brittle bridge]

buddy spoiled by z6iii smh

[uneven fog]

I mean if ur buying the most top of the line dslr sure

But mirrorless is where all the advancements are

[glass charm]

Who actually needs 20fps 😭 like seriously

Anything over 10 is fine for anything except maybe some wildlife situations?

[glass charm]

Yes 🙏 my 1dx can literally do anything I want it to, do I really need 1500 AF points when my AF focuses in less than a sec and do I really need crazy ISOs when I barely shoot at night, do I need crazy IBIS when I use a monopod? Nope, so yes I very much agree

DSLR is the definition of bang for your buck

If you can get an old DSLR pro body and slap I really good piece of glass that's going to usually be a killer setup

[brittle bridge]

D850 is top of the line lol

[brisk hinge]

it’s so nice tho

need? no

is it nice? absolutely

[glass charm]

Depends if money grows on trees or not for you

DSLR body + nice lens is better than mirrorless and entry level glass

But if you have the money for both high end glass and mirrorless 🤷‍♂️

[brittle bridge]

D850 my beloved

[viscid elbow]

The OG thunderbird jet?

[brisk hinge]

nope, just an L-39 with an inspired livery

[viscid elbow]

ah ok

[uneven fog]

Wish one of the T-38s would paint one up similar to how they had em back in the day

especially bc they literally flew the T38

[delicate silo]

R7 user

Dslr goated unless you are rich

[brittle bridge]

real

[uneven fog]

Is this saying it’s bad or saying I’m rich

[flint smelt]

Did anybody see this

[uneven fog]

Saw sum about it

[delicate silo]

Tcas doing its thing

[uneven fog]

Alaskan must’ve gotten ddossed or sum

[delicate silo]

[delicate silo]

Why

[uneven fog]

Every single one of their flights is canceled rn

Ground stop

[delicate silo]

[uneven fog]

But only for Alaskan and Horizon

They won’t even let planes that have landed go to the gate

[delicate silo]

Rhats crazy

[uneven fog]

Or the gates are all full

So there’s like 7 of em on the taxiway at SEA

[delicate silo]

Chat do i go plane spotting tmr or something i wanna do something before I leave

[delicate silo]

[flint smelt]

“Something I wanna Do Something” 🙏

[delicate silo]

Peak wnligsh

Peak typing

Peak pwak

[flint smelt]

Peak in general.

[delicate silo]

Ermm

[flint smelt]

Does the b-52 even have tcas or anything?

[delicate silo]

No idea

Probably

Is big boy

Nope

It doesn't

[delicate silo]

Ye

I wonder if it had adsb on

[flint smelt]

Ye

[brittle bridge]

just noticed bezels uneven

[brisk hinge]

i literally don’t use the screen, i flipped it out to take this picture to share here

[brittle bridge]

another reason why z6iii mid

[brittle bridge]

lmao

oh did you see the nikon button conversation that happened the other day

@brisk hinge nikon changed that top left button on z6, z6iii, and z8

its all different kekl

what were they thinking dawg

z6 is the only correct button layout

[brisk hinge]

z6iii*

[brittle bridge]

no

playback button spot is cancer on z6iii

d3500 flashbacks

[dusk spindle]

Nikons mirrorless are just cancer in general

So overpriced too😭

[brisk hinge]

cringe

[brittle bridge]

button layout garbage (im left handed)

@uneven fog i wanna 3D model a CH750 Super Duty and 3D print, looks like the drawings are a bit expensive

[dusk spindle]

❓

[delicate silo]

Bro was literally glazing the z6iii a few weeks go

[brittle bridge]

nuh uh idk what youre talking about

oh yeah check dis out

totally not stolen from xplane mod

i would never do that

[delicate silo]

Nun uh

Theyre the best

[brittle bridge]

detail crazy

[brisk hinge]

sheesh

[brittle bridge]

[dusk spindle]

Trust me, they’re not😭

Especially the glass

[delicate silo]

Theyre the best for aviation

[dusk spindle]

Unless you’re wanting to drop like $10k+ on a setup, sony and canon are sm better

[delicate silo]

Z8 better

With the 180 - 600 its sharp enough for 90% of stuff

[uneven fog]

Why is the 6 pack in the center 💔

[dusk spindle]

Z8 is not worth the price, r5 does just as good of a job for nearly half price

[dusk spindle]

180-600 🥀🥀

[uneven fog]

Maybe I’m high but I swear this exact convo has been had

[dusk spindle]

Wouldn’t be surprised

[delicate silo]

About 4 times

Z8 better though

#1 z8 glazer

[dusk spindle]

How many times have you used it?

[delicate silo]

An airshow

[dusk spindle]

Once?

[delicate silo]

Ive only been to two airshows

So yes

Once one airshow night and day

[dusk spindle]

With only one lens im assuming?

[delicate silo]

Yeah.. the way id buy it with the 180 to 600

[dusk spindle]

Have you ever used another brands mirrorless?

[delicate silo]

Not actively

Watched alot of videos though

[dusk spindle]

Checks out

[delicate silo]

Z8 >

Nikon >

[uneven fog]

I think this is like peak ignorance

[brittle bridge]

great question

[dusk spindle]

I honestly cant say too much, i used to glaze nikon sm too

[brittle bridge]

what is bro on dawg

[dusk spindle]

The truth pill

[uneven fog]

I never even looked at other brands when I was buying my first camera

[brittle bridge]

ive been nikon fanboy ever since

first dslr i touched was a nikon

[dusk spindle]

I was nikon until this January until i finally switched

[brittle bridge]

first lens i bought was for nikon

[brittle bridge]

what nikon

[dusk spindle]

Nikon is def the best brand for dlsr imo

D850

[brittle bridge]

ah nice

me want

[dusk spindle]

But i had nearly a week of free reign to use nearly every nikon and canon camera and lens, which made me switch

[dusk spindle]

Its a great camera paired with a 200-500

Its suffers in bad light though, but all dlsrs too tbh

[brittle bridge]

200-500 stinks

heavy, slow, and not terribly sharp

[uneven fog]

@brisk hinge You catch redline on fire?

[brisk hinge]

not in person but i saw a fb post

just brakes it looks like

[uneven fog]

yea that’s what I woulda guessed

Same plane is back up right now

So must’ve not been too bad

[brisk hinge]

yeah

[dense totem]

since when are you left handed

[brittle bridge]

since birth

[dense totem]

fuck yeah

[delicate silo]

(I was given my nikon)

(Was going to buy the d750 anyqay)

[dense totem]

left handed people clear

[brittle bridge]

are you left handed

[dense totem]

No I'm just glazing left handed people for no fucking reason

[brittle bridge]

Ok

[brisk hinge]

you’re so weird

[uneven fog]

For those of you who are attending AirVenture or have in the past, what days do you think are the best to go? Not as much flying in but just there as a spectator. Decided the fomo this year was enough to make me want to go next year

[brisk hinge]

definitely wednesday if i had to pick one. It has a day show as well as one of the two epic night shows

though the whole show can’t be seen in an entire week, much less a single day

definitely come up next year though!

[uneven fog]

Definitely thinking about it.

Thinking of trying to book one of the hotels close by

[brisk hinge]

camp if at all possible

traffic is a nightmare as soon as you leave grounds

i do everything possible to stay on grounds the entire week

in other news i’m giving a talk tomorrow on night photography. any tips or things i should share that i might not be thinking about?

[dense totem]

youre weirder

[glass charm]

I'm a leftie

[dense totem]

left handers just clear

[dusk spindle]

The ones from japan are peak

[dusk spindle]

Tuesday-Saturday

[uneven fog]

I’d be going with my dad so I think he’d strongly oppose camping

[brisk hinge]

well tell him to get over it

[uneven fog]

Lmao

[uneven fog]

Any particular reason?

[brisk hinge]

I would say a night show is a must (wednesday and saturday), and the warbirds tend to empty out the latter half of the week

[brittle bridge]

what’s on Saturday night

[uneven fog]

There’s a night show

[brittle bridge]

yes

f22 with pyro I believe

[uneven fog]

Is it really that bad?

[brittle bridge]

yeah from what I’ve seen

[brisk hinge]

without a doubt

[uneven fog]

Idk from what I’m reading it sounds like typical airshow traffic

Doesn’t seem that bad

[brisk hinge]

remember it’s the biggest airshow in the world

between 80,000 and 100,000 people per day

not typical airshow by any means

[uneven fog]

yea but with that you’d expect better traffic management

[brisk hinge]

there’s only so much that can be done

[uneven fog]

Probably true, looking at hotels in the actual city part of Osh or Appleton and then just driving

there’s so much damn info related to airventure though

[brisk hinge]

absolutely don’t do appleton

it’s a fine town but it’s so far away

[uneven fog]

Hm

[brittle bridge]

dawg just camp

[brisk hinge]

staying at a hotel in OSH wouldn’t be the end of the world but camping will be incredibly better

[brittle bridge]

Traffic at “normal” airshows already sucks

this man wants A/C 💔

[uneven fog]

This man does want that

[brittle bridge]

soft hands😔

get a Jackery and a fan

[uneven fog]

This man also wants a place to shower, to charge his shit again, to SLEEP

[brittle bridge]

they got that

generator area

[uneven fog]

Hotel got that too

[brittle bridge]

…

you’re American right

[uneven fog]

Maybe 💔

[brittle bridge]

or are you the Aussie

I can’t remember

[uneven fog]

American

[brittle bridge]

I got a tent

and big ass generator

[uneven fog]

I’m flying there tho I can’t get all ts

[brittle bridge]

I can power 2 deep freezes and 2 fridges

just come with me dawg

smh

I hook u up

I even have an 8 person tent I could bring

[uneven fog]

and what r we doing when it rains

[brittle bridge]

dawg

do you not know what a tent is

(It’s waterproof)

🤯

[uneven fog]

it doesn’t have AC 💔

[brittle bridge]

…

I got fans

[uneven fog]

if I wasn’t with my dad I’d probably just tent

[brittle bridge]

and a car

car has ac

[uneven fog]

bet I’ll just sleep in ur car

Bless

[brittle bridge]

good luck doing that kekl

tiny car

I ain’t runnin that shit all night

gas go bye bye

[uneven fog]

Fr

[brittle bridge]

I would probably take my dads car to Oshkosh cuz better gas mileage

he has nice car

[uneven fog]

I spent so much on gas the week that we had a hornet detachment at the next airport over

[brittle bridge]

I’m kinda cooked on going to Oshkosh

both my parents work and both have pretty strict vacation

my mom complains when it’s hot

and my dad is radio silent in car rides

boutta go with @dense totem

[uneven fog]

Once I turn whatever age you can get rental cars at life is gonna be peak

[brittle bridge]

how old are u

16?

[uneven fog]

17

Think I’m gonna be able to fly myself out to atleast 2 shows next year

One of em is close enough where I could just make it a day trip

[brittle bridge]

where screws at smh

[dusk spindle]

Appleton is definitely do-able idk why he’s saying its not lol

I camped but my friend stayed in appleton, and he just had to leave at around 6:30/7ish every morning

People are coming and going all day so traffic never gets too bad

Wednesday/Saturday night is probably the worst traffic wise

[brisk hinge]

having a week of 0530-2300 or 0000 days sounds awful

[uneven fog]

Both are good points

[uneven fog]

01R try not to be an idiot challenge

Not only did he not have any of the procedure paperwork for the Oshkosh arrival

Had to get talked thru the whole thing by approach

So then he lands and enjoys the show for a couple days

And then he took off on the taxiway…

Opposite the flow of traffic

[brisk hinge]

taxiway A by chance?

https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2507/00730AD.PDF

[uneven fog]

Papa

Doesn’t alpha become 36R/18L

[brisk hinge]

oh-

what a dummy

[brisk hinge]

yeah, that's why i was making sure it wasn't Alpha (which is now an active runway)

[uneven fog]

Yeah no he’s just an idiot

[brisk hinge]

wow

[brittle bridge]

@delicate silo have you seen my p51 tractor video?

[delicate silo]

No

[brisk hinge]

bro is obsessed

[brittle bridge]

Yes

[brisk hinge]

which engine is it though

[brittle bridge]

The Allison

[brisk hinge]

merlin better 🥱

[brittle bridge]

…

it’s in a damn tractor bud

[brisk hinge]

mid

[delicate silo]

P51 where

Oh lol

[brittle bridge]

the engine silly goose

[delicate silo]

M

[brittle bridge]

Do you have MSFS2024?

[delicate silo]

No

[brittle bridge]

Well the P51 in 2024 has no moving aileron or flap in the right wing…

[uneven fog]

Took a page out of @flint smelt lighting book for these

[flint smelt]

Real funny 😂

[flint smelt]

Where was this?

To be fair tho the lighting here is absolute dog shit.

[uneven fog]

Portsmouth NH

KPSM

[flint smelt]

Ah. Get plenty mil stuff there?

[uneven fog]

Recently it’s been off the charts

[flint smelt]

Oh nice

[uneven fog]

a lot of tankers and c17s will come through going to or from across the pond

And we’re usually good for atleast a couple fighter jets coming up to get lobster each summer

[flint smelt]

Lol

[uneven fog]

Some trans Atlantic fighters every once in and a while

[flint smelt]

Would kill to see tornadoes. I think the only foreign made fighters we’ve ever gotten were german eurofighters.

[uneven fog]

We like only get the German tornados here lol

Those are from 2 separate visits

[flint smelt]

Ah

[brisk hinge]

i saw a guy today who from what i could tell was shooting the show on a GFX 100 II and GF 500mm

[delicate silo]

https://tenor.com/view/smol-smolcat-smolcatcoin-smol-cat-coin-roswell-gif-5972314891354809109

[brittle bridge]

literally ceds setup

kekl

[brisk hinge]

MiG-29’s demo path on FR24

[brittle bridge]

🥱

[sage cape]

Is he allowed to do any sort of high g manoeuvres?

[brisk hinge]

aside from airshow box/airspace restrictions, the only restrictions are no supersonic flight

[uneven fog]

Suprised they let him go over the crowd

They don’t even really like the ACC guys doing that

[brisk hinge]

at 500’ and above, and no aerobatics, that’s fine. That falls under the general airshow box restrictions though

ACC teams go over the crowd all the time, they do lots of passes front to back or back to front right down show center

we only have a Cat II/III box, not a Cat I box, which is why if the Blue Angles/etc do come, they can’t do a regular show

the 500’ line and corner markers are things that performers have to honor, they can’t do passes closer to the crowd than that

well, that’s mostly true. Last year we did have a Cat I box for the Snowbirds, but we had to move the crowd back 100’ or so

https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/about/initiatives/airshow/Air_Show_Special_Provisions.pdf

this is a pretty interesting read if you’re curious

[brittle bridge]

PLA

[brisk hinge]

parachute landing area

[brittle bridge]

3d printing plastic smh my head

Oshkosh hopefully next year😔

[brisk hinge]

yes

[brittle bridge]

did you run into that guy

[brisk hinge]

not yet

been busy working

[brittle bridge]

[brittle bridge]

[brisk hinge]

no big deal really

they always need extra hands parking aircraft

[brittle bridge]

I bet lol

[azure grove]

Hey guys! Opinions for jetphotos? Im trying to go 10 and its the last i need and its hot photo eligible

thanks

[brisk hinge]

i forgot how much i hate jetphotos crop

i’d give it more headroom though

[delicate silo]

Jetphotos sounds awful ngl

[brittle bridge]

Gl bro

They denied one of my photos for dust

[royal maple]

Just spotted this C295

[glass charm]

Forgot to post these photos from Williamtown

[sage cape]

mogged

[royal maple]

sikma

[azure grove]

i mean yeah of course lol

they are strict

but thanks

im probs gonna try otehr one

other one

[glass charm]

I tried my best ok 😭

I did assert my dominance on some unsuspecting children when I went on 12fps for the whole F35 takeoff roll

There were some guys there saying "silly civilians" which is fair because I had no idea where the planes were going

[uneven fog]

C130 on the Fisk arrival is crazy

[brisk hinge]

yeah fr

saw him come in a bit ago

probably coming in to pack stuff out

[sage cape]

That sounds fun as hell

[sage cape]

Eastern Airspace the day you were there

And Evans Head actually

And the afterburner takeoff, “Hawkeye” callsign was low flying I believe

[uneven fog]

Grey multi engine rock your wings

[potent hull]

the two last ones are fire

[sage cape]

grey multi engine taking off from taxiway in opposite direction to flow of traffic

[brisk hinge]

"Camera operator"

meanwhile aaron:

[flint smelt]

I gon be swimming with the fishes 🙏

[uneven fog]

8.0 earthquake

[flint smelt]

Good thing i live in the mountains.

If anything happens.

8.7 now.

[uneven fog]

yea my dad just texted me

That’s massive

Is the island going crazy rn

[flint smelt]

Yes. Thankfully most of us live in the mountains.

Tourists probably stay stressing.

Us locals stay making jokes about fishing 😂

[uneven fog]

Waves hit Russia

[flint smelt]

Cancel what i said before. No one is taking dis shit seriously 😂.

First siren warning for Hawaii.

[uneven fog]

Parked the whip in a scenic location

[uneven fog]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMwECXANiAH/?igsh=MTlkcGQyeTRteXB4

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@flint smelt figured you’d probably want to attend

[flint smelt]

Maybe 🤔

[brisk hinge]

sOniC BoOm

[uneven fog]

He’s supersonic!!!!

[brisk hinge]

[dark hare]

the growlers are always so fun to see

super hyped for next week im seeing them again

[uneven fog]

That’s a rhino haha

[viscid elbow]

How do you tell them apart?

[brittle bridge]

rhino has the guns (3 little holes) on the nose cone and the growler doesnt

iirc

[uneven fog]

That’s a new one that I haven’t heard

[uneven fog]

Easiest way is the wingtips. The rhino and hornet will have conventional missile rails, whereas the growler has a larger bulkier wingtip, that is the housing for some radar thing or something

[brittle bridge]

ah yeah that too

i just look at the guns

[uneven fog]

Most of the time the growler will have some fancy pods on it and shit

I think one of em is permanently mounted

[brittle bridge]

growler for electronic warfare

[uneven fog]

If you have a topside or head on it works but otherwise the wingtip is a lot easier to tell

[brittle bridge]

yeah

im not sure if ive seen the growler or not

i cant remember

the rhino was at Offutt

idk what was at LNK

oh the growler was

[uneven fog]

Haven’t seen em flying in a demo but seen 2 statics

[brittle bridge]

growler has a demo team

based in washington

VAQ-129

im guessing rhino was at Oshkosh

[uneven fog]

The growler and lightning teams get like 6 damn shows a year. Rhino has the east and west and both get more shows anyways

[brittle bridge]

i saw lightning in 2023 at LNK and 2024 at St. Louis

[uneven fog]

The F-35C that went down the other day was from VFA-125 which is the Lightning demo squadron

[brittle bridge]

fr?

damn

maybe i have photo of it

[brittle bridge]

this my favorite one

have they released the registration number at all?

[brisk hinge]

yes

[brisk hinge]

i missed this, what happened?

[uneven fog]

No details yet

Crashed in a field at Lemoore

Pilot punched out and was ok

[dark hare]

oh

they look quite similar

[dark hare]

https://abcnews.go.com/US/35-fighter-jet-crashes-california-navy/story?id=124230887
this one?

[brisk hinge]

interesting

[viscid elbow]

Does rihno have square intakes? Or is that a growler thing( something I. Notice on the image you sent )

[uneven fog]

Rhino and growler are squared, legacy is rounded

[viscid elbow]

Ah ok

[uneven fog]

Holy heat haze on the second one

3 others had just passed in front and it was like 85 degrees

[dark hare]

those look quite odd

those squared intakes

i dont remember the growlers lookin like that honestly

[viscid elbow]

What do you remember them looking like?

[sage cape]

nah none of em are

[uneven fog]

ah

[delicate silo]

accurate

[delicate silo]

no shot you bought a d850

https://tenor.com/view/money-wallet-broke-gif-7855913

[brittle bridge]

Try me

[delicate silo]

waste of 1 grand lol

[brittle bridge]

cope harder

[brisk hinge]

real, tell him

[brittle bridge]

keep coping

[delicate silo]

a whole new camera for a couple more mps, focus points, and like 1fps more

[brittle bridge]

2.5 actually

with the grip

[brisk hinge]

you don't have the grip though

[brittle bridge]

Don’t need grip rn

[brisk hinge]

so yes, a whole new camera for a couple more mps, focus points, and like 1fps more

[brittle bridge]

…

[delicate silo]

at least sell the d750 for the wallet lol

[brittle bridge]

It’s great I love it

[brittle bridge]

lowkey jealous just admit it

[brisk hinge]

a z6iii would've been a better upgrade but oh well

[delicate silo]

fr

[brittle bridge]

dawg I’m already dying culling 1200-1500 photos

[brisk hinge]

do better

1200-1500 is nothing

should not be a big deal

like legitimately it shouldn't take long

[brittle bridge]

it legitimately does

editing atm

[brisk hinge]

that's seriously a skill issue

[delicate silo]

culling?

[brisk hinge]

editing sure, but culling should be quick

[delicate silo]

ah

[brittle bridge]

culling in lr slow

[delicate silo]

I have a 11d trip of photos to go through

[brittle bridge]

I can’t find a good raw viewer that I like

[brisk hinge]

how long does it take you to do 1500 photos in lr

[brittle bridge]

idk an hour

hour and a half?

[delicate silo]

takes me longerl ol

[brisk hinge]

crazy

[brittle bridge]

honestly have no idea

and honestly don’t care

[brisk hinge]

you obviously do

you just complained about it

[brittle bridge]

z6iii too many photo

[delicate silo]

turn down fps..

[brittle bridge]

if I miss the shot with 7fps

oh well

I just move on

[delicate silo]

just dont miss shoot

[brisk hinge]

imagine missing a shot

[brittle bridge]

shoit

god skittles preset is so ass

[delicate silo]

people use presets?

[brisk hinge]

i've never understood presets

[brittle bridge]

most people make their own presets

ima make my own usable skittles

skittles cooks the background on some of these pans

[delicate silo]

I dont even understand making your own cause lighting conditions are always different and you can do far better with masks

[brittle bridge]

yeah sure but I mean a preset gets you somewhere

raw vs skittles 😭

if you tone skittles amount down its acceptable

[delicate silo]

skittles = saturation +100

[brittle bridge]

Wrong

Haha

[delicate silo]

basically

[brittle bridge]

Vibrance 🔥🔥

If I want to use skittles I have to put the amount at like 20

[brisk hinge]

literally what's different than me just adding some saturation and vibrance

[brittle bridge]

idk bruh

froknowsphoto consumerism

[brisk hinge]

and why should i pay FIFTY UNITED STATES DOLLARS for that????

[brittle bridge]

I didn’t

[brisk hinge]

what did you pay

[brittle bridge]

You really think I would waste $50 on this

[brisk hinge]

yes

i do

absolutely

[brittle bridge]

Well I didn’t

bum

[brisk hinge]

what kind of a question is that

what did you spend

[brittle bridge]

$0

[brisk hinge]

bro pirated the presets 😭

[brittle bridge]

All of a sudden you got smart

Crazy

(Not worth $50 at all)

[brisk hinge]

why would you spend the effort to pirate a preset consisting of "+50 saturation"

[brittle bridge]

Literally not hard

[delicate silo]

real

just dont use presets

[dark hare]

Yum

[brittle bridge]

https://tenor.com/view/peter-griffin-gif-26642419

[brisk hinge]

do you ever just

do aerobatics in your bonanza

[brittle bridge]

yeah

no idea a bonanza could do aerobatics lmao

[delicate silo]

Lol

[uneven fog]

They only built like 30ish I think

F33C bonanza

[brisk hinge]

yep

[uneven fog]

+6/-3 is pretty impressive

[delicate silo]

Wow

[brittle bridge]

In a bonanza??

[uneven fog]

Yup

Only the acro version

Any other one I’m guessing the wings are snapping at +3

Maybe 4

Plane I fly is actually rated to 3.8

Would I pull more than 2?

Absolutely not

[brisk hinge]

lol

[vital island]

All the sets lowk suck

[brittle bridge]

Real

Skittles is acceptable if you have the amount at like 25

[vital island]

Wdym amount

[delicate silo]

skiuttles suck

vibrance +100 ahhh

[brittle bridge]

the little amount slider

are you stoobid

[vital island]

Maybe

[sage cape]

Turning vibrance up should entail corporal punishment

[uneven fog]

Mfers flying thru the mountains when the mil airspace is active

Gotta be reading our notams

[delicate silo]

lol

you can fly through some moas right

[brittle bridge]

how did bro score this 😭

[sage cape]

🤫

[brittle bridge]

Spill it now

😡

[delicate silo]

C130?

Kangaroo boy might finally get some good photos

[glass charm]

💀 wha

ain't no way

[uneven fog]

All of em

It’s advised not to

But legally you can fly thru em

As long as they’re not a restricted area which a lot of the ones out west are

[rocky coyote]

And I have discovered the aviation part of this place

[delicate silo]

Ye

[dark hare]

Show arrivals

Tmr is day 1

[uneven fog]

You are one lucky mfer getting the CAG growler

[uneven fog]

For the demo

I’ve seen it as a static

[delicate silo]

Growlers might be the most comman airshow plane ngl

[rocky coyote]

I thought it would’ve been the F35 or C130

[delicate silo]

Never seen a 35 in my 2 airshows and it isn't scheduled for the next 2 im going to

[brittle bridge]

damn

i just wish to have an airshow to go to dawg

[delicate silo]

I'm still mad they scheduled thunderbirds like 7 times if you count sourrinding states

And then they dont even give us statics

And tickets are 200+

[dark hare]

the what now

[dark hare]

really?

this is my second time seeinig them

[brittle bridge]

dawg

what

[delicate silo]

Ik

For only thunderbirds

No statics no other performers

[brittle bridge]

growlers or rhinos most common

so

$200

to see

ONLY

[dark hare]

real

[brittle bridge]

thunderbirds

???

[delicate silo]

Yeah

[brittle bridge]

the fuck

[delicate silo]

Rhats what I'm saying

[dark hare]

we didnt even pay to go see this lmao

[brittle bridge]

mf i saw them for free

[dark hare]

we saw a whole lot of cool shit arrive today

[delicate silo]

I was supposed to see them for free but they canceled cause the ceiling was literally 0

[brittle bridge]

😭

[dark hare]

never seen the rhino

[brittle bridge]

damn

i saw the rhino

[dark hare]

i guess teams like that arent too common in canada tho

[brittle bridge]

oh youre in canada?

[dark hare]

ye

[delicate silo]

Seen rhino and growler

[dark hare]

abbotsford

[brittle bridge]

ah

thats why

[dark hare]

well am from metro vancouver area but abbotsford airshow

[brittle bridge]

rhino solely us?

[dark hare]

dont think so

thye are going to airshow london skydrive

which is a canadian one

[uneven fog]

It’s definitely not

for performance it’s definitely not

Statics it’s probably not either

Especially on the east coast since all the growlers are west coast

It’s prob the c-130 or the rhino for statics

[uneven fog]

This is nuts

And it’s not even airdotshow

Fuck airdotshow

Shitty company