Plane Photography

[delicate silo]

Its so fire

[dark hare]

a what

[delicate silo]

Blackoutless shutter

Godly

[dark hare]

I want a z8

[brittle bridge]

Z6iii blackout isnt bad

[dark hare]

they sound fun

[brittle bridge]

Kekl

[delicate silo]

I z8

[dark hare]

whats blackout

does 5ii have

[delicate silo]

Shutter

Moving

To take photos

Mirror

Moving

[dark hare]

A

[delicate silo]

Or whateve

Z8 is heaven

[dark hare]

R5ii or Z8

What is better

[delicate silo]

Z8 is cheating its like aimbot

[dark hare]

Dont be biased for nikon i wanna know the real thingy

My friend is upgrading and like

yeah

He thought about r5 mk ii and i thought z8

what do yall think js better

he does planes

but mainly cars

im too lazy to type everything out

do yall collect model plane

[uneven fog]

Woosh

[dusk spindle]

As someone who’s used an r5, z7ii, z8, and z9, id recommend the r5

Best bang for your buck

You can find them for around 2,300 used

I have a friend who’s used the r5 and r5ii for extended periods of time and he ended up going with the base r5 because the extra money isnt really worth it

[dark hare]

Even for action sports?

[wary wren]

it'll do the job

but also for cars it literally doesn't matter

doesn't really for planes either

[dark hare]

I see

[dusk spindle]

I mean 45 mega pixels at 20 fps is more than enough to get great shots

Especially paired with good glas

[delicate silo]

Z8 >
Worth the extra money? Probably not

[sage cape]

So you’ve just contradicted yourself

mint

[delicate silo]

Uh huh sure

[brisk hinge]

oceana tomorrow

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/825093373719216138.gif?size=48&quality=lossless

[uneven fog]

What’s happening tmr?

Saw that it was tfred tmr

I fly in Thursday

[brisk hinge]

plans changed and i’m driving down tomorrow

not sure of anything specifically happening

[brisk hinge]

are you not from around here? where are you flying to?

[uneven fog]

no im from New England, flying into ORF

[brisk hinge]

ah

[uneven fog]

The big boy has been acquired

[uneven fog]

God damn I didn’t realize how big it is

Crazy adjustment from the 1-4

[delicate silo]

500mm - 600 is what id get if I got another lens

Alot better

[brittle bridge]

[brisk hinge]

blurry

bad photo

[brittle bridge]

Real

Needs 45mp

[brisk hinge]

45mp doesn’t fix pans stupid

[lavish ember]

yes it does

cause that means you spent more money

and more money always equals more better

[brisk hinge]

money doesn’t fix skill issues

[delicate silo]

https://tenor.com/view/confused-confused-look-confused-face-funny-funny-look-gif-4850532509577233362

[uneven fog]

🤨

[lavish ember]

something something skillshare something something "get better at something"

[brisk hinge]

yes

[uneven fog]

Full disk tho

[brisk hinge]

need to make my own “how to get gud at fotografy” course and charge $500 for it

[uneven fog]

But yea not my greatest work

[brisk hinge]

to be clear i’m completely joking

[uneven fog]

Too late already been done

[brisk hinge]

there is realistically nothing wrong at all with that photo

you’re going to get blue due to perspective shift

what ss?

[lavish ember]

then we need to charge more

clearly

[uneven fog]

Some grandma on TikTok who was a “professional” photographer who sells some course

[brisk hinge]

oh yeah i’ve seen her

[uneven fog]

I beef with her in the comments every time she rolls around onto my fyp

[lavish ember]

parallax :(

[brisk hinge]

yep

[uneven fog]

1/125

[brisk hinge]

nice

[lavish ember]

not that its a problem it just sucks that physics exists

[uneven fog]

Suprised I got a full disk off of it

[brisk hinge]

yeah that’s impressive for 1/125

[lavish ember]

1/125 is a good sweet spot

[uneven fog]

Pretty blurry

But

[flint smelt]

Was ss was this?

[lavish ember]

1/30

[flint smelt]

Ah ok

[sage cape]

Low shutter or no shutter 🙏

[lunar spade]

sanicole was a light nightmare

[brisk hinge]

we out here

[brittle bridge]

man your luck must be really shitty....all of the airshow pics like this ive seen from u has really shitty weather conditions

[delicate silo]

Clouds > clear sky

[lavish ember]

^

You get it

[brisk hinge]

it’s clearing up after today

yesterday they got 7-8 inches of rain here

[brisk hinge]

at least we have airshows

within a 600 mile radius

[brittle bridge]

so real

[uneven fog]

Shush

do not jinx

[brisk hinge]

the vapes today were great, i wouldn’t complain if it doesn’t clear

a guy was shooting approaches and flying the pattern and had 15 feet of wingtip trail

[delicate silo]

Holy

[uneven fog]

Some rain at like 7-8 I wouldn’t complain about, saturate the air and have it clear by the time flying starts

Humidity looks great for the whole weekend

Granted I don’t know what’s typical down there

[brisk hinge]

yeah

only bummer would be cloudy skies

but that’s not the end of the world

[uneven fog]

blue jets on cloudy skies is fine

Grey jets on cloudy skies is mid

[brisk hinge]

yeah

[dusk spindle]

Love this tail flash

[sage cape]

Have they got any EXs yet?

[lavish ember]

not yet

the only active wing w/ EX's is pdx

well

active combat wing, the 85th test and eval and the 96th flight test squadron have them

[dusk spindle]

Hopefully by end of next year

[sage cape]

I’ll be in sidewinder december next year if i get one that’d be mint

Hope they keep the tail, or even eventually paint one as they did the old American flag C

[dusk spindle]

🤞🤞🤞

[delicate silo]

Thats so sick

[delicate silo]

Vapor is cool

[brisk hinge]

yeah it was a crummy day but made for decent wingtip trails

[brittle bridge]

Nice ipod touch pics

[brisk hinge]

thanks bro

[brittle bridge]

Yw

[sage cape]

Civvy ruining my shit

[delicate silo]

This airshow im going to may not allow backpacks..

And only plastic water bottles (1 per person)

Like bro

Where am i supposed to put the stuff I buy, and my camera gear

[uneven fog]

See if the recruiting tables are giving out bags

as far as the camera stuff idk abt that one

[lavish ember]

Does anybody spot with primes here

[uneven fog]

Not even here

No one spots with primes

At all

[lavish ember]

Sweet thanks

I knew i could count on yall

[uneven fog]

no prob

Realistically tho I think it’s really uncommon for people to spot w primes

[delicate silo]

Ya

[delicate silo]

Not a bad view

[lavish ember]

I mean ik praetor does but thats it

I'm considering jumping to a prime and a tc to replace my zoom

Like yeah theres massive trade offs between zooms and primes but I could see it being viable long term

[dark hare]

trying to spot with a 400mm 2.8 has gotta suck

arent you after a 300 2.8

[lavish ember]

Leaning 300/4 but yeah

[delicate silo]

Agreed

[uneven fog]

Praetor I think does birds primaraily

[uneven fog]

I rented the 100-500 and I’m a pretty strong dude and even my arms were starting to tire a bit today

Can’t imagine whipping a 400 2.8 around trying to catch jets

[lavish ember]

Ive seen a few planes around in different servers but yeah thats also partly the reason for it, I could use a different hobby other than planes

[uneven fog]

So real

people ask what I do and I go “oh I fly planes” and then they go “oh what else” “oh photography” “what do you take pictures of” “um airplanes.”

[delicate silo]

Real I rented a 180 - 600 and used a tripod (my arms were still tired)

[delicate silo]

Real

"Play any games" yeah plane ones

"Watch any cool YouTube videos" yeah plane ones

"What do you wanna do?" Fly planes

[lavish ember]

"Oh what do you do for fun?"
"Oh I go to the airport and stand on the side of the road for 4-5 hours"
"Ah"

[brisk hinge]

not plane spotting but my friend who runs an aviation magazine is here shooting on a 600/4 with a 2x tc

[lavish ember]

I definitely wasnt going that long but yeah that was kinda the idea lol

300 and a 1.4x or 2x depending on the subject

[delicate silo]

Mid

[brisk hinge]

unfortunately the conditions are terrible here

lighting mostly

[delicate silo]

I wouldn't go lower tha 500 - 600 if I was to buy another lens for aviation

[delicate silo]

Rip

[lavish ember]

Yeah id tend to agree but also that gets expensive lol

Plus 300 + 1.4x is ~400mm and 2x is 600mm so i wouldn't be that sol

[uneven fog]

A damn good day

[delicate silo]

prime is expensive bro

[delicate silo]

lower quaility

[delicate silo]

great f22 shot

[uneven fog]

Shut it

[lavish ember]

Oh i already shoot on a 2x tc for most of my recent stuff lol

I havent seen much in the way of quality reduction

[delicate silo]

being honest

i like it

:)

[lavish ember]

Also yes primes are expensive, but I'm shopping old and cheap

Old being relative tho ig

[delicate silo]

idk if I get another lens id get 180 - 600

[lavish ember]

Yeah but I'm not on z so cant

[delicate silo]

what are you shootin

[lavish ember]

Planes, what else

I dabble in a little bit of everything

[dense totem]

fucking fuji

i used aj's xh2 at avalon earlier this year and it wasnt actually that bad tbh

the autofocus was slower than the r50 by a mile tho, which says something

[lavish ember]

Yeah nobody buys fuji for the af

[dense totem]

why do people even buy fuji in the first place

[uneven fog]

Oh yay

You know me and my raptors

[delicate silo]

[delicate silo]

i meant camera

i know you're shooting planes

[lavish ember]

D7500/D800/F5/XT1

But the fuji is uh

The emergency backup but so emergency it doesnt leave the house in my spotting bag

[brittle bridge]

d850

fire

[lavish ember]

Yoooo I do?

Thats awesome

[brittle bridge]

get d850

smh

[lavish ember]

Its on my short list of possible upgrades

[sage cape]

retarded comment

Primes are fucking mint

[uneven fog]

Ur Australian ur opinion doesn’t count

[dense totem]

Wow..

[sage cape]

mate you said you were strong but you can’t hold a 100-500 🫳

[dusk spindle]

Dawg what💀

Thats just because everyone you know is broke

[dusk spindle]

Ive shot on a few why?

[uneven fog]

Lmao maybe

[uneven fog]

I can hold it but after like 6 hours of holding it continuously it’d definitely be tiring

[lavish ember]

I might be moving from a zoom to a prime

And I'm trying to figure out if the trade offs are worth it

[dusk spindle]

You’re shooting on a crop sensor too aren’t ua

[lavish ember]

Some days, yeah

[dusk spindle]

Would your other option be 200-500

[lavish ember]

150-600, I wanna avoid the 200-500 I think

"Slow" af and not as sharp

[dusk spindle]

In my experience its better than the contemporary at least, but you need to make sure you get one bought in japan

200 minimum would also suck on a crop

[lavish ember]

Yeah and 500mm on the long end isnt that great

[delicate silo]

@uneven fog

[delicate silo]

get 150 - 600

[brisk hinge]

just hope you get a good copy

[potent hull]

have u taken photos with this yet

[uneven fog]

Last 3 days

[potent hull]

goated y/n

[uneven fog]

how the crew of the B-2 feels showing up at my local airport when I’m 400 miles away 💔

[delicate silo]

Thats wild

[uneven fog]

Talked to Laz for 5 mins earlier

Also BA2,3,5,6,7,8 and all of the Khakis to join the team next year

[rocky coyote]

This here makes me excited that one of my mates is gonna get his wings

[brisk hinge]

oh neat

he’s a nice guy

[uneven fog]

Yea I walked to go get ice cream and when I came back an hour later he was still out talking to ppl

[brisk hinge]

anyone going to Wings over North Georgia next month?

[delicate silo]

Razz cool guy

Never met laz

[dark hare]

F22 demo team signed my model kast yr

It was a shitty model i made last minute but i like it

[flint smelt]

Holy cool (USS Michael Monsoor)

[wary wren]

the terrifying trapezoid

[rocky coyote]

Interesting looking ship

I’ve seen the USS San Diego it looks pretty cool, one of their crew members coined me

[delicate silo]

Razz signed my old camera bag

I want to see him once hes a thunderbird

[dark hare]

waoh

i wanna get like a bigger camera bag because my current one is too small

[delicate silo]

I got a smaller one lol

Got a tahoe 150 for like 19 bucks on ebay

[dark hare]

i can really only fit my z5ii + 400mm and a d5200 with 18-55 in my camera bag rn

which sounds like a lot

but it isnt

cuz if i get a second full frame lens or something this bag is full

[delicate silo]

Ive fit the 180 - 600 in my tahoe, a z8, d750, and 24 - 120 in the main compartment lol

[dark hare]

holy guh

let me see this tahoe 150

[delicate silo]

Lemme see if I can find pic

[dark hare]

oh thats bigger than what i have

i searched i tup

[delicate silo]

Ah

[delicate silo]

Goofy bag lol

[dark hare]

that looks quite tihght

i ahve this thing

[delicate silo]

Very

[dark hare]

the smallsized one

[delicate silo]

I just manage to put everything in my tahoe

Even if it shouldn't fit

[dark hare]

i was thinking something lik this thingy

[brittle bridge]

Rented z8?

[delicate silo]

Ye

[brittle bridge]

Kewl

[dark hare]

throw my main body into the top compartment with my main lenses

[delicate silo]

Last year

[brittle bridge]

Lowepro protactic 450 aw ii

[dark hare]

then put like other spare stuff in the bottom

[delicate silo]

I dont like the two compartments

I prefer 1

[dark hare]

ah

my friend boguth a 2 comparmnt one just like that for a whopping 400 cad or somethin like that

[dark hare]

its literally the same as that thing but some pricey branded one

like holy guh

[delicate silo]

Used lowepros on ebay is how I've gotten both of mine

[brittle bridge]

rizz

[dark hare]

id probably use facebook or smth

[delicate silo]

Real

[delicate silo]

Whts in the bag

[brittle bridge]

Under the D5 battery charger is my 150-600, under the blackrapid bag is my 70-200

[delicate silo]

Ah

[brittle bridge]

Left cam is D850, right cam is D750, both with grips on

[delicate silo]

When did you get 600mm

[brittle bridge]

2 years ago…?

[delicate silo]

..erm

Nuh uh

[brittle bridge]

ive had it for awhile big dawg

[dark hare]

i think razz signed my f22 model

its a silly lookin model but i still think its nice

[delicate silo]

I ❤️ razz

[brittle bridge]

ender 3

[dark hare]

you can kinda see how rushed it was

[delicate silo]

Oh nice

[dark hare]

i made it like the night before the show

[delicate silo]

I want a real model of the f22 but I don't wanna spend 200 bucks

[brittle bridge]

lmao

[dark hare]

cuz my friend was gonna give me a painted 1:100 one but like

he backed out or something i forgot

so then i had to figure smth out fast

[delicate silo]

F22 pa is cool

[dark hare]

so instead of being a smart person i just whipped up a random thing instead like this

[delicate silo]

Saw em had a few words lol

[dark hare]

model itself is ass but its cool that i got it signed

[brittle bridge]

D5 battery charger is actually insanely annoying to carry

[dark hare]

first thing i did was clear coat it when i got home

[delicate silo]

I should go to sleep gotta wake up at 5

[dark hare]

go

eep

[brittle bridge]

i gotta wake up at 7

[delicate silo]

I dont carry battery chargers unless traveling

[brittle bridge]

yeah same but when i need to travel

its fucking huge

[delicate silo]

Real

[brittle bridge]

its literally the size of a brick

im deadass

[delicate silo]

You have big bag tho

Soo

[brittle bridge]

Thrown on top is fine

[delicate silo]

Ig i do too I just choose not to use it

[brittle bridge]

Just chonk

[delicate silo]

I have one of the nikon battery chargers its single which is fine for me

I only have 2 batteries

[brittle bridge]

its a chonky boy

[delicate silo]

Chat what is that

[brittle bridge]

EN-EL18 🔥🔥🔥

[delicate silo]

Battery grip?

[brittle bridge]

ye

why else would i have it lmao

[delicate silo]

God i hate them even more now

Battery grips are so useless unless you're dedicated portrait or wedding

[brittle bridge]

Hater

I shoot a decent amount of volleyball vertical

[delicate silo]

Why

[brittle bridge]

Just cuz one of the gyms i mainly shoot in is fuckin tiny

theres 0 sideline whatsoever

[delicate silo]

Shoot landscape and crop .m

[brittle bridge]

my 24-70 sucks balls

I need z6iii fr

[delicate silo]

You bought a d850 instead

[brittle bridge]

I also bought something else teehee

[delicate silo]

What

[brittle bridge]

[delicate silo]

[brittle bridge]

little upgrade from the air

I needed the fans

🙏🙏

[brittle bridge]

I also made a nas

[delicate silo]

W

I never finished my hub

Too lazy ig

[brittle bridge]

[delicate silo]

50gbs isn't that much

..

[brittle bridge]

me when wifi extender with ethernet port

[delicate silo]

Are you uploading via wifi

[brittle bridge]

I cant plug nas directly into router cuz router on other side of the house in my parents bedroom

so it takes a couple business days

[delicate silo]

Gn

Dream of z6iiis

[brittle bridge]

[brittle bridge]

You know it

im shooting golf tmr

[delicate silo]

I go airshow

[brittle bridge]

[delicate silo]

What in the diy

[brittle bridge]

3d printing at its finest

And random ass 120mm fan my dad had

[delicate silo]

W

I have too many random 120mm fans, I made one run on a battery

[brittle bridge]

This nas has cost me $28 total (for wifi thingy and ethernet cable)

5.85TB of usable storage (4x 2TB drives but 1 is backup thingy)

[delicate silo]

Not enough ! Never enough !

[brittle bridge]

real

[delicate silo]

Are you the type of person to delete photos or back them all up?

[brittle bridge]

I mean i keep the culled raws

everything else i just delete

[delicate silo]

I keep everything..

[brittle bridge]

i did

I just recently deleted my st louis raws

besides my culled ones

[delicate silo]

Too much work to go through and decide what i dont want now

[brittle bridge]

lmao

[delicate silo]

All ready imported into lr and edited

[brittle bridge]

i freed up a decent amount of storage on my SSD by doing that lol

[delicate silo]

Mine are basically full

And im out of slots lol

[brittle bridge]

im never gonna go back through them so why should i keep em

im loaded with editing rn

[delicate silo]

Real

[brittle bridge]

Still culling from august lmao

[delicate silo]

I edit the banger shots I got and ignoee the rest lol

Not worth going through everything

[brittle bridge]

This m1 pro claps

120hz XDR screen

[delicate silo]

Oh my god not the tractors

[brittle bridge]

*truck

fuck you

[delicate silo]

I see tractors

[brittle bridge]

With helicopter turbines and P51 engines

silly

[delicate silo]

The tractors are not tuff 💔

We've seen like 70 photos by now

[delicate silo]

Put the p51 engine back in the p51

[brittle bridge]

no

it go in tractor

somewhere i have D750 video of one of them

god d750 video sucks ass

[delicate silo]

✨ nebraksa 💫

[brittle bridge]

nebrASSka

[delicate silo]

Real, I use it for yt

[delicate silo]

Is d850 video any better

[brittle bridge]

D850 isnt any better af wise

[delicate silo]

4k ig

[brittle bridge]

i mean it looks better imo

[delicate silo]

Ya

[brittle bridge]

just af is fuckin shit

[delicate silo]

1080p is awful

[brittle bridge]

hold on i got video

[brittle bridge]

https://youtu.be/-U7enwo5O6s?si=HpaYENn9qrJBc-ec

[delicate silo]

Little faster than d750 maybe, looks alot better

[brittle bridge]

The pulsing is unbelievable

I did some vb video i believe

on d850

[dark hare]

battery grip are interesting

i do wanna get one for my 5ii sometime but i dont think its all too useful

it might be better to just buy backup en el 15c batteries and charge everything beforehand

[rocky coyote]

They’ve got vertical controls though that’s what drew me to grips

I’ve found a grip to be an absolute game changer it’s more comfortable to shoot vertically and I’ve got that extra room for my hand when I’m shooting horizontal and that’s quite nice to have

[dark hare]

it does seem quite nice to have as an extra

[lavish loom]

I've gotten an invite to photograph helicopters from the German police

[sage cape]

That’s fucking sick

[brisk hinge]

get the tractor talk out of the plane channel or i’ll ban you all

[uneven fog]

^^

Go make a tractor photography channel u pigeons

[delicate silo]

Just get a big camera d750 >

[delicate silo]

https://tenor.com/view/angry-thiago-mad-angry-fist-emoji-gif-17761307

[delicate silo]

What is that for?

[dusk spindle]

Flyover

[brittle bridge]

sure you will

[uneven fog]

Little bit grainy

Should probably denoise it

[delicate silo]

little bit

[delicate silo]

Finish it off with a t38 and f35

And we have ourselves a formation

[sage cape]

thats not digital noise 👍👍👍

[dusk spindle]

Swear some people cannot analyze photos at all

[sage cape]

Denoise that F16 right now!!!!

[uneven fog]

🤓

and for the record I was kidding

[uneven fog]

T38 I’m crying

[brisk hinge]

got some insane pictures this weekend

can’t wait to share

[brittle bridge]

holy grain

[dusk spindle]

6/10 rage bait

[wary wren]

https://www.lockheedmartin.com/content/dam/lockheed-martin/eo/photo/historical-programs/creating-the-blackbird/SR-71-two-in-fog-lead.jpg

man, so many good photos ruined by the fact that we didn't have 45MP CMOS and Lightroom

we can't even remember what planes looked like before 2015

don't know why we even bothered with the Blackbird really, those big negatives couldn't get denoised by some Chinese AI

bet this Navy photog felt like a chump, did he even know they would invent much better cameras someday?

so much history, lost to the tyranny of negative film

[sage cape]

To think there could’ve been someone with an R7 and 100-500 spot this and it still would’ve looked worse ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

[dark hare]

im still impressed someone got a photo of it

[dark hare]

this is fire

love the vibe

[dark hare]

same photo sequence i think

[dusk spindle]

This is such a horrible take, holy shit😭

[potent hull]

a second grain modifier has hit the raw…

[dusk spindle]

Film is awesome.

[potent hull]

and literally higher quality than anything digital can ever make

issue is that no mfer knows how to scan anything so we end up with these goofy ass photos

[dusk spindle]

Like this is genuinely one of the coolest aviation photos I have ever seen

[brisk hinge]

he’s not being serious 😭

[brittle bridge]

some people I swear

[brisk hinge]

hi peyton

any plane photos recently

[brittle bridge]

[brittle bridge]

No

😔

[brisk hinge]

L

leave this chat

[brittle bridge]

[brisk hinge]

cyber bullying 12yos is my favorite hobby

[brittle bridge]

I can tell

[calm reef]

@delicate silo Give tip pls

[brisk hinge]

i can count the pixels

[wary wren]

Did the gigantic paragraph of sarcasm escape you

[lavish loom]

https://www.planespotters.net/photo/1270880/d-hnwv-polizei-nordrhein-westfalen-airbus-helicopters-h-145-t2 h145s are so nice

[delicate silo]

that shot is probably not going to look good, so few pixels

unless you just exported it in super low resolution in which case id crop it more

[dusk spindle]

Whats sad is I cant even tell whats sarcasm in this server

[lavish ember]

this is why i source my historical plane photos from collections and the government

the gov knows how to scan

[dark hare]

Yum

Thing

Idk which one looks better

@lavish ember told me the darker one but which one is the darker one gng

[lavish loom]

on the right

i agree

[dark hare]

alr thanks

[brisk hinge]

mig 17 🫶

[dark hare]

yes

mig 17 was too fast for some people at airshow

[lavish loom]

how

[dark hare]

we were directly on the fence of show line and there were some tents in the way

so we had a very short period of time to focus

[brisk hinge]

rip

[dark hare]

i got almost all the passes but my friends a7iii missed one

[lavish loom]

dang

[dark hare]

on the day show my friends d810 missed it too

[brisk hinge]

who's jet is it, randy's?

[dark hare]

also it couldnt focus on the f35 for shit (d810)

[dark hare]

I think so

I dont remember

[lavish ember]

actually now that i look at it, can you make the planes darker

[dark hare]

i think i can

[lavish loom]

i think itd be better as it is now

[brisk hinge]

i'd slightly darken them

[dark hare]

Guess i cant

I use lr mobile free version so it automatically selects the subject

[brisk hinge]

L

[dark hare]

And it selected the sky too

So

Too broke for paid programs

[lavish ember]

its fine but i can detail and it bugs me

[dark hare]

Ill fix later

If anyone wants to take a shot at ot i can send the raw ig

[lavish ember]

i'll take a whack

[uneven fog]

b-2, aggressor paint T-38s, and sixteen A-10s show up at my local while I’m either gone or on my way back home

sixteen

A-10s

[lavish ember]

agressor talon?

[brisk hinge]

WHAT

[lavish ember]

what is that, 1st FW then?

[calm reef]

Such good thing fr by using this we can mesaure how big the f22 is 😊

[brisk hinge]

unedited

[lavish ember]

there's a cloud in front of the plane, gotta go reshoot that man

clouds belong behind the plane

[brisk hinge]

aw darn it

photo ruined

[lavish ember]

did nobody teach you that

[brisk hinge]

i'm new to photography ok? be nice

[lavish ember]

go pay somebody like, 5 grand for lessons

they'll teach you everything

[brisk hinge]

oh ok, i guess that would be a good investment in time and money

[lavish ember]

i'd teach you myself but my rate's only 2k and thats not enough money

[brisk hinge]

that makes sense

[uneven fog]

Affirm

[uneven fog]

💔

[lavish ember]

red 86/red 04?

cba to pull buno's rn

or is there another camo FF bird out there

[uneven fog]

They have 3

[lavish ember]

ik about these two

[uneven fog]

It was this one and then the grey and black one

[lavish ember]

whats the third

ah

[uneven fog]

Yea it was those 2

[lavish ember]

so whats the third tho

[lavish ember]

the ex BB one?

ahhhh

ok

blue but smooth

[uneven fog]

Yea

I wanna catch the Beale ones

[lavish ember]

Beale is the only base i've properly seen lmao

[dusk spindle]

Hopefully one flies to me

[brisk hinge]

@uneven fog have you culled your photos from this weekend? how many did you end up with?

i'm at ~180

[uneven fog]

Haven’t started culling, I did 3 128 gig cards which is usually roughly 6k, then did about another 2k, so maybe 20

17-20 I would bet

[brisk hinge]

wow

i've been trying to be a lot more specific in what i shoot

[lavish ember]

yall cull

[brisk hinge]

yes?

do you not?

do you just edit all of the photos you take?

[lavish ember]

what no course not

but i don't cull

prolly should, cba to

[brisk hinge]

what do you do then

what is your process

[lavish ember]

i edit the good photos and kinda more or less forget about the rest

but i do go in order of displays so i'm not skipping around anywhere

i'm not one for being smart, that much is clear already

[brisk hinge]

that sounds awful

https://www.blueangels.navy.mil/assets/docs/resources/maneuvers-manual.pdf

just found out that the Blue Angels' maneuver manual is public

[uneven fog]

The support manual is even better

So much good info in it

[brisk hinge]

oh neat

[rare vector]

Thats an insane waste of disk space lowkey

[lavish ember]

yes thats why i bought another one

i'm probably gonna build a little nas after i move next year so i'm sticking it out on hdds till then

[rare vector]

how about you just delete pics you dont edit instead

[lavish ember]

cba

[dark hare]

REAL

me fr

[brisk hinge]

super cool

[delicate silo]

Prop blur

[delicate silo]

Ty

[uneven fog]

Dead stick demo

[uneven fog]

Valid except for one of those patches

It’s stuck right here and not moving

💔💔

IT JUST MOVED BLESS

THANK FUCK

[rocky coyote]

Hell yeah I’ve got a few patches and coins myself

What coins do you have?

[delicate silo]

Which

[delicate silo]

Ones in there

F22, a10 (not coin) and friends of army aviation

[brittle bridge]

where’d u get the tbird one

I love it

[brisk hinge]

that’s viper demo

[brittle bridge]

wait they repainted?

This is the viper demo I know (not my pic)

[brisk hinge]

you’re several years outdated

[brittle bridge]

Last time I saw them it was this livery

[brittle bridge]

Cool

Lowkey like the older one better

[brisk hinge]

?

stupid

[brittle bridge]

It’s not stupid

[brisk hinge]

the current one is so cool

[brittle bridge]

But the viper livery

[delicate silo]

I dony have a tbird one

I didnt want to spend more money even tho it wasn't my money lol

Only tbird merch I got is the f22 pin funny enough

[brittle bridge]

I meant the viper demo one

saw rwb and thought of tbird lmao

[delicate silo]

Fair enough

[rocky coyote]

I’ve got a CO’s coin from a base, HMAS Adelaide, HMNZS Te Mana and USS San Diego

[dusk spindle]

I hate bugs

[dusk spindle]

Luv patches

[delicate silo]

Nice

[rocky coyote]

I’ll go grab out my aviation patches later, most of my patches are from navy fleet and shore units

I’ve got a flight patch from a warship that they had for a counter piracy deployment in the Horn of Africa probably my most unique

[dusk spindle]

This is probably my favorite patch i have lmao

[uneven fog]

That’s awesome

Is that the test squad

Sorry the tigers

I see now

[delicate silo]

so cool

[brittle bridge]

Ofc it’s your favorite

[uneven fog]

TITTIES

Sometimes I forget that other people can see this chat and if they ever looked they’d be severely disappointed

[delicate silo]

Real

[uneven fog]

After seeing the A model and C model F-35 demos within 2 weeks, the A demo absolutely clears the C

It’s not even close

[delicate silo]

C worst f35

[dark hare]

real

[brisk hinge]

B best f-35

[rocky coyote]

Mine would have to be my course patch from last year

My aviation patches

[dark hare]

yumm

i only have 1 patch

[uneven fog]

Horrid take

[delicate silo]

keep hating

its big back amy

wings are WAYYY too big for the fuselage

[uneven fog]

I mean that’s fax

But

The b model exists

Sure it can hover

Except it burns all of its fuel in a hover

And I spent another 30 on a rhino demo shirt, and 30 on a Jolly Roger’s shirt

[delicate silo]

i got me a rhino demo west coast patch

[delicate silo]

the b model ruined the f35 but if we want a hovering plane its the best we can get

so

b & a > c

all day

[uneven fog]

Yea…

No comment

[delicate silo]

🤨

[uneven fog]

The correct order is A, C, B

[delicate silo]

B > C

C is ugly

[uneven fog]

Yea but operationally it makes sense

Tbf so does the B I just don’t like the B

[brisk hinge]

L

[dusk spindle]

Hell yeah it is

[rocky coyote]

Those are only my aviation patches excluding them I’ve got about 30 Royal Australian Navy, about 10 Australian Army, 3 RAAF, 1 US Navy and about 10 ADF Cadet patches

[delicate silo]

holy

[delicate silo]

🙄

[rocky coyote]

I’ve got 3 different kinds of Australian National Flag patches, 2 ANCE patches, my personal field patches and a couple morale patches

I’ve probably got more patches sitting around somewhere and a handful of rank slides then I’ve got my challenge coins as well which I’m pretty proud of

[brisk hinge]

i got a patch from polaris

pretty cool

one of their guys gave it to me while i was working at oshkosh

[dark hare]

Zamn

[rocky coyote]

I’m a bit stacked

[dark hare]

just\

ujst a bit

i have some japanese c5 patch thing

i got it for free

my frind was buying a patch from the c5 at airshow last year and they gave him 2 instead of the 1 he paid for

so he js gave me it

[sage cape]

Japanese C5????

[thorny warren]

Since when did another country besides the us have a c5

[rocky coyote]

I’ve never heard of any country other than the US having the C5

[uneven fog]

@delicate silo LOOK

Sharp raptor

the curse is over

[brittle bridge]

https://tenor.com/view/betterttv-cat-cute-blelele-cat-lick-gif-15490080357201436729

[sage cape]

Sealocked Blackhawks tomorrow 🤙

[delicate silo]

Meh

[dark hare]

Sharp raptor?

[uneven fog]

Last time I saw the Raptor demo a lot of my shots came out pretty soft and Llama made fun of me for it

[dark hare]

My raptor shots were kinda soft too

[delicate silo]

I did indeed

First one is kinda soft but it was taken at 1/250th so i don't wanna hear it

[delicate silo]

Dark imo

[uneven fog]

Prolly

[uneven fog]

Look at the wso

[brisk hinge]

i’m trying to get through my oceana pictures but i’ve been so busy with other things

[brittle bridge]

It’s not straight 😡

[brisk hinge]

cook

[delicate silo]

looks like its at an angle

[delicate silo]

it is

[uneven fog]

I have 2 whole airshows to edit along with a bunch of makeup schoolwork 💔

[delicate silo]

realateable

[dusk spindle]

[brisk hinge]

that’s still crooked

[rocky coyote]

Well neither are you but I don’t see anyone mentioning it

Until now at least

[flint smelt]

https://www.instagram.com/p/DPCta0_jf7w/?igsh=MWhyemQxNXlyamF4eA==

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New colorbird for VMFA-224. Yes, this is real.

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[brisk hinge]

cool

[delicate silo]

Proved yourself wrong

[dusk spindle]

not sure how thats proving myself wrong when I never argued to begin with lol, its at an angle so it will never be perfetly straight

[dusk spindle]

too bad bravos suck and never do anything cool

[uneven fog]

Need the orange one on a 35

[uneven fog]

I can’t tell if this is a joke or not but it’s valid

[flint smelt]

I caught them only once, by far the best looking out there for the Marines.

[brisk hinge]

shooting the E-2 from the tower this past weekend was neat

[uneven fog]

Didn’t have all the clutter I had in front of me

[brisk hinge]

yeah

i love shooting aircraft from up above

like this, or at the mach loop

it's an angle that's hard to reproduce and isn't common

[uneven fog]

I don’t have any mil from above

[delicate silo]

Great spotting angle

Only time I've gotten to shoot from above

[brisk hinge]

neat

[dusk spindle]

Definitely not a joke

They genuinely suck

[uneven fog]

Good looks

“They can hover” for 5 mins before they’re out of gas

[brisk hinge]

that's 5 minutes more than an A or C can

checkmate

[uneven fog]

Idk you saw the C model slow speed demo at Oceana

[brisk hinge]

yawn

[delicate silo]

real

love these with the background

[brisk hinge]

aircraft pictures with a background add so much vs just a blank blue sky

[brittle bridge]

tower in back looks a little wobbly

[brisk hinge]

i forgot to change to mech shutter

[brittle bridge]

mirrorless moment

[delicate silo]

https://tenor.com/view/dym-tsk-tsk-tom-and-jerry-dissapointed-gif-21647617

thought these were cool (unedited)

[uneven fog]

Weird medium between too much blur and not enough blur imo

If there was more motion blur it would look way more cooler

Or if they were frozen it would still look cool

Personal opinion Ik most will disagree

[delicate silo]

I got some panning but that was 1/1600th

I usally never shoot 1/1600th but decided to try it for that airshow

[dark hare]

H

@spare lantern

hi mr i cant talk @spare lantern

[lavish ember]

oh god your a local

sorry you went to foco

[delicate silo]

why lol

[lavish ember]

cause it sucks

genuinely one of the worst airports i've ever been to

[delicate silo]

I enjoyed it above my expectations

(very low)

[lavish ember]

be very very very happy it was cloudy

[delicate silo]

It wasn't really lol

Only part of the time

Still sunburnt lol

[lavish ember]

this was 2021

[delicate silo]

Rip

Is grand junction any better?

Never been

[lavish ember]

is it better

[delicate silo]

Lighting wise

[delicate silo]

I see

Hope we get 22 demo again

[delicate silo]

At ppr or grand junction

[lavish ember]

pikes was good but my experience was horrible

[delicate silo]

How so

[lavish ember]

ran out of water and lost my buddy

[delicate silo]

How do you lose your buddy

[lavish ember]

uhhhhh

i walked the static line, he bought merch

it did not work out very well

[delicate silo]

Cellphones exist ..

[lavish ember]

no cell service

[delicate silo]

Pretty sure there is, its the middle of the springs erm

[lavish ember]

yes but when you sell out tix and everyone tries to go live at once it bricks

gjt was like that, foco was like that, ppr was like that

[delicate silo]

There was a little bit of service or at least during the show you can call him

[lavish ember]

gjt does have the better bg tho

[delicate silo]

Yeah thats fire

Great lighting

They should totally get the f22 demo :>

[lavish ember]

PPR was fun

[delicate silo]

You did the impossible
Pictures with no people in them

[lavish ember]

my show photos didn't turn out so hot but hey

statics

[delicate silo]

I got some decent ones for my first airshow

[lavish ember]

i did ppr on film too

at least some of it

[delicate silo]

Funny

That truck ruins the vibe

[flint smelt]

@sage cape is army aviation where its at?

[delicate silo]

Man I hope they somehow get raptors out there

Thats super cool

[delicate silo]

Natus life is army aviation lol

[lavish ember]

i did film at gjt too lol

[delicate silo]

Or a corsair out there thats sick too

Maybe both a dream !

[delicate silo]

Who's corsair is that

I dont recognize it

[lavish ember]

"Corsair LLC"

oregon bird

[delicate silo]

Interesting

[lavish ember]

i think owned in part by erickson

[delicate silo]

Hm

[delicate silo]

Aura

Did it do any flying

[lavish ember]

yes but i didn't get very good photos

nor have i edited any of them

[delicate silo]

[lavish ember]

[delicate silo]

I honestly havent gone through any of my prop plane photos from ppr besides corsair

I might edit a few stang evil eventually

Good looking aircraft

[lavish ember]

i just saved my time and caught it at bjc

[sage cape]

Abso fucking lutely it is

Couple of very quick edits from today

[dark hare]

😋 😋 😋 😋

[delicate silo]

heat haze

[lavish loom]

I dont think that'll work with it stealth

[dusk spindle]

💀

[uneven fog]

Except if ur within visual range with an f35 something is wrong

[lavish loom]

no like

the coating has stealth properties

[uneven fog]

They can paint it and it’s still stealth

The AL ANG has a bunch of red tailed jets

Thunderbolts CAG has a bunch of paint

[delicate silo]

they can have paint

[flint smelt]

Still trying to see that one. Last time it was here, it was broken.

One of ur 35s was here for a month I believe, finally left a couple weeks ago.

[sage cape]

It’s always broken

[flint smelt]

Lol, at least u finally caught it.

[sage cape]

oh damn lmao

[uneven fog]

Don’t you guys only have like 8 growlers

[sage cape]

12

[sage cape]

I fucking love the PC-21

[delicate silo]

Natu kinda cooked

[brisk hinge]

proud of this shot

[brittle bridge]

more prop blur 😡

[brisk hinge]

i'm not listening to advice from someone who just shoots tractors all day long

[brittle bridge]

real

1" shutter when

get allat prop blur

[brisk hinge]

if i'd slowed down too much, the herc in the bacground wouldn't be cool

[brittle bridge]

cobre stop stealing levs photos

[uneven fog]

lol