On the ramp by 06:00, we were greeted by not only some promising clouds on the horizon, but the entire Blue Angel flight line a buzz with activity basically sinking my morning photographic plans. Oh well, I went over to the F15s to work them in the coming color.<\/p>\n
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First, I kissed the ground, literally. I unscrewed the BH-55 from the tripod, put it flat on the ground and did this 5 image HDR of two of the F15s. I really love the image, not too thrilled with my first processing. I lost too much of the black so when my eyes are not so tired, I will rework this image to bring it back. But the loss of the black is why the canopy on the rear jet is not a sharp line. That just won’t do.<\/p>\n
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Then I saw this vastly improved image of the lone Blue Angel at the end of the runway. So this time using the 200-400VR, I made this 5 image HDR. I love the romance of color I really like. I have to admit, taking a five image HDR with the 200-400, I wondered if I would have five sharp, alligned images. Glad I did.<\/p>\n
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Then I saw this one, single click, simple, clean image of the sunrise through the canopy and I was a very happy camper. While I know HDR and can use it, I really rather not. Simple and clean is so much easier to do when you’re not awake. I have one more morning to shoot, I’m scratching my imagination what to some up with. If I don’t have flight crews and truck on the tarmac, I have an idea which might be fun. Time will tell. I can tell you the group of very talented photographers I’m shooting with, Scott<\/strong><\/a>, Bill, Bill<\/strong><\/a>, Richard, Jake,<\/strong><\/a> Joe<\/strong><\/a> & Kevin<\/strong><\/a> are keeping me on my toes. They are producing some beautiful images. I mean, check out this Warthog by Scott. Wow!<\/p>\n Photo captured by D3x, 24PC-E \/ 200-400VR on Lexar UDMA digital film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On the ramp by 06:00, we were greeted by not only some promising clouds on the horizon, but the entire Blue Angel flight line a buzz with activity basically sinking my morning photographic plans. Oh well, I went over to the F15s to work them in the coming color.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[117],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-9120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-races"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Podcast.jpg?fit=1500%2C1500&quality=100&ssl=1","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"amazon":{"key":"amazon","url":"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Podcast\/B08JJQC1GR?ref=a_pd_item-n_c0_bc&pf_rd_p=1da7ab30-c785-4a0e-a160-4a7e7077b353&pf_rd_r=EEDMYHQM3DZ05FPRTHMJ","label":"Amazon","class":"amazon","icon":"amazon.png"},"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"rss":{"key":"rss","url":"","label":"RSS","class":"rss","icon":"rss.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2fRA9VaVfSdQMKf1ipxr0tipxr0t","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"itunes":{"key":"itunes","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/moose-podcast\/id1107405746","label":"iTunes","class":"itunes","icon":"itunes.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/moose-podcast","embedCode":"Reno Air Race morning, better start<\/a><\/blockquote>