October 6, 2009

• Miramar Air Show – Autofocus Workshop!

  I had an awesome time this past Saturday, shooting photos with 10 other photographers down in San Diego at the annual Miramar Air Show.  I’ve shot quite a few air shows in the past, so I’ll keep the repetitive “look, an airplane in the sky!” photos to a minimum.  Here are the creative, artistic moments and images that actually seemed new and fresh to me…

  Enjoy!

  All images were shot on a D300, with either a Sigma 50-150 for the telephoto images or a Nikon 24 AIS (manual focus) for the wide angles.  All images were shot RAW except the first 2 which were JPG, and all were processed in Bridge CS3.  I spent just a few minutes editing the whole set.  More images will be uploaded to my Facebook soon!

  =Matt=

  

  (Sunrise.  My car was parked in this line for about 40 minutes, the line grew to be 3+ miles long…)

  

  (The Jet Truck.  Flippin’ sweet!)

  

  (I know most people won’t get this, but, “nom nom nom!”…)

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  (This was a 30 second exposure, taken from a tripod.  The airplane moved, and cars also drove through.  And the clouds moved.)

  

  (30 second exposure, at 150mm)

  

  (By the way, if you’re wondering-  This was an airplane with fireworks and sparklers attached to the wings.  Crazy!)

  

  (The obligatory fireworks shot…  Yay.)

  

  (…And the “Ahhhh we’re all gonna die!”  Wall-of-Fire shot…)

  

  (It’s a safe distance away, don’t worry.  Still looks like Armageddon, and you can FEEL the heat from 100-200+ yards…)

  

  (I love f/16.  And no that’s not an F-16 Falcon, it’s an AH-64 Apache.  I’m talking about the starburst effect.)
  (…Too bad the bright lights weren’t behind, cause It would have been super cool to get a head-on shot…)

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