Thank you to everyone that came out last night for the shoot.
There were eight of us who made the trek to PASM.
John B
Joe C
Rob S
Brian C
Kevin C
Anna W
Craig Swancy (guest of Anna)
Gary Edwards (guest of Anna)
We lucked out with superb weather. Just the right amount of photogenic cloud cover, a pretty nice sunset and great temps.
It has been fun to watch everyone's skills/techniques, at night, at PASM develop and grow. I saw some great stuff on the back of everyone's cameras.
Looking forward to seeing what gets posted up here on the forum.
Thank you to Pima Air and Space Museum and John Bezosky for hosting us. Always one of the highlights of my year.
GOLDEN OLDIE
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After John and I were commiserating about squandering blue-hour opportunities on previous night shoots, I was determined to not let the blue hour go to waste.
HUNGRY FOR VIETNAMESE
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PASM's F-105G, craving an SA-2 site for a midnight snack.
Thanks to everyone who came out to shoot on Saturday night. It turned out to be a good night for us as we had no rain and it stayed fairly warm on the museum grounds for the entire evening.
Nice work, Joe! I look forward to seeing more and I can't wait to see how we all did for the night.
Thanks John, and thanks for having us out there. Always a great time. Can't wait to see everyone's stuff myself. Anna's Mohawk, both Brian's and Rob's attempts on the Harrier line-up, the team efforts on the B-36 and B-58 . . .
Good stuff Joe.
I don't know how these always end up being a bad time for me to participate. I have been wanting to spend a weekend down in Tucson for a long time, yet it's not come together.
Hopefully it does sooner, rather than later.
S.C.
Our Playground Awaits
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Gary Edwards, Craig Swancy and myself, scoping out our opportunities.
THREE-WAR VETERAN
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Weird effect on the tips of the props. Initially I thought I had overcooked it in Viveza, but when I went back to the original, it was still there, so I'm guessing that's an effective native to the Lensbaby.
SKYSCRAPER
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Double dork-job on this one. Shot it with a gimmicky Lensbaby lens, then processed it in AnalogEfx.
Much thanks to John for allowing us to play yet again!
Hi Ho! Hi Ho!
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Le Magnifique
Dear lord... I think I've found a new favorite plane at PASM! The Etendard is downright beautiful!
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Do Ya Feel Lucky, Punk?
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Pretty Birdie
No color correction on this one... that's the sunset we had!
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Dreamsicle
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Snowbird
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M is for Menacing
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'Murica
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7864/46083030805_e5184dd099_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ddczxT)
Ye Olde Birds
My attempt at a single shot of all the British Harriers. Not bad, I guess. Looking forward to seeing Rob's!
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7884/40032217053_9d435d6412_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23ZvzqR)
Solid sets. Brian. I'm impressed with that BUFF shot - lighting up a dark subject in cool colors can be tricky, but it totally works in that shot.
And that LC-130 is near the top of my restoration dream sheet. That'd look so good in new paint with bright colors.
SEA DEMON
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EVIL PHROG
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Thank you Joe! I gotta admit... However gimmicky that Lensbaby is, you take some great shots with it!
To The Heavens
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Skypainter
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RESCUE ROW
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FIST OF THE FLEET
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TRIPLE PALINDROME
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ANA 787 with RR engines.
THUNDERSTRUCK
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MIG-15UTI Fagot
Used a Yongnuo YN300 III led panel, in a 40cm Godox softbox. About 10-12 layers masked in Photoshop to bring out the various bits on the aircraft. 37mm, f8, iso 400, 2 sec - 8 sec exposures.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7917/33178984098_c44c61f0bf_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SxUY2Y)
F-16 Fighting Falcon
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OV-1C Mohawk
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[\game] :o :o
Cut The Ribbon
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Pretty good work so far! Thanks again to everybody who dropped in for the evening. Here are a couple from the evening:
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Grumman EA-6B Prowler 158542 "FrankenProwler" (http://www.ipernity.com/doc/jbezosky/48119146) par John Bezosky Jr. (http://www.ipernity.com/home/jbezosky), on ipernity
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Douglas F4D-1 Skyray 134748 (http://www.ipernity.com/doc/jbezosky/48119148) par John Bezosky Jr. (http://www.ipernity.com/home/jbezosky), on ipernity
DARK FORTRESS
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SPY TIGER
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7870/46166624085_925798bae7_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2dkA1Vk)
Convair B-58 Hustler
4 frames blended. Lit with a Yongnuo Yn300 III in a 40cm Godox softbox. With some help from Craig Swancy to trigger my camera shutter while I back lit the aircraft on a couple frames, hiding behind the center section.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7839/33244173428_259106a515_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SDF5xW)
Well worth all the effort Anna, very nice photo, hard work always pays off.
Quote from: Tower Guy on February 17, 2019, 11:07:20 AM
Well worth all the effort Anna, very nice photo, hard work always pays off.
Thank you Harvey....
Hawker Siddeley TAV-8A Harrier Trainer
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Took me a few attempts to figure out how to post process this and get the 3 layer stack of images to work.
Quote from: Anna M. Wood on March 17, 2019, 11:34:01 PM
Took me a few attempts to figure out how to post process this and get the 3 layer stack of images to work.
Must have been something about the Harriers that night, as my 'Fist of the Fleet' Sea Harrier shot on the first page of this thread was also a composite, but only of two shots. (The doubled shadows are a giveaway, as the two best images I had to 'average out' were lit from slightly different angles).
I was actually talking about this technique with Doug on the way home from El Centro today as part of a bigger discussion on teaching lightpainting and how to avoid some of the pitfalls like 'splotchy' light on a subject. I've done composites a few times in the past to sort of 'average out' the best lighting from two or three separate lightpainting shots in cases where I didn't quite nail the lighting in-camera on a single exposure.
What was your workflow on this one?