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Thanks Jeff.  It was one of the clearest nights I could remember since coming south to the Carolinas.  The Moon almost seemed to sparkle it was so clear.

Compelling Image Chris.  My Navy retirement flag flew over the USS Arizona prior to my retirement in 1988.  My first visit to the memorial brought almost overwhelming emotion.  My father help raise the Battleship West Virginia after the attack on Pearl Harbor.  He spent the rest of the war in the the Pacific on aircraft carriers. Well captured and perfectly titled.  Thanks for posting.

Thanks Harvey.  They performed their "Low Show" at MCAS Beaufort because the cloud cover was in and out almost all day.  That didn't prevent me from getting one of the worst sunburns I've had in years.  Yikes that smarts. 

Awesome!  I went to Highschool (Cortez) with Vince (Alice).  We were initiated into the Cortez Letterman's Club together.  Vince (Alice) for Cross Country and me for Football.  We also ran track together.  He was a pretty good athlete and his bands are pretty good too 

Ross, nice capture of the "Bug".  I had a '73 Bug that was the same color as the one in your image.  I put 244,000 miles on it before selling it.  I think it's still on the road up in Maine.  What a workhorse that car was, transporting my family from duty station to duty station (Scotland to Maine, to Alaska, and back to Maine.  My kids loved that car as much as I did.  Lots of memories.  Thanks for posting your very nice image.

Thanks Harvey.  It's an old image that I never processed because it was close to a similar image.  This one as it turned out is a much better image.  Thanks again.  I hope to see you all again in September.  Susie and I are coming back for my 50th College Football Team Reunion.  We'll be in the area most of the month. 

Thanks for the additional background and new image.  The two Merlin images I posted are old shots that I never processed.  I liked the way they turned out and thought both might be good enough to be posted on the AZAP pages.  I hope all is well with you.  I did see several of you images will scanning through aviation magazines at Barnes and Noble recently.  Congrats and well done.  The images were spectacular.   I will be making a trip back to Arizona in September for my College Football Team's 50 Reunion (Yes, I actually did play college football).   Susie and I will be there most of the month, so maybe I'll be able to participate in an AZAP shoot if you have one scheduled.  All the best from the Low Country of South Carolina. 

Nice shot Ned.  It is amazing to watch these ladies and their horses navigate those barrels.  I would have fallen off the horse as soon as they said go   Did they give you any grief when you tried to enter the rodeo grounds?  I was stopped at the gate of the Prescott Rodeo because my camera looked too professional...I finally got through when I convinced them that the person holding the camera was nowhere near as professional looking as the camera I was holding.  They finally let me in and I got a few shots, but none as nice has this. 

The fading light on the locomotive is very nice.  The subtle highlights and shade create a spectacular image.  Well done Jeff.

Thank you Harvey.  One could easily spend days there and not see it all.  The place is magical in that it changes so dramatically with each season and even during the changing light conditions during a single day.  Everything looks different as the light and sun angles change. If you like bugs, there are plenty of them to see, If you like birds and other wildlife there's lots, and the flowering plants are too numerous to count (shapes, sizes and colors). 

Congratulations Anna.  A difficult shot in low light.  Very nice!

Beautiful set Jay.  Wonderful shots all.  I would have loved to have been there to see it in person.  Thanks for the posts.

Excellent tribute shot Joe.  One can almost see the saddened smile on the face of this Phantom driver.  The Last Lap and Last Goodbye are both so appropriate.  It's sad to know that we'll not see them fly again.  Especially us "Old Guys" who saw them come to the inventory and perform so powerfully over the years in the defense of our Nation.  Thanks for posting.   

Beautiful capture Joe.  Well done!

Nice Air Force Academy shots John.  The helmet paint scheme reminds me of the post Vietnam F-4E Phantom shark mouth colors.  Excellent captures all.