Luke Days 2014

[Tower Guy]

Very nice shot of the F-86s Steve, neat aircraft to watch fly, it was great that there were two for formation flying.

[azspyder]

Thank you Harvey. Overall, I thought it was a great show. I loved the F-86's and the Heritage stuff. The P-38/F-35 combo is not something you are going to see to often.

[azbill]

[Tower Guy]

WE HAVE LIFTOFF

A shuttle painted to look like the Thunderbirds by Tower Guy, on Flickr

[Anna M. Wood]

Neat shot Harvey....   

[Tower Guy]

Thank you Anna, I like to have a little fun along with trying to improve my photography.

[Tower Guy]

A Lightning to help the roll out of the Lightning II

P-38 "23 Skidoo" by Tower Guy, on Flickr

[Dan]

Well, I was going to post some of my photos of the Thunderbirds, but then I saw azbill's.  So I figured he must've been the one on the field with the $10,299.95 (MSRP).Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 600mm f/4G ED VR lens.  Yes, I looked up the lens when I got home!  Great photo, azbill!

[azbill]

You're too kind Dan, post em up!
600mm eh....wouldn't that be nice!?!?    Heck, I'd be beyond thrilled to own the 500mm!
Thanks again Dan.

Bill

[KeithS]

I'll have to do "the day before Luke Days" here...


...and, he was probably more comfortable than I was at the time.

[Dan]

KeithS - Holy.  Cow. 

Okay, here's one of mine.  Got there late, so I didn't get to the flight line until the pair of F86 Sabres was in the air, but I got everything else.

Side note- anyone have any tips for bringing out the shock diamonds without making the rest of the photo way too dark?

[Tower Guy]

I always thought all 4 were at slightly different altitudes

Thunderbird 4 point cross over. by Tower Guy, on Flickr

[Dan]

I'm still going through my photos; I think I have to be more critical with which to keep.  Here are the finalists so far on my Google Drive:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-ogJzviuo2WQUR6Y1hlM0FxZ0E&usp=sharing

Comments, tips, tricks, opinions, and suggestions all welcome.  Thank you!

[azspyder]

[KeithS]

azspyder, that is nice.