Non Aviation Photography Thread

[Mike Margolis]

Got to shoot some raptors in free flight at the ASDM - Wow! What an amazing experience! Also got to meet up with Ned there!
ASDM bird landing-38910 by Mike Margolis Photography, on Flickr

[Mike Margolis]

Pretty bird! (At ASDM)
Bird 1 Free Flight -38464 by Mike Margolis Photography, on Flickr

[Mike Margolis]

Looking right down the intake, as the target!
Close 1 Free Flight -38428 by Mike Margolis Photography, on Flickr

[Scott Youmans]

Wow!!!

[Tower Guy]

Mike, I pretty much agree with Scott, WOW. That is a very unique shot, congrats!

[Jeff D. Welker]

Eric; I always enjoy your images from Yosemite. These are especially nice considering they are analog. I really like the non-traditional perspective on Half Dome. Any chance you've taken some Half Dome photographs from AA's historic "diving board" perspective? I hear it is an arduous hike to that location?

[Mike Margolis]

Thanks guys!! If anyone has not been to the raptor free flight exhibit at the ASDM - it is a must do/required activity!! I can not wait to go back!

Eric, very nice share and thanks for reminding me...
I have a large box of slides that I shot in the early to mid 80's that I've not seen since then and really must scan.
They include a few boxes of Pt. Magu, Fallon and maybe El Toro airshows where I shot with a borrowed 500mm, manual focus, bazooka lens! I borrowed it from the UCSB yearbook/newspaper department - where I "earned" a whopping $5 per published photo!!
There should be a bunch of Blues, F-14's, F-4's, A-6's, A-4's, A-7's and even some SR-71's (doing full burner passes) shots in there!! And, maybe even the elusive and very rare Mig-28 as well!!

Sadly, now that I think about it, there was also a fatal AT-6/SNJ crash at Fallon during one of those airshows (RIP)... The Blues still flew that day with the wreckage smoldering on the inboard runway at show center...

[Matt Ottosen]

A couple of Gambel's quail that were running around 40th Street while I was out there this afternoon.

[Matt Ottosen]

The main curtain at the Bird Cage Theatre in Tombstone, Arizona.

The Show Must Go On

[Matt Ottosen]

Bisbee, Arizona

Back in Time (I dropped in a little Easter egg for fun.)


Original is attached below.

[Matt Ottosen]

Bird Cage Theatre
Tombstone, Arizona

[Matt Ottosen]

Boot Hill Graveyard, Tombstone, Arizona

DUTCH ANNIE
1883


HERE LIES GEORGE JOHNSON HANGED BY MISTAKE
HE WAS RIGHT WE WAS WRONG BUT WE STRUNG HIM UP AND NOW HES GONE
1882


HERE LIES LESTER MOORE
FOUR SLUGS FROM A 44
NO LES NO MORE


Murdered in the Streets of TOMBSTONE
1881

[Scott Youmans]

Unidentified water fowl flying east over the Salt "River". Ned will find this photo laughable in terms of quality but I like the "pose".  Heavily cropped (always a good excuse).  Also hoping Ned will identify these noble beasts of the air.

[Chris Janes]

Ferrari F430
Ferrari F430 by Chris Janes, on Flickr

Ferrari F430 by Chris Janes, on Flickr

[Jeff D. Welker]

Terrific images of the Ferrari Chris. You can't beat those Italian lines.

Recently Harvey and I were shooting at the guardrail at Luke. An instructor pilot from one of the Deer Valley flight schools stopped and talked with us for a few minutes. He was driving an AC Cobra. While it is a kit car, it was very nicely executed. Since I've always had a fond spot for these bad boys, I took a quick photo. It wasn't just a looker, it sounded terrific