Luke Air Force Base (LUF, KLUF)

[Joe Copalman]

[Bubak]

[Jay Beckman]

30-Frame Stitched Pano of the view from the Tower
The full-res version is over 28,000 pixels wide and is roughly 740Mb (2.6Gb unflattened)



100% (+/-) Crop looking out over the TBirds toward the Golden Knights and the B-1B Bomber

[Bubak]

...very coool, Jay!

[Jay Beckman]

It was more a case of "I wonder if the new computer can do this...?" It only took about two minutes to crunch through the adjustments and stitching.

This view on one of the two show days would have been more interesting I think.

[Joe Copalman]

A few more shots from a visit back in January.

[cpasley]

Did a bit of spotting yesterday

F-16C 308th Fighter Squadron by Chris Pasley, on Flickr

F-16D 89-0164 310th Fighter Squadron by Chris Pasley, on Flickr

F-16C 90-0493 310th Fighter Squadron by Chris Pasley, on Flickr

[cpasley]

F-16C 425th Fighter Wing 94-7270 by Chris Pasley, on Flickr

[Joe Copalman]

Gorgeous light, Chris.

What editing program are you using?  There are several ways to get rid of the chromatic aberration on the landing light.  I get that a lot with my 75-300 - lights and reflected highlights get blown out into a purplish blob.  Pretty easy fix.

[cpasley]

You can fix that?!? I use Lightroom 3.4, please tell me how

[Joe Copalman]

I'm not a Lightroom guy, but apparently there's a tool specifically for dealing with CA issues: http://x-equals.com/blog/?p=4996.  This was just the first tutorial I clicked on, there were many others.

You can also brute-force it by selecting only the light and either desaturating it, adjusting the color temperature. or a combination of both.  

[cpasley]

I'm not a Lightroom guy, but apparently there's a tool specifically for dealing with CA issues: http://x-equals.com/blog/?p=4996.  This was just the first tutorial I clicked on, there were many others.

You can also brute-force it my selecting only the light and either desaturating it, adjusting the color temperature. or a combination of both. 

Thanks Joe! Now I cant wait to get home and try it

[Dave S.]

I'm not a Lightroom guy, but apparently there's a tool specifically for dealing with CA issues: http://x-equals.com/blog/?p=4996.  This was just the first tutorial I clicked on, there were many others.

Joe,

This http://x-equals.com/blog... has some seriously awesome Lightroom info.  Thanks for pointing Chris (and the rest of us) to it!

- Dave

[scottcolbath]

Gorgeous light, Chris.

Agreed. real nice.

S.C.

[Matt Ottosen]

Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon
Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF)
425th Fighter Squadron (425 FS) "Blackwidows"