Simviation Forum - Closer Snowbird shots

Apr 15^th, 2005 at 10:42am

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It would be nice to have my old film camera and my long(400mm zoom) for these kind of shots, but my poor tired little 2 MP digital is going to have to do .......I shot this out the front door of work yesterday (Wed)......Yes indeed, the Snowbirds are back for their twice a day practice sessions over the skies of Comox/Courtenay and the Comox Valley........with almost three weeks of them here, I anticipate getting up to the end of the runway to see about shooting them out of the sky...... Wink

They are turning a 180 here to go downwind, right to left, before making their landing break......

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Reply #1 - Apr 15^th, 2005 at 11:12am

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Reply #2 - Apr 15^th, 2005 at 1:03pm

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Nice Ken!
Now I am sure you have a camera in your car while they are in town, right! Wink

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Reply #3 - Apr 15^th, 2005 at 1:11pm

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Dave, you know all too well of all my stories of missed images...... Embarrassed

........hmmmm, now where did I leave that darn camera ? ??? Roll Eyes

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Reply #4 - Apr 16^th, 2005 at 10:52am

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cool 8)

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Reply #5 - Apr 16^th, 2005 at 11:36am

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Nice Ken!

Reminds me of my time spent living up in Lincolnshire, and seeing the Red Arrows practicing over the winter months...

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Reply #6 - Apr 18^th, 2005 at 10:07am

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looks good

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Reply #7 - Apr 20^th, 2005 at 2:43am

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Here is how we find out if the boys are really back in town ...just in case someone is deaf, they put this on the front page of the paper........

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Reply #8 - Apr 29^th, 2005 at 12:55am

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I took a little local heat for not posting some closer images of the boys, so here are a couple which I shot with my little 2 MP Olympus......

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Reply #9 - Apr 29^th, 2005 at 1:09am

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Great shots! I'm still waiting for Candace to develop the pictures she took when she went up with them on their first practice demonstration of the year - lucky girl.

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Reply #10 - Apr 30^th, 2005 at 11:29am

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wow! I'm loving those shots! Getting me in the mood for an airshow!

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Reply #11 - May 2^nd, 2005 at 1:06pm

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I took a little local heat for not posting some closer images of the boys, so here are a couple which I shot with my little 2 MP Olympus......

Very nice too. I find these formation shots the most difficult.

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