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Air Show Bust - photos from a distance 40-150 2.8 (traffic JAM alert)

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Air Show Bust - photos from a distance 40-150 2.8 (traffic JAM alert)
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Well, the Rocky Mountain Airshow is very popular this year with the first showing of the AF Thunderbirds in 18 years in the Denver Area.  Completely sold out.  Many people who bought tickets for last night didn't go due to rain storms.  Today was beautiful weather.   Went with my brother but we got a late start (our fault) and spent nearly 2.5 hours in a traffic jam with at least another 1 to 1.5 hours to go to get to the parking lots, much less into the park/reservoir area where it was being held.  Traffic was at a crawl and were still 4+ miles away by road. (found out we would have been turned away by the time we got there due to no more parking.  The photos below are of the thunderbirds but shot from a great distance at their nearest approach to where we were stuck in traffic.  OMD-EM5II with 40-150 F2.8.

Amazed that there is any detail at all considering the distance and atmospheric haze.  We are going back very early tomorrow morning.  Parking lots open at 7:00 AM, 2 hours before the park opens.   Breakfast and coffee in the car I guess, in the parking lot.   Hopefully tomorrow I can get some really good shots since we will be at the actual park and show area and not 4+ miles away.

This shows the view at 150mm (300mm equivalent)

Tight crop of the image above.  Amazing that can see the shape clearly and some of the greater detail.

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