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Re: R7 at the Edwards Air Force Base airshow
JayLT4 wrote:
I had the opportunity to spend the weekend out at Edwards Air Force base for their Aerospace Valley Airshow over the weekend. I took both the R7 and the R5, but planned on using the R7 for most of the flight shots and the R5 for most of the statics and taxi shots.
The R7 had the RF 100-500 and the R5 had either the 14-35 or the 24-105.
The lighting was pretty rough at times as the sun was in front and to the right but moved off a bit towards the afternoon. However, the clouds on Saturday made up for the issues with the sun. Some near-perfect skies in my opinion. Sunday, on the other hand, was completely void of clouds which made things a bit more difficult as it was a bit hazy from the bright sun. But you work with what you have.
Overall it was a great show. Was able to see a lot of things I had never seen in the air before, and the NASA jets rounded things out quite well.
I shot mainly on shutter-priority, with a mixture of electronic shutter for jets (and no opposing passes) and EFCS for props (and opposing passes). Multiple buttons set for different focus options helped get a decent composition with varying situations and overall the R7 did a very good job, especially considering the conditions.
Still have tons of shots to sort through as I've barely looked at Sunday and any of the static display shots just yet.
Wonderful, wonderful shots! Congrats! And what a selection of birds! And seeing (and hearing) a 747 with its classic engines nowadays is so great!!