O the early morning static shooting, it’s so much fun and exhausting. It’s the good kind though. Nothing like waking up before sunrise, walking out onto the runway and seeing the great looking planes begging to be photographed. The Corsair F4-U has been a favorite of everyone. It just has that great look to it. It’s the bend in the wings that i like. No other plane here has that u shape in them. Of course that’s partly cuz they would be folded up on the aircraft carriers. The light hit the side and began to sparkle. Shooting in low light, with a shutter speed of 1/30s made it a fun shoot.
As the shooting with the Corsair winded down, some of us headed towards the jets at the end of the runway, where we found this Super Hornet F18. It was lit up even more spectacular than the Corsair. The really cool thing was the wing tips were folded up which added a bit more drama and pattern to the plane. One of the tips is right over the canopy. A few more clicks then it was time to go, short session with that one but worth every second. Can’t wait to see what else will come out today.
Images captured with D3, AF-S NIKKOR 70-200 VR 2.8, on Lexar UDMA Digital Film