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By: Joel Aron
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Photographer	Joel Aron {Karma:14920}
Project	N/A	Camera Model	Canon EOS 20D
Categories	At Work Transportation Journalism	Film Format
Portfolio	At Work San Francisco Airplanes	Lens	Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
Uploaded	10/6/2006	Film / Memory Type	Sandisk 1g Extreme3
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Views	1081	Shutter	1/500
Favorites	0	Aperture	f/5.6
Critiques	15	Rating	Pending / 2 Ratings
Location	City - San Francisco State - CALIFORNIA Country - United States
About	Today is the first day of 'Fleet Week' here in the San Francisco Bay. For the last 6 years, I have been away from home for this weekend. For once, I am home, and our work has re-located to the SF Presideo. Lunch today was the perfect break in the day to watch the 'The Blue Angel's' practice in the bay, as they do every year before the show on Sunday. In the early afternoon, they had come out for a second session. The rain had stopped, and the sun started to break. it was a full on show in the bay, and everyone from work came out in the sun to watch, as you couldn't get any work done with it sounding like the flight deck from "Top Gun" outside. The one amazing vision, is that of when a modern fighter jet gives the illusion that it's going away from you, when in fact, it's coming at you. Like an Escher. Brilliant and beautiful design, the F/A-18 Horent. I'm so glad that I'm around this weekend for the show.

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Joel Aron {K:14920} 10/11/2006

Thank you Elisa! :)

-j

NN {K:26787} 10/11/2006

Hi Joel! Awesome blue angels in the blue sky! Nicely composed ... a great capture, indeed!

Joel Aron {K:14920} 10/10/2006

Hi Andrew!

Thank you very much!

The trick (besides luck) to getting images like this, are to not only have a lens that can do it, but to shot A LOT of images at the same time! This was the case for this, in that I have about 10 images of the planes closing in on where I was standing. I pretty much filled my 1gig card in a matter of minutes! ...but it's what ya' gotta do to get the shot!

good luck!
cheers,
-Joel

Andrew George {K:343} 10/10/2006

Hey Jeol

Great shot here, I like the vertical line-up. Question: What's the best way to capture planes in the air since they are moving so fast and most of the time you need a telephoto lens.

Hope all is well, Andrew

Joel Aron {K:14920} 10/6/2006

Thank pops!

...yes... i am happy with the new lens! :)

yeah...the IS does eat up battery life. Just this week, i picked up the battery extender for my 20D. So, now I have double battery power, and it added a little extra size to my camera body..and that's a good thing, because the lens was making the body look tiny, and now I have a little extra to hold on to for balance!

off to work... the angels are out again today for practice, and i'm going to fill up my gig card again!

see ya

J

Jan Hoffman {K:39467} 10/6/2006

Great shot; you are just showing off that new lens!:)
It is razor sharp.
I have a smaller non-L with stabilizer (17-85) and have noticed that the little puppy can suck your battery dry at a much faster rate.
Love, Pops