Airshow photos - Rockford, Illinois F-22 Raptor & More

[freybear3]

I thought i would share some of my photos of the airshow as well.

They were taken at KRFD, Rockford, Illinois Aug. 22nd 2009 at the Airfest 2009

(Be sure to check out Jessicas photos as well - http://digital-photography-school.co...tml#post624737

[jakethepig]

Another great airshow set freybear and all of them are excellent. My favourite is the last one, that is just awesome. Nice work my friend.

Dave.

[AndCity]

Nice shots, all of them. Unfortunately the Americans don't put on any big airshows over here anymore. Mildenhall used to be one of the highlights of my year.

[freybear3]

Dave - Thanks

AndCity - Thanks when was your last airshow?

[jessicalynn]

these are all great! I think the second is my favorite, maybe because at my point I couldnt get any like this. lol the last is amazing too! and thanks for the link to mine as well. If there is any other events in the area that would be good for practicing, do share please! I'm an hour east of Rockford.

[freybear3]

Hi,

I am unsure of any upcoming events in the area.

It is cool to talk to someone on here, who is locally

The 1st and 2nd pic are my favs.


I seen a photo that was taken by a professional photographer, taken yesterday, of the raptor and the background was the wall of fire. it was probably the best photo i have seen in a long time, it was taken by a guy named nathan. If your interested in seeing it, let me know.

[agresbach]

I agree, that last one is awesome! couldntve been easy getting focus on something moving so fast! good job!

[AndCity]

AndCity - Thanks when was your last airshow?[/QUOTE]



A few years ago now unfortunately! Family life and the expense of it curtails a few things! The last show I went to was a Spitfire anniversary at Duxford in Cambridgeshire. It was awesome seeing and hearing so many Spitfires flying together!

[freybear3]

agresbach - I actually did this on manual focus. I was anticipating vapor trails due to the dewpoints and it being morning time So i decided to try manual focus. Usually i do auto focus, but i didn't want to miss this photo shot It was interesting trying to do manual focus on the Raptor, lol. It was one of the most challenging photos i have taken to date.

AndCity - that would of been nice to see! Spitfires are pretty airplanes.

[freybear3]

heres the EXIF info on the last photo, if anyone's interested in it



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