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June 23, 2009

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More shots taken from last Saturday’s event at the 94th Aero Squadron.

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Cleveland National Air Show

Went up to Burke Lake Airport this Labor Day Weekend (well, Sunday) for the Cleveland National Air Show. I was really bummed at first that I would not have a 200mm lens of some sort to shoot with. Sometime around Thursday or Friday, though, I just trusted in the fact that composition and framing would win over super zooming. Out of the 1600+ shots I snapped (I know, right?!?!), I came up with about 150 that I was really proud of. The full album can be found on my Facebook page here . I’ve put a handful of the pictures that I’m really pleased with. Please keep in mind that I went with a mission to get some great shots, but in between the demonstrations, I found myself transported back to when I was about 8 yrs old and my neighbor would take me to the Dayton Air Show and I saw the Thunderbirds for the very first time. In between that childlike fascination and the scream of afterburners, I found that I had a great time AND got some pix I’m happy with.

The galaxy is on Orion's Belt.

About this time every year, my favorite constellation holds a party...a shower if you will. The Orionid Meteor shower. Last night I decided to stay up and see what all the fuss is about. Got a few good shots of my fave star pattern to start out the evening (evening being about 2:30AM) And here's the shot-from the lower left star in the belt, start heading diagonally to the lower left corner..see that little streak that looks like a scratch? Yup-meteor! I didn't think I got any caught on film of the 3 I saw. How about you? Any one else got any stellar shots from last nights celestial bash?

Little House In The Country

Another trip to Dan’s today afforded me another opportunity to brush up on my ‘rural landscape’ photography before the photo-shoot in KY that Dad and I are taking this fall. Once again a faulty PC was the cause for the trip and as luck would have it, I had to reformat a 200GB hard drive. Plenty of time to snap some shots of the awesome puffy clouds that had been taunting me the whole way up to his house. Dan was a bit surprised, I think, at how the last batch came out and he asked for some shots including the house. No problem-I love the way his house is laid out, so it was cool to shoot it. Here’s the pick of the litter (or the pix of the litter, if you will). A telephoto would have done this shot more justice. I’ll probably re-shoot this when I get one (or borrow one from Steve). The road leading up to Dan’s house is framed by two Acorn trees (at least I think that’s what they were). And hey-I just read about using natural ‘frames’…yay me!

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