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Max 8 Departs Just Before Grounding
Paul and I were in Vegas for Red Flag but the early morning is also a good time to shoot at McCarran International. The morning light is ideal for the north/south runways and, with the wind playing ball, you can … Continue reading
Return of the Racers
The races at the rowing meet I covered in this post tend to overlap from what we saw. The length of the course and the time to complete it is such that the next race was started before the last … Continue reading
Posted in Pacific Northwest, photo, sport
Tagged competition, crews, meet, montlake cut, photo, race, rowing, seattle, shells, sport, university of Washington, UW
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Low and Sporty Lightning II Departure
Speedway departures can be a mixed bag at Nellis. Flex departures with a pull over the Speedway are the best but it does depend on how high planes have got. Some climb out quite steeply and are way too high … Continue reading
Posted in aircraft, military, photo
Tagged aircraft, airplane, f-35a, fighter, jet, las vegas, Lightning II, Lockheed Martin, military, nellis afb, nevada, photo, USAF
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Lewis Falls
We stopped off at the Lewis Falls on the way out of Yellowstone. The angle of the falls from the road meant I had not even noticed them when we drove into the park but, coming back south, they were … Continue reading
Posted in photo, Travel
Tagged Lewis falls, national park, photo, travel, waterfall, Wyoming, Yellowstone
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Dornier 328Jet
The FBO ramps at McCarran had a selection of Dornier 328Jets. I noticed one at first and only later realized that there were more. What did please me was seeing a bus pull up by one of them with the … Continue reading
ASUW Shell House
A short walk from the campus of UW takes you down to Montlake Cut. This is the home of the university rowing team. Having read The Boys in the Boat, we had read a lot about this location. The Shell … Continue reading
Posted in Pacific Northwest, photo, sport
Tagged photo, rowing, seattle, shell house, university of Washington, UW, washington
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Sunset Burner Departures
Fighters departing Nellis are well out of burner by the time they get anywhere near you outside the base. However, if you are shooting in low light, the burners can show up quite well even though you are a long … Continue reading
Golden and Bald Eagles
Jackson Hole included some large birds in the selection of wildlife on offer for our visit. We got to see some eagles at a distance. Bald eagles were not a surprise but I was unaware that Golden Eagles live in … Continue reading
Posted in photo, Travel, wildlife
Tagged bald eagle, golden eagle, Jackson, photo, travel, wildlife, Wyoming
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My Convair Up Close
The Convair CV580 has shown up in a couple of posts at least so far. Getting to Everett early one morning prior to heading to Whidbey Island, it was a pleasant surprise to see it out on the ramp. It … Continue reading
Silhouettes on the Water
My sunbathing cormorant got his own post here as a result of being easy to photograph in the evening light. There were plenty of other cormorants around that evening but the rest were around the piles out in the water … Continue reading
Posted in Pacific Northwest, photo, wildlife
Tagged birds, cormorants, Kenmore, lake Washington, photo, silhouette, sunset, wildlife
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