FABULOUS WEBSITE WITH WWII PLANES OF FAME AND MORE

FABULOUS WEBSITE WITH WWII PLANES OF FAME AND MORE

FABULOUS WEBSITE FOR COLORFUL WWII VINTAGE PLANES AND MORE

http://home.comcast.net/~bzee1b/Chino09/Chino09.html

http://home.comcast.net/~bzee1b/Chino09/Chino09.html

The Planes of Fame Air Show in Chino, CA was an excellent opportunity to get my fill of WWII vintage warbirds. Many different types of fighters and bombers were flying for the show including: P-51s, P-40s, P-38s, F4Us, Zeros, Val, Spitfire, Hellcat, Wildcat, Firefly, Bearcat, Fury, B-25s, and a B-17. As a bonus, there was a WWII ground reenactment (complete with tanks and halftracks) which provided the icing on the cake!

The light was great for photography, but the heat at times was unbearable! It's only May, but Chino was well over 100 degrees F that day (someone said 110F). Using my camera was like putting a hot plate to my face! Even thinking about it makes me thirsty now. Good thing I escaped getting heat stroke.

Used a Nikon D200 and D50 w/ a 70-300mm VR lens, and 18-55mm lens. Prop planes shot in shutter priority exposure mode (mostly between 1/160 and 1/320sec), with continuous autofocus. The jet shots were around 1/1000sec.

Brophy Friday 31 May 2013 - 05:41 am | | Brophy Blog, Kearsarge Marines

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