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alexf

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Story and aerial pictures!
« on: June 05, 2011, 03:20:15 PM »
For a long time I wanted to get invited to fly. After years, luck had it I met somebody with a plane, who invited me to fly and shoot. A biplane no less!

I jumped at the idea. He has a Great Lakes, open cockpit biplane, so no dirty windows to contend with. He emailed me this week saying there was a fly-in at Homestead Jet Port (X51) and would I like to fly with him? You can guess the immediate answer. He keeps the plane at Tamiami (KTMB), only 11 miles from X51, a short flight.

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Not having flown before I was unsure of what to take. Wanted to have only one camera/lens as it would be inconvenient to carry more than that, and the weight in a biplane. I settled for the D700/24-70mm. It turned out to be a good choice for statics as I expected but not a great choice for aerials.

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I did not know at the time but a friend of his was meeting us there. He has a Super Cub. My most-favorite plane of all time, is a J3 Piper Cub, and a Super-Cub, its descendant - by extension. I had never seen one in real life before! This day I got to see a few of them (2 J-3s in a hangar and my new friend's Super Cub), which I got to fly in!

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It was a beautiful Florida day, just a little windy (15kts but luckily right on the runway heading).

We arrived at Homestead at noon.

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Spent the day there with the people that flew in, having hot-dogs and talking aviation.

Then my friend says he would like to have some aerial photos of his plane. I would ride in the Super Cub, which can open the windows (we would be at 1,000ft) and shoot unimpeded.

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We planned the flight. We would fly over the bay to have better backgrounds. I told them I could not get closeups with the 24-70 as we could not fly too close together. We decided to try anyway and some other time I'll bring a longer lens.

I did not do as good as I wanted  on the aerials as I purposely used slow shutter speed to get prop-blur but did not account for the strong wind and my aircraft movement. I should been a tad faster. Most shots at 1/200 are not crisp. Some at 1/320 are better. They are shot at 1,000ft, doing 90mph Wish I had a longer lens with me.

Here are some of them.

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7. over Key Biscayne


8. over Stiltsville


9. over Stiltsville


Had a great day!

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Re: Story and aerial pictures!
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2011, 05:45:52 PM »
Great Shots, Alex!
Every picture shows that it must have been an amazing event!!!
I´m sure you will never forget this day!!


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Re: Story and aerial pictures!
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2011, 07:31:39 AM »
Great Shots, Alex!
Every picture shows that it must have been an amazing event!!!
I´m sure you will never forget this day!!

Indeed! Won't forget it for sure. They invited me to come again. Now the Super Cub guy wants pictures of his plane!