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rbarkerjr
08-19-2013, 11:10 AM
Here are a few of my favorite captures from AirVenture this year. Any and all comments welcome and appreciated! If you click on the photos, it will take you to a larger version on my Flickr page (there are a few others there as well). Thanks for looking! Already counting down the days until next year!


http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5342/9522540299_ea56944b6e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/100367426@N02/9522540299/)
Avenger Takeoff (http://www.flickr.com/photos/100367426@N02/9522540299/) by ronbarker (http://www.flickr.com/people/100367426@N02/), on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2821/9525315848_71452f049f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/100367426@N02/9525315848/)
Corsair takeoff (http://www.flickr.com/photos/100367426@N02/9525315848/) by ronbarker (http://www.flickr.com/people/100367426@N02/), on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2868/9525304420_625e289664.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/100367426@N02/9525304420/)
FIFI Takeoff (http://www.flickr.com/photos/100367426@N02/9525304420/) by ronbarker (http://www.flickr.com/people/100367426@N02/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7398/9522510361_2517bd47b5.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/100367426@N02/9522510361/)
Mustang takeoff (http://www.flickr.com/photos/100367426@N02/9522510361/) by ronbarker (http://www.flickr.com/people/100367426@N02/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3799/9522502735_d009fa9929.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/100367426@N02/9522502735/)
Wall of Fire T-6 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/100367426@N02/9522502735/) by ronbarker (http://www.flickr.com/people/100367426@N02/), on Flickr
Hal Bryan
08-19-2013, 11:20 AM
Beautiful photos, Richard! Thanks for sharing the links!
rbarkerjr
08-19-2013, 12:12 PM
Beautiful photos, Richard! Thanks for sharing the links!

Thanks, Hal. My name is Ron, though. ;)

I was wondering if you could point me in the right direction as far as how photos are selected for various EAA publications. (i.e. Desktop calendars, magazine covers, etc.) Thanks!
RickFE
08-19-2013, 05:47 PM
I'm going to go out on a limb and say....the "wall of fire T-6" is a contender.

Rick
AlexC
08-20-2013, 02:57 AM
Good shots, but not too keen on the panoramic format, but that's probably just me. Many hundreds, no make that thousands of photo's taken at Airventure over the years can be seen at airliners.net.
rbarkerjr
08-20-2013, 06:11 AM
I'm going to go out on a limb and say....the "wall of fire T-6" is a contender.

Rick

Thanks, Rick! That is one of my favorites.
rbarkerjr
08-20-2013, 06:15 AM
Good shots, but not too keen on the panoramic format....

Thanks, Alex. They were not shot as panoramic images, that is just they way that they turned out after I cropped them. I thought it worked well to isolate the aircraft as the main focus of the images. But I do understand where you are coming from. I appreciate the comments!
Hal Bryan
08-20-2013, 07:06 AM
Thanks, Hal. My name is Ron, though. ;)

So sorry about that Ron! You're a WAY better photographer than this Richard guy... ;) Seriously, I don't know where that came from, other than me typing faster than I was thinking.


I was wondering if you could point me in the right direction as far as how photos are selected for various EAA publications. (i.e. Desktop calendars, magazine covers, etc.) Thanks!

For our wallpaper/calendar downloads we do each month, those go through me, so you can bet I'll be in touch. As far as other print/digital publications go, I'll spread the word internally, but I'd encourage you to send a note introducing yourself to: editorial@eaa.org.

- Hal
GeorgeP
09-13-2013, 06:11 AM
Excellent bunch of images, Ron. You have a better long lens / panning technique than I do. In your shots, the props are nicely blurred and the aircraft is very sharp. I need to use a fast shutter speed to yield a sharp image of the aircraft but that "freezes" the props. I've uploaded a couple to illustrate. I hope you don't mind. Thanks for sharing.




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rbarkerjr
09-16-2013, 07:18 AM
Excellent bunch of images, Ron. You have a better long lens / panning technique than I do. In your shots, the props are nicely blurred and the aircraft is very sharp. I need to use a fast shutter speed to yield a sharp image of the aircraft but that "freezes" the props. I've uploaded a couple to illustrate. I hope you don't mind. Thanks for sharing.


Thanks, George. You have some good shots too. I like the B-17. The prop blur and panning take a lot practice. For every good one that I have, there are probably a hundred bad ones. I find that it helps to practice panning on cars. They are slower and it can help develop your technique.

Thanks for looking and sharing!
AlexC
09-17-2013, 04:00 AM
Practice panning on cars is good advice, that's what I do sometimes when trying out some new camera focus settings etc., but I do occasionally get a driver or passenger spot me, and they are obviously wondering what I'm up to, but none of them have ever stopped to ask me.....yet!
rbarkerjr
09-17-2013, 06:17 AM
Here's one more that I didn't post earlier...

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2806/9522522485_506145061e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/100367426@N02/9522522485/)
FIFI Bombing run (http://www.flickr.com/photos/100367426@N02/9522522485/) by ronbarker (http://www.flickr.com/people/100367426@N02/), on Flickr