6/19/11 - "Mid-Air Refueling"

"Mid-Air Refueling"

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     This year, for the first time ever, Sally and I got to watch about half of the annual Memorial Day Weekend Jones Beach Airshow from our boat. We motored to a small cove, just east of the fishing piers by Parking Field #10. The picture above was shot as we were anchored amongst two dozen other boats, just north of the iconic water tower known colloquially as either The Needle or The Pencil. I did "re-locate" the two aircraft somewhat, in relation to the foreground, using Photoshop - strictly for compositional purposes.

"Then and Now"

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     This second image from the airshow was shot later that same day from my back deck, which is about three miles (as the proverbial crow - or in this case, historical aircraft - fly) from Jones Beach, after Sally had to leave for work. I did crop this image from a much wider shot, as I don't have a telephoto lens for my camera - yet! But I do have a full-sized sensor on my Canon 5D, which does allow for a judicious amount of enlarging - without serious degradation of the picture quality.

For "Mid-Air Refueling"

Camera Data

Make:Canon
Model:Canon EOS 5D
Shutter Speed:1/400 second
Aperture:F/8.0
Focal Length:105 mm
ISO Speed:50
Date Taken:May 28, 2011, 11:38:16 AM
Software:Adobe Photoshop CS Windows
Sensor Size:19mm

For "Then and Now"

Camera Data
Make:Canon
Model:Canon EOS 5D
Shutter Speed:1/395 second
Aperture:F/9.0
Focal Length:105 mm
ISO Speed:50
Date Taken:May 28, 2011, 2:42:21 PM
Software:Adobe Photoshop CS Windows
Sensor Size:19mm