2012 Chicago Air & Water Show

[vexxed82]

Here's an look at what I captured while shooting 3 days worth of the 2012 Air Show. Friday and Saturday were spent at Castaway's, while Sunday I had the opportunity to shoot from the Hancock.

Check out the full set here

1. Castaways is packed



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7. I <3 Chicago, too


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13. Red Bull Air Force (creative color)


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22. iPhone Panorama from JHC


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[j_mejia17]

Wow these are all great! #8 and #9 stand out to me. What did you shoot them with and from what vantage point? The longest focal lenght I see in your signature is 200mm and I doubt that was the range.

[vexxed82]

Originally Posted by j_mejia17

Wow these are all great! #8 and #9 stand out to me. What did you shoot them with and from what vantage point? The longest focal lenght I see in your signature is 200mm and I doubt that was the range.

Thanks. I'm partial to the jet vapor as well. Those two were shot from Castaways, so about 20 feet above ground level. For the show i rented the Nikkor 300mm f/2.8 - Effectively 450mm on my crop body camera

[Topmedic]

Great set Nick. I assume the Hancock shots were from the antenna area, not from the observatory. I missed the cone shot. My camera didn't focus dammit.

[Artillerist]

Excellent.

[DRLPhotography]

Great set Nick! It's amazing how close the Blue Angels fly to each other! (#26)

[logic 7]

Terrific!

[Rasidel Slika]

wow - I think those are collectively the best Chicago air show photos I've ever seen. Bravo, well done.

I especially like the 2 shots of the Blue Angel very close to the water - 28 and 29 - those are just killer.

[cbotnyse]

awesome set. great job

[Kevin]

Wow, wow, wow! Amazing shots. Not one not to like.

[mike101521]

Nice work. Love #34

[airmedic]

Outstanding photography, you worked this event very hard and it presents well in your series! Thanks for sharing your passion with all of us!

[vexxed82]

Looks like I forgot about this thread - Sorry for the late replies!

Originally Posted by Topmedic

Great set Nick. I assume the Hancock shots were from the antenna area, not from the observatory. I missed the cone shot. My camera didn't focus dammit.

Correct, Topmedic! Yeah, the vapor cones were tough this year. It wasn't quite as humid as 2011. Hell, the thunderbirds seemed to have vapor on every pass they did once they performed after the storm last year.

Originally Posted by Artillerist

Excellent.

Thanks, Artillerist!

Originally Posted by DRLPhotography

Great set Nick! It's amazing how close the Blue Angels fly to each other! (#26)

They do a heck of a job, though when I compared my shots from 2012 to 2010 (last time Blue Angels were in town) they were markedly less tight this year.

Originally Posted by logic 7

Terrific!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Rasidel Slika

wow - I think those are collectively the best Chicago air show photos I've ever seen. Bravo, well done.

I especially like the 2 shots of the Blue Angel very close to the water - 28 and 29 - those are just killer.

Thanks, Rasidel! It was a good year. Yeah, the low-altitude snap pass is my favorite of the show. pure power and craziness. So glad I was able to capture it from up high too. The wake behind the plane is just mind-blowing. It's hard to see in this shot, but in #28, you can see the transsonic shockwave distortion on the underside of the plane near the rear. Straight down from the #5 on the tail. If it were humid enough, there would have been a sick-ass vapor cone touching the water.

Originally Posted by cbotnyse

awesome set. great job

Thanks, Cbotnyse!

Originally Posted by Kevin

Wow, wow, wow! Amazing shots. Not one not to like.

Thank you, Kevin!

Originally Posted by mike101521

Nice work. Love #34

Thanks, Mike!

Originally Posted by airmedic

Outstanding photography, you worked this event very hard and it presents well in your series! Thanks for sharing your passion with all of us!

Thanks Airmedic. It was an exhausting, but awesome weekend. Totally worth the sweat, and sunburn, for the A&W show haha

[DonJuanC79]

Wow!!!