The Black Diamond Jet Team are a rare commodity in our skies inasmuch as they are civilian owned. During the 2012 season they are fully sponsored by United Bank Card, Inc. Thank you United Bank Card, Inc. The Arctic Camouflage is a very bright scheme albeit in black, white and grey, but to me as […]
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Apr 11, 2012 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Black and White Images, Warbirds | Tags: Arctic Camouflage, black and white, black and white print, Black Diamond Jet Team, clouds, D3X, Fine Art Prints, FL, Florida, Florida International Air Show, formation flying, L-39 Albatros, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Mig-17, military aircraft, monochrome, Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 VRII, Nikon, photograph, Photography, Punta Gorda, Richard King, Richard King Photography, Russian, United Bank Card Inc., USA, war plane, Warbird | 2 Comments »
Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 G VRII AF-S Having made the decision to move away from shooting film in my Hasselblad “V” series cameras I spent over a year agonizing “do I go Hasselblad H4D or Nikon D3X?”. A key reason for choosing the Nikon path was that I could (eventually) get long lenses and return to Wildlife […]
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Apr 03, 2012 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Birds, Color Images, Gear, Warbirds, Wildlife | Tags: (Ardea alba), (Ardea herodias), Arctic Camouflage, Beechcraft, Black Diamonds, Blue Angels, Blue Sky, Boeing, clouds, color, Common Egret, D3X, dawn, F-4U Corsair, F/A-18 Hornet, F8F Bearcat, fine art print, FL, Florida, Florida International Air Show, formation, Golden Hour, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Great White Egret, Grumman, Korean War, L-39 Albatros, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, mating plumage, Mig-17, military aircraft, Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 VRII, Nikon, photograph, Photography, Punta Gorda, Richard King Photography, Russian, spring, sunrise, The Rookery, Trainer, Twin Beech 18, U.S. Navy, United States, USA, Venice, Vought, war plane, Warbird, WWII | 1 Comment »
I arrived at Falcon Field in Mesa a day before my photography workshop began (another story to follow). To get a feel for the location I headed into the Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) to look around and get some “static” images of their aircraft. I was surprised to see this Ural […]
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Mar 18, 2012 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Color Images, Warbirds | Tags: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8, American SouthWest, Arizona, Aviation, AZ, CAF, Commemorative Air Force, D3X, Falcon Field, Mesa, military aircraft, Museum, photograph, Photography, Russian, Ural Sidecar Motorcycle, USA, Warbird, Yak 52 | 3 Comments »
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