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Rooijen10

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Monday, July 4th 2011, 11:24pm

Paris...

Well, I am back. I had connection with my PSP but lost all connection after one night when the fire alarm went off. Laptop did pick up the point, but failed to make connection with it during my entire stay, but now at home with a cable in it, it works fine. :)

My camera has been quite busy a few days...

Day 1: 48 photos
Day 2: 1026 photos
Day 3: 56 photos
Day 4: 19 photos
Day 5: 12 photos
Day 6: 5 photos
Day 7: 12 photos
Day 8: 208 photos
Day 9: 1143 photos
Day 10: 615 photos
Day 11: 1015 photos
Day 12: 0 photos
Total 4159 photos taken, but I could easily have passed the 5000 mark were it not for the fact that at a number of events at the Japan Expo, photography wasn't allowed.

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Monday, July 4th 2011, 11:27pm

Did have a slight problem that I failed to check the camera settings so numerous photos with the 70-300mm lens are slightly blurry due to the movement of the planes.


A small IAI drone


Hmmm... I think they have watched too many Sci-fi movies with this flying saucer design...


Air Tracor. Proof that ugliness can be extremely cool. :)


Rafale with special occasion markings.


Not sure about this one. It was closing time and that area was closed so I could not see the sign.

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Monday, July 4th 2011, 11:31pm

Some stuff around the Japan Expo...


Wow! 1:1 scale AT-AT! Huge!! 8o


Oh wait! It was a bit smaller than that... :rolleyes:


"U kulle rah doe kankee kung. Hahaha!"
Uhm... thanks Jabba...


"Of course we can make this meditation cushion to your size, Mr. Jabba"


"Halt! This is a restricted zone! No photos! Hey! Come back immediately!!"
*runs away*

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Monday, July 4th 2011, 11:34pm

Some of the artists whose showcases I watched...

Shanti


Passpo*


MEG


Golden Bomber


Iruma Rioka (with Nemo)


Lightning


Kamui


Les Romanesques

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Friday, July 8th 2011, 8:29pm

A few more pictures from the Paris Airshow...

Zero-G Airbus


How to customize your Air Tractor's weapon load.


Be-200 dumping water on an imaginary fire


A380


PAF take off


PAF take off


PAF


Solar Impulse


A couple of L-39 jets of the Breitling Jet Team

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Friday, July 8th 2011, 9:02pm

A few pictures from yesterday's airshow at Koksijde...

F-16 20 years OCU


F-16 NATO Tigers


Red Arrows show start


C-130 + DC-3 formation


Meteor NF.11


Saudi Hawks


Dutch Demo Apache


Dutch Demo Apache


PAF


Thunderbirds

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Friday, July 8th 2011, 10:18pm

Awesome pictures Walter!

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Friday, July 8th 2011, 10:55pm

God damn it!
We never get airshows like that over here.......... X(

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Friday, July 8th 2011, 11:59pm

Nice photos. I like that Dutch Apache.

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Saturday, July 9th 2011, 9:01pm

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Awesome pictures Walter!

Sometimes it is all down to luck and/or timing and taking multiple pictures with Drive mode like with the two Saudi hawks passing (one sharp and one blurry due to my standard tracking of the plane coming in from the right) or the Patrouille de France coming down for their break at the end of the first part of the show.

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God damn it!
We never get airshows like that over here..........

CG, you pay taxes, so the Irish people should demand that the government give you a proper airshow. :)

No doubt that for a proper airshow, you will need to travel into enemy territory (i.e. England). :D

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I like that Dutch Apache.

It's the new paintjob for the season. Last year they had stickers on it. That looked nice, but this year it looks quite awesome.

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Rooijen10" (Jul 9th 2011, 9:01pm)

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Saturday, July 9th 2011, 9:07pm

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Originally posted by Rooijen10

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God damn it!
We never get airshows like that over here..........

CG, you pay taxes, so the Irish people should demand that the government give you a proper airshow. :)

Hm. "Bread and circuses" in Ireland becomes "whiskey and airshows"? :P

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Saturday, July 9th 2011, 10:42pm

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Originally posted by Brockpaine

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Originally posted by Rooijen10

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God damn it!
We never get airshows like that over here..........

CG, you pay taxes, so the Irish people should demand that the government give you a proper airshow. :)

Hm. "Bread and circuses" in Ireland becomes "whiskey and airshows"? :P


I could go for that!!!!! :D :D :D

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Saturday, July 9th 2011, 10:44pm

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"Bread and circuses" in Ireland becomes "whiskey and airshows"

If they drink too much, it would be a waste to hold a good airshow...



With Tex's recent post in the Latvian encyclopedia, I spotted something he posted a while back in there that I photographed as well at Koksijde. :)

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Sunday, July 10th 2011, 3:37am

That post has been there for months. :D

Nice...really nice photo, tho.

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Sunday, July 10th 2011, 4:52am

Crossing pictures are darn hard to take and they require a bunch of luck. I nearly got a perfect one of the Thunderbirds, but the one going to the left got its nose cut off. Trying action mode didn't help at all.

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Sunday, July 10th 2011, 12:57pm

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That post has been there for months.

I know, but if you hadn't posted yesterday, I would have forgotten about it.

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Crossing pictures are darn hard to take and they require a bunch of luck. I nearly got a perfect one of the Thunderbirds, but the one going to the left got its nose cut off. Trying action mode didn't help at all.

With those passes, I take more pictures now than I did in the beginning. With a little bit of luck, you end up with some good stuff.

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Sunday, July 10th 2011, 3:35pm

Dang, there are some seriously nice pics there, Walter!

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Monday, August 15th 2011, 6:00am

A couple of pictures from the Abbotsford Airshow...




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Monday, August 15th 2011, 10:37am

Amazing pics, thanks for posting them

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Monday, August 15th 2011, 4:49pm

Does look like someone has some toilet problems, doesn't it? :)
The Trojan picture did include a bit of luck to catch that effect of the condensation from the propellor tips spinning around the fuselage.
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