Unbelievable Photo!

[Kahuna]

Originally Posted by carlrai

I'd love to have a large print on my office wall. Any chance of getting the original file or perhaps paying for a print of same?

Just an outstanding shot!

Dean has provided us the original hi res unedited version here.

Gives me the willies looking at it. Neat.

[Brantel]

The compression effect from a telephoto lens is pretty cool sometimes!

[N79PT]

Seems like a great picture for Van's 2012 calendar! Van...?

[sbal0906]

Cool photo!

How far apart would they really be?

[Scott Hersha]

It's now my desktop background picture too. Truly awesome.. Greese in Bravo flight is (was) our leader - Cincinnati River Rats. Even though he defected to the confederate team, we are still proud of him. He's an excellent leader and an asset to Team RV.

[RV8iator]

Originally Posted by sbal0906

Cool photo!

How far apart would they really be?

When we come in for the fingertip to diamond barrel roll Kahuna times off Stripes who is leading B/C large formation and we like to be about 1 to 2 seconds behind them and we start the roll so we roll up and over B/C smoke.



We are always on a diverging trajectory and our track in the roll provides spacing for the roll out behind and crossing below B/C so we can set up for the final photo pass.



It's quiet dramatic from the ground because of the way we space on each other. The photographers who captured the crossing shot were positioned so it looked like they were under the cross. The compression of the telephoto lens makes us look very close when in fact we were safely spaced.

[Kahuna]

The photographers in this case were positioned on the oppposite side of the crowd in order to capture different views. The cool photo in question was taken from a position located...

On the first photo, if you extend the wing line of the large formation to the ground you can see that the photo would shoot through the large formation into the 4 ship. Thats what is giving the very cool perspective.

This short series of photos also shows how much overtake the 4 ship has over the larger formation. Large formation is in a g turn about 150kts right there. And the 4 ship is ~205KTAS to enter the barrel roll. Neat views.

Much like other professional teams, we position video and still around the show (and in the planes) for our debriefs. Makes for some great footage. We have countless hours of this stuff but is critical for us to see both still and video in order to properly debrief safety issues and improve the entertainment value of the program.

[carlrai]

I'll see what I can do with it size wise. Going to look great on my office wall.

If I can ever time my weekends right I'll get to one of the shows and have the team autograph the surrounding mat.

Many thanks.

[sbal0906]

Thanks for the explanation!

Cheers,

[RV7Guy]

Originally Posted by N79PT

Seems like a great picture for Van's 2012 calendar! Van...?

I agree. Cover shot for the 2012 Calendar.