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Category: things
..it’s gonna be a long weekend.. what to do.. what to do..
..the leaves have been starting to turn yellow here in birmingham.. haven’t had the chance to shoot around here yet, so here’s something from the archives.. back when i was in brooklyn.. my obligatory fall shot.. there might (or might not) be some more fall photos..
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round and round
..i still have a few of these..
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caught in the headlights
..i’m the deer..
..something found off of route 66 NM..
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boss 302
..went to the orange county auto show this weekend and was surprised to see the 2012 boss mustang, it was a pretty slick machine.. got a few boring snaps of it, so it’s back to the usual photoshop shenanigans..
..for those of you boozing this long weekend, recycle your beer cans.. 🙂
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louisville
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..odd name for a post, eh? well, the place where i shot this was (as i found out eventually) a nudist beach.. lolz..
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queen mary
..walked quite a bit to get this shot.. whew..
RMS Queen Mary is a retired ocean liner that sailed the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line (then Cunard-White Star when the vessel entered service). Built by John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland, she was designed to be the first of Cunard’s planned two-ship weekly express service from Southampton to Cherbourg to New York, in answer to the mainland European superliners of the late 1920s and early 1930s. After their release from World War II troop transport duties, Queen Mary and her running mate RMS Queen Elizabeth commenced this two-ship service and continued it for two decades until Queen Mary’s retirement in 1967. The ship is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is permanently berthed in Long Beach, California serving as a museum ship and hotel. Queen Mary celebrated the 70th anniversary of her launch in both Clydebank and Long Beach during 2004, and the 70th anniversary of her maiden voyage in 2006. She was the flagship of the Cunard Line from 1936 until 1945 when she was replaced in this role by Queen Elizabeth. (wiki)
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tower of the americas
..taken at one of our stops in san antonio, tx.. the view from up there was awesome.. 🙂
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boat cap’n
..a tour bout going up (or down?) the san antonio river..
*anybody hitting LA for Anime Expo? i’m thinking of going.. 🙂
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mini gt
..shot a few of my buddy’s scale model classic cars while we were resting in Houston.. here’s a gt 500
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..second leg, part two – san antonio, tx to fort stockton, tx..
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whitewall
Whitewall tires or white sidewall (WSW) tires are tires having a stripe or entire sidewall of white rubber.
..git ’em fishes while they’re still fresh..
..back in nyc i had the habit of gazing up and thinking of cool stuff to shoot, but here in alabama, this is what i see when i look up.. 🙂
..just like monday, two weeks ago..
..an oil rig in the gulf of mexico..
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1-2-3
..how’s that for a title? 🙂 this’ll be the last image of the series, i’ll be dumping the rest in flickr..
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Section High Alpha
..that’s a pretty cool name for this maneuver..
Blue Angels aircraft perform the “Section High Alpha”, the slowest maneuver of their show. During the maneuver the two jets slow down to 125 knots (232 km/h) as they pitch the nose of the F/A-18 up to 45 degrees.
..here’s a close-up to see how the pilots are looking at each other eye-to-eye while doing this maneuver..
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tag along
..from this angle, the small distance that they have from one another is somewhat exaggerated..
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diamond
..the good thing about shooting practice sessions is the higher probability of them repeating the same trick they performed a few minutes ago..
On August 25, 1946 the Blue Angels switched to the Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat and introduced the famous “diamond” formation at the World Air Carnival in Birmingham, Alabama. (wiki)
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Frank Weisser
..last week’s mini series was about birds, let’s start off this week with a different kind of bird, here’s Lt. Cmdr. Frank Weisser’s Blue Angel # 5..
The United States Navy’s Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, popularly known as the Blue Angels, first performed in 1946 and is currently the oldest flying aerobatic team. The squadron’s six demonstration pilots fly the Boeing F/A-18 Hornet in more than 70 shows at 34 locations throughout the United States each year, where they still employ many of the same practices and techniques used in their aerial displays in 1946. Since their inception, the “Blues” have flown a variety of different aircraft types for more than 427 million spectators worldwide.
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parachute jump
The Parachute Jump is a defunct amusement ride in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, whose iconic open-frame steel structure remains a Brooklyn landmark. 262 feet (80 m) tall and weighing 170 tons (150 tonnes), it has been called the “Eiffel Tower of Brooklyn”. It was built for the 1939 New York World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, and moved to its current site, then part of the Steeplechase Park amusement park, in 1941. It is the only portion of Steeplechase Park still standing today. The ride ceased operations in 1968. The ride was based on functional parachutes which were held open by metal rings throughout the ascent and descent. Twelve cantilevered steel arms sprout from the top of the tower, each of which supported a parachute attached to a lift rope and a set of surrounding guide cables. Riders were belted into a two-person canvas seat hanging below the closed chute, then hoisted to the top, where a release mechanism would drop them, the descent slowed only by the parachute. Shock absorbers at the bottom, consisting of pole-mounted springs, cushioned the landing. Each parachute required three cable operators, keeping labor expenses high.
..one of those photos i thought of deleting..
..something cheery after yesterday‘s post..
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katamaran
(katamaran n. laziness) ..tagalog, our local dialect in the philippines..
..shot these series of images on a chilly february day, that’s the reason for it being desolate and all..
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the standard
..well, this ends the mini airplane series.. for more just check out the flickr slideshow below..
Hamilton Standard, a famous aircraft propeller parts supplier, was formed in 1929 when United Aircraft and Transport Corporation consolidated Hamilton Aero Manufacturing and Standard Steel Propeller into the Hamilton Standard Propeller Corporation. Other members of the corporation included Boeing, United Airlines, Sikorsky and Pratt & Whitney. At the time, Hamilton was the largest manufacturer of aircraft propellers in the world. (wiki)
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pew pew demon
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The McDonnell F3H Demon was a subsonic swept-wing United States Navy carrier-based jet fighter aircraft. After severe problems with Westinghouse J40 engine that was ultimately abandoned, the successor to the F2H Banshee served starting in 1956 redesigned with the J71 engine. Though it lacked sufficient power for supersonic performance, it complemented daylight dogfighters such as the F8U Crusader and F11F Tiger as an all-weather, missile-armed interceptor until 1964. It was withdrawn before it could serve in the Vietnam when it, and ultimately also the Crusader, was replaced by the extremely successful F4 Phantom. McDonnell’s Phantom, which was equally capable against ground, fighter and bomber targets, bears a strong family resemblance as it was itself conceived as an advanced development of the Demon. The supersonic USAF F-101 Voodoo also retained much of the Demon’s layout.(wiki)
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fury
The North American FJ-4 Fury was a swept-wing carrier-capable fighter-bomber for the United States Navy and Marine Corps. The FJ-4 featured an entirely new wing design, and in the end had little in common with the earlier FJ-3 apart from its general layout and engine. (wiki)
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f14
..here’s another view of the mounted F-14.. in hindsight, i should’ve shot this at f/14..
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157984
..the past two weeks it was all about classic cars, now let’s head on to airplanes.. shots from the Nat’l. Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, FL.. of course not all of them are going to be posted here, but just a select few.. most of them will be dumped again in flickr..
..here’s a mounted F-14..
157984: 5th prototype used to demonstrate systems compatibility (source)
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up up and away
..wifey was the one who noticed this, i had to squint to find out where it was.. a good tip for photo walks is to bring someone along with better eyesight than you do.. 😀
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whirlygig
..nothing new here, just processing photos from an auto show i went to yesterday, i think i’ll be posting them here for a week starting tomorrow.. 🙂
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orb
..i still have a few more from this place, here’s one of them..
..got back from driving around Pensacola.. there was a parade awhile ago which we didn’t go see, instead, we went to the naval aviation museum.. we’ll it’s a long story so here’s a Mardi Gras float.. 🙂
..shot during the second day of the year, under a pier on a beach in cali..
..fast and loud, that’s the way i like it.. well, i also like some other stuff, but for now.. just something to celebrate Slayer’s latest album.. that track below is called ‘Snuff’ \m/
[audio:http://www.archive.digitizedchaos.com/audio/01-snuff.mp3]
..i thought this would be a great shot to start the week..
..not my shot, this one was taken by my wifey’s cuz.. ;D
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siren
..i’m a little under the weather.. ugh..
..taken on a rainy day in California..
..fifth and last image of the series..
..and no, this is not how my Christmas looks like, you’d have to tone it down a bit.. ;D
..looks like I jinxed yesterday’s trip with the title “smooth sailing”.. we got stuck in Atlanta overnight due to a missed connection.. spent Christmas eve eating bulgogi in a bar/restaurant.. 🙂
..fourth image of the series..
..i’m off to cali for the holidays, hope to get some cool snaps from there.. have a merry Christmas everyone! 🙂