United States - Nevada - National Championship Air Races & Airshow 2009 - Reno - 09/16/09

[Tim Adams]

[gdedward99s]

[Sierra Fox]

AWESOME Gordon, you just keep pulling them out of the woodworks, i just finished processing my Dread/Argo folder, now......everything else......

[Tim Adams]

[Tim Adams]

So, so light.

[mycole]

What a fantastic thread.

[jarrodeu]

Here are some of mine. The rest can be found here http://www.pbase.com/jarrodeu/reno09_1

Jarrod

[jarrodeu]

Here are some more.

Jarrod

[holzmark]

Does anyone have pictures of Patty Wagstaff's ribbon cuts from throughout the week in Reno?

I was crewing for her that weekend and had some friends from back home out holding poles for me, and I haven't been able to find any pictures besides two from Sunday.

I'm also looking for anyone who was out on the ramp with a media pass before the Unlimited Gold on Sunday who got shots of the crew servicing the airplane or helping her strap in before the flight.

Thanks in advance!

DG

[jarrodeu]

I'm now done with the second half of the pictures. The rest can be found here http://www.pbase.com/jarrodeu/reno2009

Jarrod

[jarrodeu]

Here are some more.

Jarrod

[Midnight Storm]

    

[RomeoCharlie]

I really like that second-to-last shot of "Voodoo" Jarrod, great work again!!

[James Johnson]

I just installed Photoshop CS5 and tried it out by making a composite of 5 shots from the Reno Air Races Unlimited class practices last year. When these guys come roaring over the ridge heading for pylon 4 the sight and sound is almost overwhelming. They are low (real low) and flying fast. However, they are far enough apart that getting more than 3 planes in the same shot is not possible. So, I put together this composite to show what I see in my mind, (not literally) at the start of an Unlimited race. They actually fly just over the trees and are descending into a valley to set up for flying through the fastest part of the course, called the  "Valley of Speed". The largest plane in the photo is Steve Hinton's P-51, which won the Unlimited Gold race in 2009.

One problem is the lighting of Hinton's P-51 and the Corsair in the center. I shot them a little later in the day, and the sun is lighting them a little differently. Also, the photo has an "unreal" (in a negative way) feel to me, but I can't tell why that is.  Perhaps because of the lighting difference, or do the planes positions not look random enough? Any ideas?