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Postby Rifleman » Fri Apr 15, 2005 9:42 am

It would be nice to have my old film camera and my long(400mm zoom) for these kind of shots, but my poor tired little 2 MP digital is going to have to do .......I shot this out the front door of work yesterday (Wed)......Yes indeed, the Snowbirds are back for their twice a day practice sessions over the skies of Comox/Courtenay and the Comox Valley........with almost three weeks of them here, I anticipate getting up to the end of the runway to see about shooting them out of the sky...... ;)

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They are turning a 180 here to go downwind, right to left, before making their landing break......
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Re: The Boys are back in town..........

Postby ChuckMajik » Fri Apr 15, 2005 10:12 am

Ratzafratz! I will envy you till the end of my days.
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Re: The Boys are back in town..........

Postby Fly2e » Fri Apr 15, 2005 12:03 pm

Nice Ken!
Now I am sure you have a camera in your car while they are in town, right!  ;)

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Re: The Boys are back in town..........

Postby Rifleman » Fri Apr 15, 2005 12:11 pm

[center]Dave, you know all too well of all my stories of missed images...... :-[


........hmmmm, now where did I leave that darn camera ?
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Re: The Boys are back in town..........

Postby Tequila Sunrise » Sat Apr 16, 2005 9:52 am

cool  8)
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Re: The Boys are back in town..........

Postby C » Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:36 am

Nice Ken! :)

Reminds me of my time spent living up in Lincolnshire, and seeing the Red Arrows practicing over the winter months...
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Postby AlphaBravo » Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:07 am

looks good
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Re: The Boys are back in town..........

Postby Rifleman » Wed Apr 20, 2005 1:43 am

Here is how we find out if the boys are really back in town ...just in case someone is deaf, they put this on the front page of the paper........

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Re: The Boys are back in town..........

Postby Rifleman » Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:55 pm

I took a little local heat for not posting some closer images of the boys, so here are a couple which I shot with my little 2 MP Olympus......

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Re: The Boys are back in town..........

Postby JRoc » Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:09 am

Great shots!  I'm still waiting for Candace to develop the pictures she took when she went up with them on their first practice demonstration of the year - lucky girl.
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Postby Jared » Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:29 am

wow! I'm loving those shots! Getting me in the mood for an airshow!
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Re: The Boys are back in town..........

Postby Hagar » Mon May 02, 2005 12:06 pm

I took a little local heat for not posting some closer images of the boys, so here are a couple which I shot with my little 2 MP Olympus......

Very nice too. I find these formation shots the most difficult.
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