NickPeterman
2014-12-20, 10:28 AM
Hello Guys,
Just one shot from me tonight. Decided to spend the holidays in Phoenix this year, which necessitated a drive from Dallas to Arizona, a 1,110 mile trek. We opted to overnight in Tucson, ostensibly to allow a visit to Pima today, but I confess I had ulterior motives. 2 years back I missed a chance to stop at TUS while doing this exact same road trip, where I had in mind a singular photo of an aircraft type I had never seen before. While I struck out then due to a decision to press on to PHX, I was determined to make it work this time. And what a doozy it was. Beyond pitch black, leaning a tripod against a fence at full height, hooking an old kit lense under barbed-wire in case something went wrong and the whole assemblage took a spill. I thought we were gonna be run off 20 seconds after getting there when a cop rolled up. He surprisingly seemed to understand what I was after, and told us to have a good night. And after 16 hours, 1,000 miles, an hour of trial and error, and 4 seconds with the shutter open, I finally bagged the only American widebody family I had never shot.
P4-MED, Formerly with PSA, and now a stationary resident of Tucson International Airport
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8603/15443785093_44217d4ec9_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pwHrfM)IMG_5227 (https://flic.kr/p/pwHrfM) by Nicholas Peterman (https://www.flickr.com/people/53263228@N04/), on Flickr
What can I say? Christmas came oh-so early for me this year.
Cheers!
Nick
Just one shot from me tonight. Decided to spend the holidays in Phoenix this year, which necessitated a drive from Dallas to Arizona, a 1,110 mile trek. We opted to overnight in Tucson, ostensibly to allow a visit to Pima today, but I confess I had ulterior motives. 2 years back I missed a chance to stop at TUS while doing this exact same road trip, where I had in mind a singular photo of an aircraft type I had never seen before. While I struck out then due to a decision to press on to PHX, I was determined to make it work this time. And what a doozy it was. Beyond pitch black, leaning a tripod against a fence at full height, hooking an old kit lense under barbed-wire in case something went wrong and the whole assemblage took a spill. I thought we were gonna be run off 20 seconds after getting there when a cop rolled up. He surprisingly seemed to understand what I was after, and told us to have a good night. And after 16 hours, 1,000 miles, an hour of trial and error, and 4 seconds with the shutter open, I finally bagged the only American widebody family I had never shot.
P4-MED, Formerly with PSA, and now a stationary resident of Tucson International Airport
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8603/15443785093_44217d4ec9_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pwHrfM)IMG_5227 (https://flic.kr/p/pwHrfM) by Nicholas Peterman (https://www.flickr.com/people/53263228@N04/), on Flickr
What can I say? Christmas came oh-so early for me this year.
Cheers!
Nick