History Under the Stars - 2009 Photo Shoot

Once again, we had the opportunity to shoot some of the Jones Beach Airshow aircraft at the American Airpower Museum after hours on Saturday. This was the third annual "History Under The Stars" photo shoot, and we had a good group of photographers out for the evening, and some fog rolling in to lend a little "atmosphere" to the shoot. A huge "Thank You" goes out to everyone at the museum for making the night possible, especially Gary Lewi, and the volunteers who stayed with us after a long day of dealing with museum visitors and airshow aircraft. And a special thanks to my good friend, Fred "Derf" Miller, without whom none of this would take place. Fred, we always have the best adventures!


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Just back. Some beautiful shots in both threads, John! Thanks for sharing!

Great photos :)

Here's a few contributions from me. It was nice to see some old faces the other night and as always a big thank you for our host Fred Miller!

Here's also a video of the arrivals and departures from FRG.
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Great shots fellows, Tommy's video was nicely done and a nice surprise.

Cheers

LGA777

Only processed 3 so far...will have more time later this week to go through the rest.
Thank you again to the American Airpower Museum & Fred Miller for making this possible.

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I can only echo what the others have said, a big thank you to Fred and the American Airpower Museum

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Bill

Once again, a huge thank you to the great folks at the American Airpower Museum and Fred Miller for opening their doors to us and allowing us this special opportunity to shoot these birds!

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I like that B/W shot Kenny, you should add some old school grain to it, give it a vintage look.

Thank you sir! I think I might.

BTW, I think the A-10 wing shot of yours is the tops man!

Great Shots so far!

I hope to have some of mine on by the end of the week.

Thanks again to the AAM for setting this up and inviting us down!

As everyone has stated, a big thanks to Fred and the American Airpower Museum for making this night possible! Here are just a few of my shots:

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Cary

I want to give my thanks to all the people who are with the American Airpower Museum and to thank Fred for this fine opportunity to shoot with you all...
I had a blast shooting all these aircraft.... I got alot more to go thru and process but here are some so far.

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Eric

Thanks to Fred and the American Airpower Museum for this terrific opportunity. Here are some of my shots...

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The rest of them are here...

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WOW, GREAT STUFF guys!!! There are so many great shots I could not go shot by shot or I would be here all week. Thanks for all the great comments and Thanks really goes to Gary, Larry, Jim, Frank and all the ramp rats that made this possible. I will be sending requests out next week for some full sized photos for Museum use only if possible. I really would like to than you all for being professional on the ramp and respecting the Aircraft and Museum personnel as usual! You guys and your shots ROCK! OUTSTANDING!

For some reason i can't post pictures.
Here is a link to my flickr which has some shots on it.
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Great job everyone!!! I absolutely love everyones!!

Great shots everyone! I think I know when one of my trips to NY will be next year!

Better late than never! Here are some of my favorites from that amazing Saturday night. Thanks again to all those involved! I can't imagine starting my summer any other way...

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Plus a few others...

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As usual, everything else is at dfalk.smugmug.com. I'm almost done sorting through all the pics from last week....soo close! Almost done!

Great Shots Eveyone!
Dan - any shots from the Leica? Gonzalu - Love the fisheye!

I have a lot of shots located on my gallery from 2008 and 2009, as well as some shots from a WABC remote broadcast in 2008.

Here are a few of my shots from this year. I am still slowly going through my pictures:

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And - I was trying to play with Photoshop a bit. Below is an image where I added some Lens Blur. The top Image is the Photoshop, the bottom image is the camera shot.
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C/C are welcome

(Let me sneak in my favorite from last year:)
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Again, I have a lot of shots located on my gallery.

It was great seeing everyone again, and I want to thank the AAM for allowing use to come down and take some AWESOME pictures!