Missed Opportunities [Aires Colombia HK-4660]

[gonzalu]

So true... so true...

[NIKV69]

Nick and Cary, been there done that for ALL that you have explained :)

Nick, for next time, make sure you at least do some homework :-)

http://www.giangrandi.ch/optics/lenses/focalcalc.html

At SXM I learned that the best lens for these types is a 14-24mm on Full Frame, a 10-24mm on Crop and / or a Fisheye at 16mm FF or 12mm crop sensor!!

No so much homework but being complacent. That SP was there for two weeks and was coming back. I should have went to the roof of the casino right across the river. I would have got a better bank than Hobe with that.

[gonzalu]

No Nick, I think your shot angle was a much better idea. Anyone can get an SP banking, but, how many have the super duper SXM Maho Beach like shot? Yours is likely the only one even with the clipped wing.. no?

[NIKV69]

Anyone can get an SP banking

??? I don't think there are 20 of these flying. Not to mention I have access to the top of a tall casino tower so the bank would be close and look air to air with mountains underneath. That is epic! The runway shot is good too. Superbowl is coming and they will probably be kicking out Sheldon to get room for more VIPs in LAS. I got to hook this up!

[gonzalu]

I totally forgot about my Epic Fail at SXM in 2011 when the only recorded visit of a TACA could have been properly rendered. Ah, what can I say, I was excited as an 18 year old boy in a wh0r3house, but I digress



And the one that I used for the db which was the best I could do with a 70-200mm on full frame from 20 feet away... Nick, eat your heart out

[megatop412]

Nick you may not think so but that SP rotation shot, even with the wing clipped, is an awesome shot- reminds me of some of Joe Pries' or Art Brett's work

[NIKV69]

Nick you may not think so but that SP rotation shot, even with the wing clipped, is an awesome shot- reminds me of some of Joe Pries' or Art Brett's work

Thanks, it was a miracle I held on to the camera and shot it from my back. Another guy who shot it was a couple hundred yards away and almost got us in the pic. That would have been Biblical.

[gonzalu]

A pair of well position GoPro Hero 3 Black Editions would have garnered really nice still frames and awesome HD footage!!