Fleet week this year was celebrating its 31th year running. Wikipedia article estimates that the event attracts over 1 million people to watch the airshow along the San Francisco bay. This year was no exception. I went as usual on Thursday to photograph the Blue Angels first practice run. The weather was largely overcast and I had some issues with my lens, so I have only a few images from Thursday (the only one which made the cut, has a 25% grey background).
But Saturday I went sailing and I got great images, including a F-22 raptor, a stealth bomber (B-2 Spirit Bomber) and images of the Blue Angels with San Francisco in the background. Shooting from a moving boat has made getting a sharp shot a more challenging exercise. Fortunately, the planes are making multiple runs, you have time to look at your images and adjusting your settings before the next run.
Overall, it was a great week but I now know where I want to be next year for the official America’s cup and Fleet Week 2013 (10/12/13 – 10/13/13).
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- Thursday practice (overcast day) of Blue Angels in San Francisco
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- Stealth B-2 Spirit Bomber over alcatraz
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- Close up of the B-2 Spirit Bomber
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- Close-up of F-22 Raptor
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- Vapor condensing over a F-22 Raptor
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- Vapor condensing over F/A-18E Super Hornet
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- Blue Angels and the Bay Bridge
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- Close up of a Blue Angel
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- Close up of a Blue Angel
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- Blue Angels flying in formation at San Francisco.
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- Blue Angels splitting up their formation.
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- Blue Angels splitting up their formation.
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- Close flying formation by the blue angels
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- Blue Angel turning over Alcatraz
