Red Bull Air Race World Series - San Francisco

10/04/2005 09:08:51 PM · #26

Originally posted by sfalice:

Faidoi says the Red Bull Races are Saturday (Oct. 8) at 12:45. So I'd probably get to Fort Point by 11:30-11:45. Especially since there are really good photo ops in and around the Fort. And a nice place to have lunch at the Warming Hut near by.

Maybe it'll be a Plan. See you Saturday?

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awpollard

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

10/04/2005 10:21:24 PM · #27

Woot...I know I'm in San Dag but had to share... I picked up my tix today to an Executive Chalet on the flight line for the Miramar Airshow in two weeks...

So leave a few Angel Shots for me guys/gals... :)

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PhilipDyer

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

10/04/2005 10:36:39 PM · #28

I should be able to make it down to Fort Point on Saturday as well. Maybe we should all wear something so that we can recognize each other. I'm in favor of those saffron scarves that Manny uses in his portraits. ;-) Actually, I look very similar to the image on my profile image, so if anyone recognizes me, please come up and give me a huge kiss. Then some kind of self-introduction would probably be appropriate. See you Saturday!

10/04/2005 11:08:17 PM · #29

Originally posted by PhilipDyer:

I should be able to make it down to Fort Point on Saturday as well. Maybe we should all wear something so that we can recognize each other. ...

Well, if you see a baby blue Prius in the parking lot, you'll know I'm in the neighborhood.

10/04/2005 11:09:13 PM · #30

Originally posted by sfalice:

Originally posted by PhilipDyer:
I should be able to make it down to Fort Point on Saturday as well. Maybe we should all wear something so that we can recognize each other. ...

Well, if you see a baby blue Prius in the parking lot, you'll know I'm in the neighborhood.

Nice :)

10/04/2005 11:10:33 PM · #31

My car has this on it but I will be working on Sat. but I should be there on Sun.

10/05/2005 12:17:59 AM · #32

Originally posted by faidoi:

Previous years the Blue Angels(not last year) and other planes do their flybys and other stunts between the Marina Green and Alcatraz. Pretty much the central location at least for the previous 2 years.

Unless they change this by still be the best vantage, unless you are on a boat in the bay. Granted you can pretty much see the whole show almost everywhere on the SF Bay.

Those with shorter lenses may want to hang out near the Marina. Others may have more suggestions for better locations.

10/05/2005 12:53:49 AM · #33

I'll be there too... look for the guy with the crazy spiky hair driving an Isuzu Rodeo and that 70-200mm lens hanging off his neck :) LOL!

10/07/2005 05:52:40 PM · #34

I went down and shot the preliminaries today, and will post up later if I got any thing good, but I found the spot to shoot from. Park at Chrissy feild, and walk past the yacht club to the point that protects the harbor. You get an unobstructed view as the planes tip in over the gate and make the runs through the pylons. At least today it was less crowded than the green, and it looked like the pro photographers covering the event, video and still, were out there. Of coures now I feel the need for something big and white so I dont look like the novice I am.

10/07/2005 05:56:48 PM · #35

do you think fort point is not a good spot? i'm debating that as well because aquatic park is over a mile away...

oh and i have one of 'em big white lenses but mine is like a polaroid compared to the f2s that these pros have :)

10/07/2005 06:11:19 PM · #36

If you want the shot of the Blue Angels and the bridge, Fort Point is fine, but for the races it is too far from the action. These guys are about twenty feet off the water and cutting in and out of the pylons which are set up between the Marina Green and Fort Mason. Fort Point would be a long shot to get the action.

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10/07/2005 06:21:31 PM · #37

anyone else thinking of meeting at chrissy instead? i'll be at fort point at 10:30 just to be sure...

PhilipDyer

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

10/07/2005 06:41:30 PM · #38

Looks like we need to make a choice as a group if we want to meet each other tomorrow. Many people have already said that they will be meeting at Fort Point, so it's probably too late to change those plans at the last minute. I'm planning on going there in the morning, but am certainly not opposed to meeting at Chrissy Field if everyone else wants to do that instead.

If people would like to discuss this by phone, I'd be happy to be the focal point of the phone chain. Feel free to PM me your phone number and I'll call to confirm where you'd like to meet and when and then share the consensus with the others in this thread and by phone. Looking forward to meeting you guys tomorrow!

10/07/2005 06:49:31 PM · #39

you're right about the meeting place. i just pmed you my cell number.

10/07/2005 07:12:04 PM · #40

Some shots from today's preliminaries

and a shot of the group on the harbour breakwater with the races in the backround

10/07/2005 07:15:44 PM · #41

If the vantage point is better at Chrissy Field, well, that's where I'll be. Thanks for the reconnaisance, BrennanOB. Sounds good.

Then, if they start at about 1pm, we should be there at least by 12 if not sooner, to capture parking places?

Edited to add - wow, BrennanOB, great preliminaries! (and I was stuck in a boring meeting all afternoon)

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10/07/2005 08:59:41 PM · #42

Originally posted by BrennanOB:

Good to know. As I won't be there on Sat. Not sure if the they will still use the pylons on Sun for the exhibition.

10/07/2005 09:01:03 PM · #43

Originally posted by BrennanOB:

Some shots from today's preliminaries

and a shot of the group on the harbour breakwater with the races in the backround

At what range did you shoot those at? Just wondering which lens to bring.

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10/07/2005 09:05:38 PM · #44

bring your longest one :)

10/07/2005 09:06:45 PM · #45

Originally posted by BrennanOB:

Brennan: Can you tell me exactly how to get there? I want to be at Chrissy Field to get these shots too :)

10/07/2005 09:44:08 PM · #46

Here are some fairly specific directions to the Crissy Field parking lot. It is about opposite Halleck but the parking lot is not on the map below. However, it is obvious once you get there. There's a one-way entrance in and another out. Lyon Street heading to the deadend at the Bay takes you to the Yacht Club public parking lot :

map

PhilipDyer

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

10/07/2005 10:37:22 PM · #47

Sounds like we don't need a phone chain at all. I'm all for Chrissy Field and will try to get there by noon. See you guys there!

10/07/2005 11:06:19 PM · #48

Rikki, I parked at the Chrissy feild lot. Heading west you drive past the Marina Green, at the next stop sign the right lane allows you to turn onto the frontage road, pass the first right which is the entrance to the yacht club, and take the next right. Park as close to the eastern end as you can, then walk across the parking lot of the yacht club and pass the club building. Then just follow the shoreline, it becomes a spit of land that acts as the breakwater for the yacht harbour. Its about a five minute walk.

Welland, I was shooting with the 50-500, the ones with alot of pylons are pretty far off down by fort mason way, so I was at 500mm, the pylons that are by themselves (shots 1,3,5) are closer and with alcatraz behind them are around 250mm more or less.

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10/08/2005 12:10:05 AM · #49

Two shots of the "Fat Albert" Hercules C-130 transport taken in GG Park as it flew through the overcast clouds today.