The_Animal
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Can't seem to find the photo, but here's an excerpt of an article "Nisei served in U.S. Army Air Corps, Navy, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Merchant Marines during World War II" in a JAVA (Japanese American Veterans Association) newsletter dated "Fall 2012"
http://javadc.org/media/document/java-advocate/JAVA-Advocate-Fall-2012.pdf
The best-known Nisei in the Army Air Corps is surely Technical Sergeant (T/Sgt) Ben Kuroki, who flew 58 missions over both Germany with the 98th Bomb Group and Japan with the 505th Bomb Group. In a well-known biography, “Boy From Nebraska, The Story of Ben Kuroki” written by Ralph G. Martin, one can read his account of overcoming racial prejudice. Others who served in air combat include Private First Class Minoru Arita of the 5th Air Force, T/Sgt. Herbert Ginoza of the 483rd Bomb Group,Staff Sergeant (S/Sgt) Michael Mitsuo Kamimoto and Henry Kojima of the 13th Air Force, T/Sgt Yukio Kishi, S/Sgt John Hideo Matsumoto, S/Sgt Kenje Ogata and S/Sgt. Joe Mitsuru Shiraishi. Lt. Noboru Tashiro was a weatherman for the Army Air Corps and one must not overlook Lieutenant Arata Kimura, who, though not in the ArmyAir Corps, spotted targets from his Piper Cub for the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the 442nd RCT.
Hopefully these names may give you a start in google-searching the person who may have been on that B-17 crew.
EDIT: If you found the photo, out of general interest, would you mind sharing the name of the person; the B-17 and the resultant information of which squadron (Bomb Group) he flew as crewmember for?
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I'm getting the feeling that I need to make a trip out east. :D
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<--This shot if it wasn't cropped off would be the one going up on 500px. Unfortunately with the wing tip cut-off, I had to substitute it for this one: 
Went out for 3 hours and tried handholding this beast of a lens. 3 hours makes 11.8 pounds EXTREMELY HEAVY!!! :blink:
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Frame filling shot (600/4 handheld) of an Air Transat A330 turning on final over Green Timbers Lake heading for YVR. He probably thought I was pointing a bazooka at him. :woot.gif:/> I'll post it later. - POSTED.
I looked back at one of the 4 images that I snapped of the A330-243 and saw the co-pilot (although pixellated) looking at me. I wonder how much one can see of people on the ground from 5000 feet up. Any pilots want to answer that. If you're 20 miles out from the airport, about how high up are you and how much of the ground activity can you see from the ground. Can you discern what activities are going on from that high up?
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With that, you may have to get one custom built by a trophy-maker. They also make cases, as far as I know.
Try these guys out, they're in Indiana. http://www.bcwsupplies.com/
BCW Supplies (Sales)
PO Box 970
Anderson, IN 46015
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Just tried the 600mm handheld today. The more I do it, the easier it gets, but I still would not recommend doing it for very long. And considering that most people shoot with their right hand and hold the lens with their left. It's like having an 11 pound exercise weight. Unless you want to look like Peewee Herman on your right arm and Hulk Hogan on your left.
It's not suggested that this be done for very long stretches. It's only thanks to arm curling 30lb weights, that this 600mm handheld is as easy as it is and it's still pretty stinkin' difficult.Again, do not think that this is a great idea to do... Handholding the N-ikon AF-S 600mm f/4 D ED-IF II.
Yes, I'm getting old. Yes, I now have a beer gut! ~sigh~. No I don't imbibe alcohol. I'm going to need to get 40lb weights...or better yet, I just might as well save for the Gitzo GT5542LS & Jobu BWG-Pro2.
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I have been shown the light so to speak about arca/swiss type plates and tripod heads.
I tossed all my manfrotto stuff in a box in the closet, and I am now using this awesome beauty.
it will hold up to 25 pounds and it acts as a gimbal head as well. worth every penny.
Nice ball head, but I'll probably be going with this.
Gitzo Systematic GT5542LS & Jobu BWG-Pro2 gimbal head
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The 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII fits nicely on my Manfrotto 190XB; just haven't got a decent tripod for the 600/4. The 600/4 would squash the Manfrotto like a bug.
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To give you an idea of the type of library that I personally have in terms of photography. It cost me close to $500.00 and that's not counting the number of magazines that I have on photography alone. Each one of those magazines contains information on photography that is of use to someone learning photography.
I'm working on increasing my collection of wildlife photography books to draw from it ideas on how to develop my style of wildlife photography shooting; and not just copying someone else's style. One of the best books for wildlife photography is Moose Peterson's "Captured" (which I still don't have); I'm still in the process of assembling the "wildlife photography" section of my own personal library.
awesome now get out there and start shooting.
hey I just noticed the RRS tripod foot. aparently it will make a huge difference in the way it handles on a gimbal.
Dylan, Christian passed along that RRS foot so that the 600/4 handles better (balance-wise) on the gimbal. I also have the N-ikon foot. The N-ikon foot sits too high for either Christian's or my liking. And, yeah, Dylan, I'm scared of that beast. That thing is heavy...and really needs a tripod/gimbal to work it properly without risk of dropping it (and the dough to repair that thing if dropped would be astronomical). And with the payment schedule, it's going to be about January 2014 before I have the tripod. So it's still back to the good ol' 70-200/TC-20EIII combo for the time being. At least it's there now.
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In terms of wildlife photography classes, the only thing I'd be able to do is try to get into a "guided tour" to track down certain animals that are on my list of "must photograph". Unfortunately, those cost thousands of dollars...and on top of that; there's travel expenses. Let's say a trip into the Great Bear Rainforest Sanctuary to track the Kermode or Spirit bear. You have a choice of two authorized guides; they won't let you in there without a guide that is authorized. You also have to pay for a guide (it's not included in the cost of the trip). You have to be up on your skills for that because they don't teach you about the "basics of photography" there. Either that or you mentor with a trained professional wildlife photographer and that's going to cost you thousands of dollars.
So the only advice that I have for someone to "take better pictures" is "hone your skill" the best you can outside of courses...read lots of books on photography, take your camera out and shoot. Experience is the best teacher and digital gives you that experience because you can see where your mistakes are. Treat it like you would your scale modeling (if you're good at that, you know what it would have taken to get there) and transfer that kind of effort to learning photography. Pretty much, all a basic photography course teaches you to do is to learn the basics of your camera. It doesn't teach you how to see, how to develop your own style.
Yes, I know, that "photography bug" bit me harder than usual. He's a pain in the ***.
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On a 70-200mm, I believe I know where the limitations are.
or perhaps this:
I presume... classes are available to get these shots?
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Boom. We need decals and aftermarket. :)/>
And it even works too. :D Cooool. :D
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All I can say, Terry... is...
KICK THE CRAP OUT OF IT!
Wishing you the best...and rapid road to good health.
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Nice glass. Don''t lose that hood. It costs as much as a lens. LOL
No kidding. My wife was commenting on how large that lens was with the hood on it. We tested it out on Christian's tripod/gimbal setup. It is just starting to sink it that it will be mine completely in May 2014 (with three quarterly equal payments...).
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It's home.
The lens.
The case.
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Going down today to talk with my friend on the payment plan with regards to the purchase of his (soon to be 'my') 600mm f/4 D ED-IF II.
Still pinching myself that it's all coming true. :blink:
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I usually have curry sauce with mine - along with the obligatory salt and vinegar. Never been offered lemon juice but perhaps one finds a better class of chippie in Surrey ... :)/>
:cheers:/>
Darius
Darius, I would really like to be able to visit England and have a honest to goodness chippie over there. But unfortunately, my "Surrey" is over the pond and on the west coast of the "colony". Well, we do what we can, but it's not authentic English fish n' chips. :)
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I see the Black Aces are center top. ~smirk~
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I remember him telling us the place went crazy when Wayne Maki gave Ted Green in the head to the head (sans helmets, of course) and I don't mean cheering and clapping. [edited for brevity] Let the games begin...
Damn, I miss Wayne Maki. That's when the Canucks really knew how to hit and hit hard. He was however a St. Louis Blue when he made that swing of his stick; after Green took a swing at him with his own stick.
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Like I said before, the invitation is open to get together and go shoot at Reifel. I'll be probably getting a Gitzo Systematic GT5542LS & Jobu BWG-Pro2 gimbal head in January 2014. So what I may do is end up draping a beanbag chair over my daughter's stroller for the time being.
For me, shooting big aluminum birds with loud engines is fine (with regards to the TC-20EIII), but trying to go after birds of the feathered kind is a different story. Oh, well, I guess, I live and learn.
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havent seen one of these in a while. sorry about the heat haze
Didn't know Edelweiss flew into YVR. I should keep a lookout for them now.
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It's official. Will be going down to talk to my "eagle-photographing" friend and discussing the purchase (via payment plan) of his AF-S 600mm f/4 D ED-IF II on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, as he has purchased the newest 800mm f/5.6 FL G ED-IF VR, so he is selling the 600mm f/4.
The past 5 years of photography has all culminated in the purchase of this lens. If this lens goes through it will also give me enough finances left over from my original equipment acquisition plan (which was originally to just purchase a 600mm VR (the newest model)) to purchase a 300mm f/2.8 VRII (which I will utilize for birds in flight).
I have a mated pair of bald eagles in Green Timbers Park (the park closest to my residence) that I have been itching to photograph. The results that I have obtained with the 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII+TC-20EIII have been subpar at best. I tend to call them "my bald eagles", as considering how close they are to my home, they are within easy commute. Of course, the Green Timbers Park Association would have something to say about that.
I'm looking forward to better images in the future with utilizing 600mm+ range (with the addition of the TC-14 (mark 1 1.4x teleconverter - manual focus).
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Ryan, weathering's a little weird on that frog. :D and super addition to the tutorial.
Chuck, great tutorial. I don't think much more can really be said about it. It hits everything necessary for "macro photography" - which in essence is "model photography".
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According to what I saw on Delta's website (I believe this is a Delta A319, it could either be the A319-100 or the A319-31C (VIP). I'm just not sure, I'm leaning towards the A319-100 though.
Got it, it's an A319-114 - N359NB, will rename that file later. "Oh, god, please don't tell me I'm getting into plane 'spotting'. I got enough stuff to do..."
What'd ya see today???
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Dylan, I woulda thought the TRUMPTM would be flying in a B747-400. With the size of his ego, I woulda thought that the B757 would be a bit cramped.