Snowy Rain | Flowing Stream The stream winds down the mountain. As it gets wider and narrower, the flow gets slower or faster. Slow the shutter speed and time smooths the water’s rough edges. To learn more about making a photograph in the rain and snow at Hyalite Canyon, see Snowy Rain | a 7 Image Story.
Snowy Rain | Soft Water Nice images get captured in the rain and snow. This image was captured between wet snow showers. Slow down the exposure for the stream to blur and you a simple, long click. Hyalite Canyon keeps drawing you back for more. To learn more about making a photograph in the rain and snow at Hyalite Canyon, see Snowy Rain | a 7 Image Story.
Snowy Rain | a 7 Image Story A little snow, a little rain, and early morning light help make dramatic images. Add a few rocks in a mountain stream and little luck with the weather, you might find the image in your dreams. The opportunity came my way on a fall morning in Hyalite Canyon with an early morning snowfall. In less than an hour, seven black & white landscape images emerged.
What kind of day was it? Hello, it’s o’dark thirty. Think it will snow? Driving up Hyalite Canyon; rain is turning into snow. In fact, as we rise in elevation, the rain changes to wet snow mixed with rain, then sleet, and finally heavy snow. Hyalite Canyon provides the photographer with many different opportunities as well as challenges to making great images.
Finally, during a break in the snow, we stop at a pull off about half way up the dark winding mountain road. To be honest, it’s now a rather dreary day. Then, it occurs to me; make black & white images as the sun rises. The light coming off the blurred water will make good contrast.
It’s down the bank along the road to the mountain stream. Although there are waterproof boots in the truck, they’re not on my feet. Big mistake! After setting up the tripod and moving around a bit to get the angle, my foot steps onto a non-existent rock into the stream. With wet feet, it’s time to make images. Just for the record, I tend step or fall into water occasionally while capturing images.
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Doolittle Raiders Reunion | Reunion Day Reenactor Meet Mark; as a living historian, Mark portrays a WWII Pilot at the 70th Doolittle Raiders Reunion at the Air Force Museum. This photo could have been taken in 1942 in New Guinea just before a mission. Yes, they were that young. To learn more about Doolittle Raiders Reunion, see Doolittle Raiders Reunion | a 7 Image Story.
Doolittle Raiders Reunion | Call to Action Take-off Miss Mitchell takes off from Grimes Field headed to the Air Force Museum Airfield to attend the 70th Anniversary of the Doolittle Raid. The B-25J “Miss Mitchell” served in the 310th Bomb Group, 57th Bomb Wing of the 12th Air Force in North Africa and Italy completing over 130 missions with no crew fatalities. After a 12 year restoration by the Commemorative Air Force Minnesota Wing, Miss Mitchell took her first flight on April 18, 1992 ~ exactly 50 years to the day of the Doolittle raid. Visit the Commemorative Air Force Minnesota Wing site to learn more about Miss Mitchell. To learn more about Doolittle Raiders Reunion, see Doolittle Raiders Reunion | a 7 Image Story.
Doolittle Raiders Reunion | Morning of the Mission And, of course, the night before gave way to dawn; the day of. So, it’s 0530. The flight crews are being briefed. The ground crews are making last-minute checks of the airplanes. By 0600, ground crews begin to move the B-25s into position and enough dawn light allows us photogs to begin capturing images as the Air Force Band plays Stars & Stripes. Then, by 0630, flight crews complete their preflight checks and soon after, the planes begin starting engines and taxiing into line to wait their turn to take-off at 0700. Now, the pilots are focusing all their attention on the mission ahead: a “milk run” to the U.S. Air Force Museum. To learn more about Doolittle Raiders Reunion, see Doolittle Raiders Reunion | a 7 Image Story.
Doolittle Raiders Reunion | Night Before The night before the next mission; a beautiful sunset and the calm before 0700 takeoff. Makes me wonder just how many times my father saw a similar scene during his tour of duty in the south pacific. B-25 Grumpy sat ready at sunset the night before it’s flight as part of 20 B-25s flying to the Air Force Museum for the 70th Doolittle Raider Reunion. Photographers like pilots must sometimes get up at o’dark thirty and retire late to get the shot. To learn more about Doolittle Raiders Reunion, see Doolittle Raiders Reunion | a 7 Image Story.
Doolittle Raiders Reunion | Day Before The crew of Miss Mitchell checked out the B-25 after a heavy rain shower. Miss Mitchell had come to Grimes Field in Urbana, OH while preparing to attend the 70th Reunion of the Doolittle Raiders at the Air Force Museum. Twenty B-25 aircraft attended the reunion the following day. During the rain shower, I was in the Champaign Aviation Museum hangar chatting with a WWII B-25 pilot with 65 combat missions in Europe and the Distinguished Flying Cross. And, he still flies a Beech Bonanza with his son. Anyway, I just happened to walk pasted the hangar door just after the shower ended. Then, just a simple click; didn’t even get wet. To learn more about Doolittle Raiders Reunion, see Doolittle Raiders Reunion | a 7 Image Story.
