I agree with Drew as far as the aesthetic need for some reference as to it's speed or closeness to the ground, etc. But.... I have been to many of these air shows over the years & this is often just not possible. They move so fast, that when they are close to the ground you would have to pan for a shot & the only really clear shots you can get of them are on the ground or pretty far off in the sky. So... with this in mind, I have to say you did a really good job of capturing the F-18.

I might take a little poetic license & add a little to the right of the plane, just enough that the nose points right to the right upper corner. It looks like it was a perfect, cloudless sky day, so as to view all their tricks & glamour!

As I remember them, it was aways mid-July & hotter than you can imagine, standing on the tarmac, watching the show! And so loud, it made your insides rumble! My father use to drag us off every year. He was so fascinated with them. The Blue Angels, the Snowbirds, etc. I was so happy when our son was old enough to go with him & I could stay home :) Thanks for sharing, it brought back fond memories :) #5385447

Thanks for your kinds words. I do concede Drew's point that having included some of the ground in the frame would have added to the speed/feel of the photo.

Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it... I was standing on a ladder about 600 feet from its flight path (way closer than the typical crowd line). I didn't have all that long to zoom in vs. zoom out, so I had my attention primarily focused on keeping it in the frame, and not falling off of the ladder . As a result there was not any ground to show underneath it. It was a trade off.

- Rob - #5389262