What a beautiful sight!
This is during an annual event on Columbus Day in S.F. where the Blue Angels fly over San Francisco performing their amazing maneuvers. Here the Blue Angels are seen here from the foot of famous, winding Lombard Street.
How hard would it be to
1) Know exactly WHERE these Blue Angels would be passing this exact spot?
2) Know WHEN they be passing this exact spot?
The cameramen had to have had one of those automatic cameras that takes a bunch of pictures in a row. Even then, one wonders how he knew where these amazing jets would be passing by Russian Hill. Maybe he knows the pilots and they told him exactly when and where they’d be around Russian Hill or he asked them to go by this exact spot so he could take this amazing picture.
Cool stuff.
And the mayor of SF will of course condemn the militaristic action by our armed forces.
What an amazing photographer. He has a real gift. Thank you for posting.
What a beautiful sight!
I like it, all of my pictures are from a boat.
I saw them once in SF, as I recall on a July 4 weekend. At the end they came from behind us a very low altitude. Scared the hell out of some people and was very, very loud.
You have to be there to experience it. Way cool. The Blue Angels performed several times each day over several days (practice runs before the weekend). So there were ample locations to catch photos like this. My wife and I were on the Pier 39 upper floor at the pier end overlooking the bay last weekend, but didn’t have our cameras with us. There was one time a flock of about 20 large birds took off from the roof above us, in a V-formation that perfectly matched the formation of the Blue Angels in the background in front of the Golden Gate Bridge. In the next 3 seconds or so the birds flew towards the Blue Angels just as the jets broke formation to go vertical. Everyone screamed out in delight, especially the ones with cameras. Perfect weather with clear skies, nice hot day.
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Lots of background here:
http://www.sfgate.com/local/article/Is-this-Blue-Angels-photo-too-good-to-be-true-9970074.php
Oria says he was at a rooftop party when the Blue Angels started flying. He missed the first time they flew over Lombard, but the next time he was ready with his camera and lens. “I saw them headed that way and sure enough they zipped right through. I shot a burst and caught them in one of the pictures. It turned out to be the most interesting shot I had caught of the event.”