Retired Warbirds at Dawn - a photo on Flickriver

            On this "morning" I woke up WAY too early and couldn't get back to sleep. Therefore, I figured I may as well go somewhere for sunrise. Then, I sat in the house drinking coffee until about 30 minutes before sunrise and almost changed my mind.  However, upon a quick look at an app I use to forecast cloud conditions, I saw that the forecast was for around percent high cloud obscurity in the sky. High clouds are the ones that best reflect the color of sunrises and sunsets. So, I headed out with no plan and almost no time to find foreground interest. The forecast didn't lie and there were nice high clouds to the east. I pulled into the Susanville Airport Hair Care and Tire Center (ok, it's not even big enough for the hair care and tires) and grabbed a shot of these two retired warriors that are displayed there (Bell UH-1 Iroquois, AKA Huey, and AH-1 Cobra).   Hope someone likes it as I had to risk life and limb to stand in the middle of the street with all the morning airport traffic to get a long enough focal length to compress the clouds to the helos in the shot. (ok, it was 5:30AM and I didn't see another car).   If you look closely enough on a larger screen you can see a few little "Easter egg" birdies perched around both helos.
   

Taken on: June 4, 2023

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Groups appears in: • Canon DSLR User Group • canon photography more » • Military Aviation Photography • Military Aeronautics • Nor Cal Photographers • Northern California Photographers • Aviation Photography Group • Canon HDR • Sunrise and Sunset’s Today • Northern California Photography • Northern California Photography Club • A Photographer [No AI or SL] • Military Plane and Transportation • 100 Views Unlimited • Aviation World • Photo Artistry • Photo Feelings « less

Camera: Canon EOS 6D Mark II, f/16.0, 1/8 sec, 105mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 6D Mark II
Lens:	EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Aperture:	f/16.0
Exposure Time:	0.125 sec (1/8)
Focal Length:	105mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-1 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto bracket
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 24.5 (Windows)
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