sharod Posted July 30, 2012 #1726 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Yesterday was beautiful out. Took a motorcycle ride to visit the Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, VA. Space Shuttle Discovery Space Shuttle Discovery Boeing 307 Stratoliner P-40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDSue Posted July 30, 2012 #1727 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Love all the new pics! The Udvar-Hazy museum is practically in my backyard and I've yet to get over to see the Discovery. (I took off work to watch it being flown in). I need to go. Great shots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dileep Posted July 30, 2012 #1728 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Love all the new pics! The Udvar-Hazy museum is practically in my backyard and I've yet to get over to see the Discovery. (I took off work to watch it being flown in). I need to go.Great shots! Great pictures indeed. Brings back memories of our visit last August! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharod Posted July 30, 2012 #1729 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Love all the new pics! The Udvar-Hazy museum is practically in my backyard and I've yet to get over to see the Discovery. (I took off work to watch it being flown in). I need to go.Great shots! Thank you. Quite an amazing place to visit! Sometimes it seems like the things that are in "our own backyard" are the last places we visit. Why is that??? Great pictures indeed. Brings back memories of our visit last August! Thank you very much. And I really enjoyed your video! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDSue Posted July 31, 2012 #1730 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Great pictures indeed. Brings back memories of our visit last August! So you were out in my neck of the woods. What other sites did you visit while here? Great video! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDSue Posted July 31, 2012 #1731 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Thank you. Quite an amazing place to visit! Sometimes it seems like the things that are in "our own backyard" are the last places we visit. Why is that??? I went there when the Enterprise was there, but we got there late and it was closing soon. I'd love to see the Discovery. I spent 5 years working for NASA. My daughter and husband still do. I have a lot of fond (and a few sad) memories of the shuttle program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dileep Posted July 31, 2012 #1732 Share Posted July 31, 2012 So you were out in my neck of the woods. What other sites did you visit while here? We go to DC at least once a year to visit my inlaws near Ft Belvoir and we usually don't do much touristing. We have done all the DC sights. If there is an interesting special exhibit at the National Gallery we might go into town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky-elpaso Posted August 3, 2012 #1733 Share Posted August 3, 2012 We're having a movie festival here in El Paso and to go along with it our Museum of Art has an exhibit of movie costumes designed by Edith Head. We were there to hear a talk by the guy who put the collection together and his stories of what they had to do to restore some of the pieces was amazing. The exhibit included a collection of jewelry - most of it from the movie "Samson and Delilah". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PurpleHays Posted August 4, 2012 #1734 Share Posted August 4, 2012 We're having a movie festival here in El Paso and to go along with it our Museum of Art has an exhibit of movie costumes designed by Edith Head. We were there to hear a talk by the guy who put the collection together and his stories of what they had to do to restore some of the pieces was amazing. Not that I could wear it, but I want the black dress! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dileep Posted August 4, 2012 #1735 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Not that I could wear it, but I want the black dress! me too! :D:D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sparky-elpaso Posted August 4, 2012 #1737 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Not that I could wear it, but I want the black dress! Me too. Most of those dresses were probably smaller than a size 6. The museum had to have the dress forms special made - there weren't any commercial ones small enough. Women were smaller in the 40's and 50's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky-elpaso Posted August 4, 2012 #1738 Share Posted August 4, 2012 For the first time I got some pics of lighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multi-Cruiser Posted August 4, 2012 #1739 Share Posted August 4, 2012 For the first time I got some pics of lighting. Those are some great captures! What settings did you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootr Posted August 4, 2012 #1740 Share Posted August 4, 2012 From our ride today to Canyon Lake in Arizona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky-elpaso Posted August 4, 2012 #1741 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Those are some great captures! What settings did you use? My camera (Sony DSCHX200V) has the ability to be completely manual - but its operator doesn't. :) So I took a chance and use the preset Fireworks setting. Lightening can be short-lived here in the desert so I didn't even bother with a tripod - I braced my shoulder on the porch post, aimed at the general area where lightning was happening, and just kept hitting the shutter. Not sure how many actual shots I took but I ended up with about 15 that had something in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dileep Posted August 6, 2012 #1742 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Debathome Posted August 6, 2012 #1745 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Fred, that is a beautiful shot. :) Dileep, those Blue Angels free falling make my stomach drop. Our air show is coming up at the end of the month here in Toronto. Shootr, love the pic with the sun glinting off the helmet. Sharod, those shots of the aircraft are amazing. Looks like the kind of place my son's would enjoy. Love all the pics here. And yes, I would love that dress as well. ;) I'd have to lose half my body weight though. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dileep Posted August 11, 2012 #1748 Share Posted August 11, 2012 (edited) Edited August 11, 2012 by dileep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfsh Posted August 12, 2012 #1749 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Pride of America off Waikiki Aug 11, 2012 7:30 pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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