{"id":2070,"date":"2011-09-16T11:27:33","date_gmt":"2011-09-16T11:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b5f2dbd4-5e4c-4b7d-b73e-da90f901cf3e"},"modified":"2011-09-23T21:46:13","modified_gmt":"2011-09-23T21:46:13","slug":"catch-up-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=2070","title":{"rendered":"Catch up Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

First, Big News – FLASH – my new Close-Up class Part I is posted @ http:\/\/kelbytraining.com<\/a>\/
\nCheck it out. <\/p>\n

Second we had
\nthe pleasure of
\nhaving Richard
\nSmall and his
\nwife Yuriko, join
\n Mike Anskat, and
\nmyself for a
\nburger last
\nnight. Great
\nfolks and a great
\nburger, though
\nMilt\u2019s or Fava\u2019s
\nhave nothing to
\nworry about.<\/p>\n

Bill Pekala, Mike Anskat and I were back on the ramp for sunrise this morning and were blessed with clouds to pick up the sunrise light. Below are some of the better things I got this morning. The shots of hellcat are for Scott Diussa, who couldn\u2019t make it because of his upcoming trip to New Zealand for a The Rugby World Finals.<\/p>\n

The top three in this sequence are the Commemorative Air Force\u2019s Hellcat. Top shot HDR Painterly
\nsetting the other to photo realistic HDR processing. The last two are some of the F15\u2019s on the ramp.<\/p>\n

But the winner of the morning goes to Bill Pekala for his gorgeous shot of the Spartan Executive,
\na 1937 vintage private aircraft, only 34 were made. This shot is simply stunning and I\u2019ve already forgiven him for not yelling for me to come and get the shot too! I\u2019m treating you to three versions.<\/p>\n

On the heels of looking at these great images of Bill\u2019s I\u2019m reminded just how fortunate I am to
\nget to do what I do, with the people I get to do it with. You notice, I didn\u2019t say how lucky I am.
\nLuck is not a factor. I\u2019ve been blessed. Blessed with a great family, friends, and wonderful experiences. Most of all I\u2019m blessed with a friend that has been so faithful, He has never let me down, He has always been there for me, and He went so far as to give His very life so that I might be forgiven for my countless sins, his name is Jesus. Thank You Lord for your infinite grace and
\ncompassion on me……..<\/p>\n

Blessings,<\/p>\n

the pilgrim<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/p>\n

Seems Mike Anskat also had a great round at bat, check out his incredible shots! Do I run with a fast crowd or what!!!!!<\/p>\n

*Photo Note: D7000, 24-120, group shot with the P7100. Pekala\u2019s shots D700 and the
\n28-300 AF-S VR lens. Mike Anskat – D3s 28-300 AFS VR
\n<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First, Big News – FLASH – my new Close-Up class Part I is posted @ http:\/\/kelbytraining.com\/ Check it out. Second we had the pleasure of having Richard Small and his wife Yuriko, join Mike Anskat, and myself for a burger last night. Great folks and a great burger, though Milt\u2019s or Fava\u2019s have nothing to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chronicles","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2070"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2718,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2070\/revisions\/2718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}