[ratpack] Re: Air Power
- From: Michael Wells <mcwellsphoto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 13:41:14 -0600
OK, thanks for the update.
Dr Z
On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Ray Buck <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Things is still up in the air. I may have to leave on short notice. But
> if I don't hear anything by Wednesday morning, I'm gonna assume that I'm
> staying in town. If I hear differently, I'll post it here immediately and
> check with Les and JG to make sure we get things straight.
>
> r
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> Sent from my Dreadnought using that barely tolerable Thunderbird email
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> On 7/5/2010 9:32 AM, Aleta Boyce wrote:
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> Ray,
> if you need someone to cover Air Power, I'd be glad to do so.
> I have some work to do, but I'm also dying to get to the track at least a
> few hours each day.
> Let me know! I have tickets through Jim, just no credentials for the
> elusive orange vest.
> al
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> On Jul 5, 2010, at 7:52 AM, muttley128@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> Thanks for thinking of us less fortunate guys. I have a large week this
> week at work and wouldn't be able to be there Thursday or Friday. I have
> bigot tickets and may go sat.
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone
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> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Ray Buck" <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, Jul 3, 2010 11:15 pm
> Subject: [ratpack] What would you do?
> To: <ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent from my Dreadnought using that barely tolerable Thunderbird email
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> If you had a photo like this...
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> ....that shows a car in mid-air right by the sponsor's airbag?
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> Would ya send it to their publicity department? If ya did do ya think
> they'd (they being the series...who refused me credentials) would try to
> claim ownership of the photo? As ya prolly know Tom Shannon gave me a
> ticket for the cheap seats that MMP gave to him. He and his wife used 'em
> on Saturday and I got one of the Sunday tickets.
>
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> I have one more in the series that has the car right in front of the
> airbag...hell, I don't know what to do with it.
>
> Here's one more shot I found interesting:
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> It was about the best use I could think of with the backlighting.
>
> The car show in Logan damn near kilt me. Like I wrote, I'd intended to get
> an earlier start, but as usual, I had to stop and visit with people and this
> and that....I was real tired. I'm far from caught up now, but I gotta get
> these 2 events finished up before ALMS.
>
> So...any ideas would be appreciated.
>
> Ohh..there is an outside chance that I might be out of town for the ALMS
> weekend. I hope it doesn't turn out that way, but if it does, I'd like to
> offer my arrangement with Les Long to someone who doesn't already have
> credentials. I know that the Zamboni is a little short in that area but I
> dunno about Muttley. It'd be a full commitment to cover Air Power and the
> race(s) that he's organizing. My plan is to start on Thursday and be there
> all day, every day until the last dog is hung.
>
> One more thing. I love 8 gig CF cards. I shot the whole Logan show on one
> card. I've re-thought the temperature sensitive issues I heard about a year
> ago and decided to chance it. If shootin all day in the 95F temps didn't
> hurt it...well, it seems to be a good deal. Amazon, Sandisk Ultra II for
> $33.50. I'll probably buy one or two more since the images from the 7D are
> considerably larger than the 40D's were. Oh...the 6 rechargeable NiMH AA
> cells in the powerpack lasted all day and still had more in 'em. I bought a
> charger and batteries, also from Amazon:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Sony-BCG-34HRMF4-Battery-Rechargeable-Batteries/dp/B0002IOIMQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1278220006&sr=1-1
> and 8 extra batteries (it comes with 4.) The nice thing about this charger
> is that it will drain the batteries before charging (If ya tell it to) to
> avoid discharge memory. So far I'm real happy with it. I DID use up the 4
> AAs in the flash, but they weren't freshly charged when I started.
>
> Enuff.
>
> r
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Dr. Z
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