Photographing Rainbows

Posted on July 19, 2011 by niklasdaniel

Most of the time I am not lucky enough to have a camera on hand when rainbows appear.
To the left you will find a picture I took of the Skyventure Arizona tunnel yesterday afternoon, after a rainstrom passed thorough the area. In order to track my progress in shooting this phenomena, I have added another image to this post which I took back in March of 2009 at Skydive Elsinore.

I shot the image of airplane with a Canon Rebel XTi set on RAW, focal length 25, FNumber 11, exposure time 1/800. Whereas the photo of the tunnel was shot with my Canon 7d set on L, focal length 21, FNumber 22, exposure time 1/80. Both images received some post work in Adobe Photoshop Elements.

Indian Air Force

Posted on July 19, 2011 by niklasdaniel

Over the past couple of weeks, AXIS Flight School has been working with the Indian Air Force in order to prepare them for the upcoming CISM Military Championships. India will be competing in Formation Skydiving and Classic Accuracy in both the men’s and women’s divisions. During their first few days of training, the group has made great progress in their individual body-flight skills utilizing Skydive Arizona‘s wind-tunnel. Now they have entered the next phase of their training, taking to the air and working on camera flying, exit technique, and more advanced FS skills. Here are some photos I shot during their first week of sky training: