In April, 21th 2007, a competition of the Air Race World Series took place in Botafogo bay, Rio de Janeiro. For the photographers, the event was a great opportunity to capture great images of acrobatic planes having Rio de Janeiro city as background. I used a 100-300 zoom lens, which becomes a 160-480 mm lens attached to a Canon EOS 350D camera, because of the 1.6 correction factor. In order to get images with frozen movements, a minimum time exposure of 1/1000 of a second was used.
Before the competition, two F5 jet planes crossed the Botafogo bay a couple of times.
"Air gates" have been installed in Botafogo bay, forming a circuit which the pilots should fly in the shortest possible time.
Pilots must pass through the red gates with the planes in vertical position.
Pilots must pass through the blue gates with the planes in horizontal position. The constructive nature of the gate pylons is prepared to withstand shocks without damaging the planes, as we can see in the image below at the right, captured just a few moments after the shock.
The audience of the event was estimated in one million people.
Photographers at the event were not disappointed.
Before the competition, two F5 jet planes crossed the Botafogo bay a couple of times."Air gates" have been installed in Botafogo bay, forming a circuit which the pilots should fly in the shortest possible time.
Pilots must pass through the red gates with the planes in vertical position.
Pilots must pass through the blue gates with the planes in horizontal position. The constructive nature of the gate pylons is prepared to withstand shocks without damaging the planes, as we can see in the image below at the right, captured just a few moments after the shock.
The audience of the event was estimated in one million people.
Photographers at the event were not disappointed.Other Voyages:
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