Wings of Blue U.S. Air Force Parachute Demonstration Team
Photos of the Wings of Blue U.S. Air Force Parachute Demonstration Team at the Pikes Peak Airshow. These photographs of the United States Air Force Parachute Team, Wings of Blue were taken at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow in Colorado Springs.The Wings of Blue has both a demonstration team and a competition team. The demonstration team travels across the country to airshows, sporting events, and other venues to represent the Air Force in precision parachuting. Similarly, the competition team represents the Air Force by competing with teams from around the country in 6-way speed formations, 4-way relative work, 2-way free fly, and sport accuracy. These photos of The Wings of Blue were taken on September 21, 2019 during the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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Wings of Blue – Demo Promo Video
This Wings of Blue video is courtesy of the Parachute Team Wings of Blue Channel on YouTube. Please visit their channel for more amazing US Air Force Wings of Blue Videos.
Photographs of the US Air Force Parachute Team
The following camera gear was used in the Photography of US Air Force Parachute Team at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow in Colorado Springs, Colorado:
- a Nikon D850 with the Nikon MB-D18 Multi Battery Power Pack,
- F-Stop Gear Aloe Green Tilopa 50L Back Pack (with large Pro ICU),
- a Really Right Stuff TVC 34L tripod,
- the Movo GH800 Carbon Fiber Professional Gimbal Tripod Head with Arca-Swiss Quick-Release Plate,
- with a Really Right Stuff BH-50 LR Ballhead,
- and an AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR lens with a Really Right Stuff Tripod foot.
These photos were all taken with a Gimbal and tripod set up using the Nikkor 200-500mm lens. The D850 exposures for the images average between 1/250 and 1/640 of a second at f/10 to f/14. The native ISO of 64 was used on the Nikon D850 and all images captured as RAW files. We used Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC to process all of these images. You may notice a few of the photos have nice white clouds while others have clear blue skies. We used Adobe Photoshop’s new sky replacement feature in a few of the photos on this page (including the banner).
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