Yes, we took these pictures. We didn’t get them stored on a memory device by a couple tourists when getting some work done at the cafe. It’s almost rather embarrassing because it’s almost too obvious that they were posing just for us. We hoped they’d turn out more natural…
Blue Angels Posing for Seattle Savvy
Really though, we stood on the rooftop of the Montreux trying to hide from the rain and only got one which was certainly worthy of being deleted. With a pretty good 360 degree view from that building, in addition to our school boy-like excitement to post some pics of such a unique and large yearly festival, we were sure we’d get at least one good one. You hear them coming from the east, then you catch them neener neener neenering at you to the south. Finally they set-up for the shot we asked them for of them slipping along side the Space Needle, but our camera’s zoom and speed was off. After reviewing the pic, we knew what we had to do. We had to send a text message to the pilots begging for one more shot.
Now, these guys are not the type of guys who generally let you slide with a mulligan, but fortunately we’re good friends. We weren’t even expecting the guys to reply considering how focused they must be flying multi-million dollar fighter jets in formation with just an arms reach between them, but Dave’s Droid vibrated within seconds with a text that simply said, “for you guys, one more.” Because we know these guys so well, we knew they weren’t going to make the second time around easy. Since Dave screwed up the first pic, and I Justin am better friends with them anyway, this time I armed myself with the camera on, the speed high, and the zoom up to about 75%. With Dave attentively doing circles looking up into the sky, and me positioned in a horse-stance, we were sure to get this one!
Not long after we really got prepared, we heard the roar from the west…
“Ohhh Dave, this is going to be a good one,” I said with a wink. Dave gave me his infamous 2-fingered point and nodded in agreement. Facing west, camera held tightly and steady below my chin, Dave shout’s “THERE THEY ARE! GET EM GET EM GET EM!”
CLICK!
Unfortunately, my Call of Duty Modern Warfare II skills are not complimented by the reflexes of a 14-year old boy. The shot, a blur. With our heads hung low, we walked in shame to get a drink of java where we looked at our pathetic picture and attempted to convince each other that maybe the Blue Angels pilots will still consider us friends. But before we fully agreed we failed, I pointed at a young couple who was uploading they’re pictures of this amazing Seafair performance we all look forward to every year. They must have overheard us, because they were quick to ask if we had a memory stick for us to say we had succeeded with scoring their pics. I’d say for such a gray day, we actually did pretty good!
Enjoy this video showing 2010 air show performance!
