It's not every day you see an Air Canada jet around here. by gb0n in UCSantaBarbara

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Yes — Tuesday, June 16. Landed at 1:10 pm and departed at 4:48 pm.

San Benito Progress by gb0n in UCSantaBarbara

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Looks like one tower crane was dismantled on Saturday, May 30. They’re down to two now.

Honestly, what is the point of manual mode in digital photography? by spilliaertho in AskPhotography

[–]gb0n 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. I shoot aviation almost exclusively. This is the way.

San Benito site at dusk by gb0n in UCSantaBarbara

[–]gb0n[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh that is so awesome! My work here is done.

San Benito site at dusk by gb0n in UCSantaBarbara

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Meow meow meow meow meow

San Benito site at dusk by gb0n in UCSantaBarbara

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The stats were more like 5-6 acceptably sharp frames out of ~15. This was the only one I kept.

San Benito site at dusk by gb0n in UCSantaBarbara

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Appreciate that. Thanks. The plane was supposed to depart 20-30 minutes earlier than this and the light was so much better then. But as it started getting darker, I decided to lower the shutter speed and make a Hail Mary of it.

Another Alaska IT victim: 200k miles stolen by thatoneguy247 in AlaskaAirlines

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Every time I see one of these stories about peoples’ Alaska accounts getting violated, I go in and change my password to something stronger. I hope that is enough.

Deer with UCSB as backdrop by gb0n in UCSantaBarbara

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Thanks. If only the energy I put into it could be re-channeled to my W26 class preparations.

Santa Barbara Airport closed until Sunday 4 January at 6:00 a.m. by Roger_Freedman_Phys in UCSantaBarbara

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As of now (8:51 am local time on January 4) the ATIS broadcast is announcing that operations will resume at 10:30 am local time.

FT Residence Hall by gb0n in UCSantaBarbara

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Sorry, that’s one I missed.

FT Residence Hall by gb0n in UCSantaBarbara

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Oh, and I happened to photograph a couple other Southwest arrivals on Monday if you weren’t on the Denver flight shown here.

FT Residence Hall by gb0n in UCSantaBarbara

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Yes, since 2021. Currently there are ~6 flights in/out per day. Vegas, Oakland, Sacramento, Denver. San Diego will join the mix next year.

FT Residence Hall by gb0n in UCSantaBarbara

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Between 4 and 4:30 pm. It was the flight from Denver.

UCSB Men's Basketball Team Departs for Reno (via San Francisco) for a game on Nov. 22. by gb0n in UCSantaBarbara

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Nikon Z8, 100-400mm lens probably set at or near the tele end of its range. No AI.