28 Ultron at the New England Air Museum

[rover]

A trip to the New England Air Museum at Bradley International Airport seemed to be a great time to try out my new 28mm Ultron. My M6 was loaded up with APX 400, and my second roll that day was TriX. Both were developed in Diafine, shot at 500 and 1250. The museum after many years of being an outside attraction currently is housed in a series of jam packed hangers.

 

[rover]

A wide angle lens comes in handy in these tight situation as it allows you the freedom to shoot while close to your subject, and still capture the surroundings to tell your story.

 

[rover]

Using a fast lens wide open also allows for flashless photography even in the darker displays. (shot on TriX at 1250)

 

[rover]

What you really go to see though are the planes.

 

[rover]

As I mentioned before, the museum used to be outdoors. That was until around 1980 when a tornado plowed threw the displays destroying and damaging most of the aircraft. As a child this was a shocking blow as I enjoyed visiting this attraction with my family just months before the tragedy. Today an outdoors display remains, this is for the aircraft they acquire with the intent of rebuilding. The museum boasts a repair and rebuilding hanger in which their projects are worked on.

 

[rover]

The crown jewel is housed in a hanger built specially for it, a B-29 restored right on site. Such a huge aircraft is difficult to photograph indoors.

 

[ray_g]

Very nice photos, Rover. The one with your son in the cockpit is surely one to treasure.

 

[George S.]

I've been there many times since I was a teen, recall the outdoor displays. A nice place for a day trip, always seem to be nice people running the place.

 

[SolaresLarrave]

Good job in B&W, Ralph... and your scans are prodigiously sharp! Thanks for posting! 🙂

 

[peter_n]

That 28mm looks really sharp rover! 🙂

 

[jlw]

Obviously you're doing very well with your 28. I like mine a lot, too, although I haven't had a chance to use it as much.

Are you aware that several of the scans are "flopped"? Maybe this was done for reasons of composition, but whenever there are signs in the picture, it's a tip-off.

 

[rover]

Obviously you're doing very well with your 28. I like mine a lot, too, although I haven't had a chance to use it as much.

Are you aware that several of the scans are "flopped"? Maybe this was done for reasons of composition, but whenever there are signs in the picture, it's a tip-off.

jlw, I was scanning at 4:30am, and I did catch some, but it took some coffee to wake me up. Yes, I did forget to look at the rest before I posted these last night, at which time I was very ready for bed. 😀

This confused me too. I use a flat bed scanner and Epson recommends you load the neg strips a certain way so that the images will be properly aligned when scanned. I always scan the "right" way, I will have to take a look too to figure out why they came out different on this batch.