nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
A great shot of the Enola Gay...great angle...effective lighting..
ssmc
Well-known
Thank you! The "straight" color version is here:
http://www.pbase.com/smcleod965/image/125288976/large.jpg
I found the yellow nosewheel support distracting but there was no way to crop it out without cutting off too much of the plane so I used a blue filter (IIRC) to darken it. The NASM is amazing... I could spend all day in that place...
DominikDUK
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DC-2
Beautiful photo of a beautiful plane
mynikonf2
OEM
Some Great stuff here. Keep them comin.
N
Nikon Bob
Guest
Really enjoying this thread so I thought I would throw some in too.
Bob
Bob
shimokita
白黒
at the Kure City Naval History & Science Museum (Yamato Museum) in Takaramachi Kure City Hiroshima Prefecture.
Pictured is a Mitsubishi "zero" A6M7 Type 0 Model 62
There is also a one-tenth scale model of the battleship Yamato (length:26.3m)
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ( JMSDF ) Museum in Kure City is right next door to the Yamato Museum and when I was there you could tour ( and photograph inside ) the decommissioned JMSDF submarine Akishio SS-579. Both facilities are well worth a visit...
Casey
Pictured is a Mitsubishi "zero" A6M7 Type 0 Model 62
There is also a one-tenth scale model of the battleship Yamato (length:26.3m)
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ( JMSDF ) Museum in Kure City is right next door to the Yamato Museum and when I was there you could tour ( and photograph inside ) the decommissioned JMSDF submarine Akishio SS-579. Both facilities are well worth a visit...
Casey
peterm1
Veteran
Me 20 years ago in a B25 ( I think - rusty memory) off the north coast of New Guinea.
kknox
kknox
Rolleiflex 3.5F, Lockeed Electra
kknox
kknox
Rolleiflex 3.5F, Lockeed Electra
Don Parsons
Well-known
kuzano
Veteran
Probably more military duty than any others shown here
Probably more military duty than any others shown here
The CH47 saw covilian duty with many airline companies as the DC-3. In fact, I few from my home to my Army Basic Training in Fort Ord California in 1964 in a United Airlines DC-3.
The CH47, or variants thereof saw significant military duty as support and GUNSHIP duty.
They were first fitted with 3 50mm cannons spraying bullets out two windows and a door on the pilots side of the craft. The cannons were General Electric electronically controlled either simultaneously or singly by switches on the pilots flight yoke as he circled in close support of ground troops.
Blying low and slow, they could lumber around troops or villages for long periods of time laying down rounds every 3 feet approximately.
Known as "PUFF, the Magic Dragons" they were very effective.
They've seen duty in revolutions and drug interventions throughout Central Ameriica, Colombia, Africa and the Chinese Air Force.
Rich eventful history courtesy of Douglas Aircraft.
Probably more military duty than any others shown here
The CH47 saw covilian duty with many airline companies as the DC-3. In fact, I few from my home to my Army Basic Training in Fort Ord California in 1964 in a United Airlines DC-3.
The CH47, or variants thereof saw significant military duty as support and GUNSHIP duty.
They were first fitted with 3 50mm cannons spraying bullets out two windows and a door on the pilots side of the craft. The cannons were General Electric electronically controlled either simultaneously or singly by switches on the pilots flight yoke as he circled in close support of ground troops.
Blying low and slow, they could lumber around troops or villages for long periods of time laying down rounds every 3 feet approximately.
Known as "PUFF, the Magic Dragons" they were very effective.
They've seen duty in revolutions and drug interventions throughout Central Ameriica, Colombia, Africa and the Chinese Air Force.
Rich eventful history courtesy of Douglas Aircraft.
Moto-Uno
Moto-Uno
Nikon Bob, I thoroughly enjoyed your photos, my father flew Lancasters during WW2 and later in the '50s he flew F-86 Sabres overseas to Europe and in the '70s while in 4 wing
Germany flew the F-104 Starfighters, my mother and other pilots wives used to call them "widow makers". Peter
Germany flew the F-104 Starfighters, my mother and other pilots wives used to call them "widow makers". Peter
efinglada
Established
Dayrell bishop
Well-known
Rodchenko
Olympian
The Gannet is a ridiculous looking aircraft. But thereby very distinctive and interesting.
biomed
Veteran
biomed
Veteran
See posts 189 and 190 for color photos of this same aircraft by kknox.
Moto-Uno
Moto-Uno
"Biomed" I've held off long enough.... how do you get such fantastic shots of the aircraft sheet metal and props ? Envious as hell, Peter
Dektol Dan
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Airplanes in My Brains
Airplanes in My Brains
M6 Leica Zeiss 28mm 2.8
M6 Leica Zeiss 35mm 2.8
Airplanes in My Brains
M6 Leica Zeiss 28mm 2.8
M6 Leica Zeiss 35mm 2.8
biomed
Veteran
Thank you! I am not aware that I am doing anything special. I spend a quite a bit of my time looking for the right light in terms of shape, shadows and contrast. I attempt to capture certain aspects of the aircraft instead of photographing the complete aircraft. If the aircraft is very interesting to me, then I will include the whole airplane in the photo. A large percentage of my photos have been taken using a tripod even though I use u4/3 or P&S cameras most of the time.
Mike