B17 remembers overcast skys.

[Mike_E]

A B17 was visiting our local airport this weekend.

Barnstorming if you can believe it. A long way from freeing the world but a living I suppose. I heard tickets were $400 apiece- I didn't check.

In any case she is a gorgeous old girl...

Thanks for looking,

mike

 

[newrmdmike]

more please?

 

[JIP]

Greay angle and great shot but it is a little dark. I agree I would like to see more.

 

[altitude604]

personally, i love the shot in that dark tone.

mazin'

deff want to see more. the B-17 is amazing... when i get a chance to shoot my uncle's P-40 i'll post some of those.

 

[Craig J]

This is especially cool to be since my dad was a tail gunner on a B17. If you have photoshop I can tell you an easy way to fix the blown out clouds.

Did you capture the nose art?

Craig

 

[Mike_E]

Thanks for the kind words. It was a dark to very dark day and I tried to bring home some of the mood.

Here are a couple more...


Last Minute Details

Once More Into The Clouds

God Speed Old Girl

Again thanks for looking. (I'll have to go back and look for a better shot of the tail gunners seat and sorry about the blown sky- not much I could do considering how many stops darker everything else was. I guess I could clone it out all together. )

 

[altitude604]

my only critique on the next couple is, on your take-off shot the runway should be level and not tilted.

other than that, great work! i love old warbirds.

 

[Mike_E]

Thanks Altitude, I cropped the take off shot and I think that the camera angle against the trees and the slight hill hiding the runway is giving me grief here.

I measured the roof line of a building I cropped out directly across the way and got 0.48 degrees CW (which makes me feel good as I'm usually not that good-really! ).



mike

 

[citjet]

Cool, love the ole B-17 Flying Fortress. You caught the #4 engine/prop in motion (right on). I think some exposure componsation would have helped you with the overcast.

 

[Craig J]

Again thanks for sharing. I am into these and with the new photos I was able to identify the plane. The plane is named "Aluminum Overcast". I searched on it and it has a lot of history.

I tweaked your photos a little. Hope you do not mind.

You have to shoot the nose art when it comes back.

Craig

 

[altitude604]

^ nice edits.

but again on #2, the way the horizon is sloped... it's making it look more like landing than a take-off. that's just a quirk that gets me, being an aviator myself. lol

 

[Jane58]

Love the edits!! Thanks. On the "take off" shot...can you rotate it about 1 or 2 degrees clockwise? Just a thought!