Business End

[johnhwyman]

 

[LaFoto]

Eh? :scratch:

What does this mean?
What am I looking at. What do I see? Plane, of sorts, but why can we look inside. And where is the landing gear, how can it land?

 

[Aggressor]

What you're looking at is a fighter jet, the F22 Raptor, with its weapon doors open. In there could be a combination of bombs, missiles, or both.

 

[Aggressor]

Good photo, BTW! Airshow?

 

[jv17]

your picture is nice but that is a jet, and i think it is not related with business right?

 

[Aggressor]

Depends what you mean... For the military... That is the side that they do business with!

 

[Kittyy]

"...from the business end of my shotgun."

It means from the part that could potentially hurt you.

 

[johnhwyman]

Gathering of Mustangs and Legends, Rickenbacker Air Field, June 2007

 

[Paul M]

Awesome capture!
Now, for those that don't know what they are looking at...You are one of the few to see this and still be able to talk about it. :mrgreen: This is definitely the "business end" of this "Raptor". I am curious how low it was, how fast it was traveling, and what you used to take this shot. As a former ATC I really appreciate these shots and look forward to seeing more. Great job and thanks for sharing!

~EDIT~ I see it was a D200 and it was ISO 100 at F8 and 200mm
but I still don't know how fast or how far

 

[johnhwyman]

It was a slow fly-by I'd guess around 150K and about 400 feet away, altitude 300 feet

 

[abraxas]

where's the batteries?

 

[Battou]

Eh? :scratch:

What does this mean?
What am I looking at. What do I see? Plane, of sorts, but why can we look inside. And where is the landing gear, how can it land?

As Kittyy said, it's a play on the phrase. in this instance to see an F-22 raptor with it's wepon doors open means something is about to die, although with the weapons bay empty it looses a little, but this is not the fault of the photographer but a safty precaution.