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Good set.......
How can one critique a photo of a P-51? She's like a supermodel: she makes every photo look good!
Anyone that would paint up a P51 like that would wear feathers to his mother’s funeral. Great images of an amazing aircraft, but that finish.... ugh!
Very true, although I nearly blew my opportunity. I was shooting my 150-600mm lens at 1/200 with no VC(forgot which mode is for panning at the critical moment) and only one pass to get it right. Fired a burst, and only this one was in almost acceptable focus.
Anyone that would paint up a P51 like that would wear feathers to his mother’s funeral. Great images of an amazing aircraft, but that finish.... ugh!
So, back to the finish on this P-51. I don't think it's actually paint come but it's polished aluminum. Right? About 15 years ago there was a B-17 (???) fly over here and I got a few photos of a beautiful vintage aircraft with this same basic finish, which looked to me like highly polished aluminum which had been buffed to a fare-thee-well isn't that what this P-51 is finished in? I know about chrome paint, as a lot of Pacific Northwest fishing tackle is painted in Chrome paint and it looks quite good and is highly reflective and is mirror-like but this plane is polished aluminum, correct?
this plane is polished aluminum, correct?
Thanks all! I feel lucky I got the shot. 1/200 at 400mm isn't exactly a recipe for sharpness! I was planning to get shots with higher shutter speed on his next pass, but he never made another pass.
Anyway,
this plane is polished aluminum, correct?
Yes