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Curmudgeon · Dec 10, 2012, 9:54 PM

Some of you may recognize this engineering feat!

She never got to show her stuff but what a beauty she is!

Calicajun · Dec 11, 2012, 8:56 AM

Nice shot, looks like she ready to take off to the sky. Toured that plane once back in 1982, it was something to see.

selvin · Dec 11, 2012, 12:34 PM

That's an awesome angle. Truly impressive bit of aviation istory.

saly · Dec 11, 2012, 12:57 PM

Is that the Spruce Goose? That is a very effective capture!!

zig-123 · Dec 11, 2012, 1:50 PM

That is a very impressive capture of a very special aircraft.

Zig

VTphotog · Dec 11, 2012, 4:07 PM

In it's own way, it reminds me of the Jackson Browne album cover showing the Statue of Liberty surrounded by scaffolding.

brian

calr · Dec 11, 2012, 4:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by saly

Is that the Spruce Goose? That is a very effective capture!!

It is, indeed, the famous Spruce Goose on permanent display at the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, Oregon.

Another notable airplane to see there is Boeing 747 mounted on top of a building that houses a water park of all things.

Cal

smac · Dec 11, 2012, 11:57 PM

Wow! AND I mean it. Love that shot.

ramcewan · Dec 12, 2012, 7:59 PM

Great image and theme. Out of curiosity is it a crop of a wide angle shot or a stitch or ??

Curmudgeon · Dec 13, 2012, 12:50 AM

Thanks everyone for the nice words.

I was up that way in September and stopped by. They are actually evaluating this shot to sell in the gift shop. I will believe it when a check clears the bank.

Ramcewan, it is a single wide angle HDR (5 or 7 exposures) shot cropped. This is where the Nikon showed it's stuff. It was shot at close to 17mm. I would like to go back and do a stitch job on this one. Maybe next summer.

Here is another from inside. It is a stitched pano of four shots (I believe shot portrait orientation). I tried to do this as an HDR but I would wind up with the same people in multiple places and a bunch of ghosts!

Dec 10, 2012, 9:54 PM	#1
Curmudgeon Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: East Bay, San Francisco, CA Posts: 725	Unrealized - The Sky is the Limit Some of you may recognize this engineering feat! She never got to show her stuff but what a beauty she is! Attached Images

Dec 11, 2012, 8:56 AM	#2
Calicajun Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Quartz Hill, CA Posts: 2,622	Nice shot, looks like she ready to take off to the sky. Toured that plane once back in 1982, it was something to see. __________________ Comments always welcome.

Dec 11, 2012, 12:57 PM	#4
saly Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: near Los Angeles, CA USA Posts: 4,608	Is that the Spruce Goose? That is a very effective capture!! __________________ Panasonic FZ150, FZ35 and GF1; Nikonos V when underwater ~~Art is in the eye of the camera holder~~

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zig-123 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cape Cod, Massachusetts Posts: 4,927	That is a very impressive capture of a very special aircraft. Zig __________________ http://zig123.smugmug.com/ So you want to be a better photographer? Open your eyes and take a look at what is all around you.

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smac Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Northern California Posts: 5,780	Wow! AND I mean it. Love that shot. __________________ Think like a person of action, Act like a person of thought. http://scienceguy.smugmug.com/

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Dec 11, 2012, 12:34 PM	#3
selvin Moderator Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 6,594	That's an awesome angle. Truly impressive bit of aviation istory.

Dec 11, 2012, 4:07 PM	#6
VTphotog Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Extreme Northeastern Vermont, USA Posts: 3,531	In it's own way, it reminds me of the Jackson Browne album cover showing the Statue of Liberty surrounded by scaffolding. brian

Dec 12, 2012, 7:59 PM	#9
ramcewan Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: New England, USA Posts: 1,210	Great image and theme. Out of curiosity is it a crop of a wide angle shot or a stitch or ?? __________________ e-pl2

Dec 13, 2012, 12:50 AM	#10
Curmudgeon Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: East Bay, San Francisco, CA Posts: 725	Thanks everyone for the nice words. I was up that way in September and stopped by. They are actually evaluating this shot to sell in the gift shop. I will believe it when a check clears the bank. Ramcewan, it is a single wide angle HDR (5 or 7 exposures) shot cropped. This is where the Nikon showed it's stuff. It was shot at close to 17mm. I would like to go back and do a stitch job on this one. Maybe next summer. Here is another from inside. It is a stitched pano of four shots (I believe shot portrait orientation). I tried to do this as an HDR but I would wind up with the same people in multiple places and a bunch of ghosts! Attached Images Last edited by Curmudgeon; Dec 13, 2012 at 9:27 PM.

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