Peire wrote:
Sigma 200/2 DG OS Sports in FE mount is a great lens,but to me it should feature shorter minimal focusing distance and bigger reproduction ratio.
You always capture beautiful flowers shots with different lenses.
I didn't realize this Mig-17 PF had Polish marking on it when I took the pictures last month. According to Fighterjets Inc, the organization that flies this jet for the owner:
"This particular aircraft, ID-0620, was completed in December 1960. It was the twentieth aircraft in the sixth production batch. It then went into Polish AF active service until approximately 1966 when it became “inactive,” and went to a training facility at Zamosc for aircraft mechanics-students. It remained there until purchased by current owner in 1993. Literally, every piece of this aircraft was reworked (many times more than once) or replaced. It was rebuilt / restored to be as it was in 1960 when built, with the exception of internal radar units, some US instruments and cockpit labeling in English. It is in natural finish with Polish markings and stenciling. Its first flight after restoration was in July 2008. It is the only D model flying in the world."
Douglas L wrote:
You always capture beautiful flowers shots with different lenses.
I didn't realize this Mig-17 PF had Polish marking on it when I took the pictures last month. According to Fighterjets Inc, the organization that flies this jet for the owner:
"This particular aircraft, ID-0620, was completed in December 1960. It was the twentieth aircraft in the sixth production batch. It then went into Polish AF active service until approximately 1966 when it became “inactive,” and went to a training facility at Zamosc for aircraft mechanics-students. It remained there until purchased by current owner in 1993. Literally, every piece of this aircraft was reworked (many times more than once) or replaced. It was rebuilt / restored to be as it was in 1960 when built, with the exception of internal radar units, some US instruments and cockpit labeling in English. It is in natural finish with Polish markings and stenciling. Its first flight after restoration was in July 2008. It is the only D model flying in the world."...Show more →
Thank you Douglas.I appreciate it.The same refers to you and your airplane shots..
Yes.It is MIG-17,the main jet fighter of the Polish Army under soviet occupation.This type was produced in Poland under license as far as I remember.In the late 1960ties replaced by MIG-21,then by MIG-29.The plane you actually photograped is restored to the utmost state of beauty MIG-17 can achieve.Those MIGs still can be seen here and there in the museums and as monuments,but not airworthy anymore.
Douglas L wrote:
You always capture beautiful flowers shots with different lenses.
I didn't realize this Mig-17 PF had Polish marking on it when I took the pictures last month. According to Fighterjets Inc, the organization that flies this jet for the owner:
"This particular aircraft, ID-0620, was completed in December 1960. It was the twentieth aircraft in the sixth production batch. It then went into Polish AF active service until approximately 1966 when it became “inactive,” and went to a training facility at Zamosc for aircraft mechanics-students. It remained there until purchased by current owner in 1993. Literally, every piece of this aircraft was reworked (many times more than once) or replaced. It was rebuilt / restored to be as it was in 1960 when built, with the exception of internal radar units, some US instruments and cockpit labeling in English. It is in natural finish with Polish markings and stenciling. Its first flight after restoration was in July 2008. It is the only D model flying in the world."...Show more →
I could make up stories about this image but I won't. The truth is I spotted him outside my bedroom window, peering in to see what Mrs. 251 and I were up to. He was very patient and gave me plenty of time to go downstairs, get my camera, change lenses and return. Click...
Lucky for him I was not into hunting rifles!
It was very gloomy and foggy this morning. I was debating whether I should go to the Arlington National Cemetery to photograph the American flags laid in front of all 200,000+ headstones. I decided to go and capture the mood of Memorial Day.
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