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A P-51d Mustang getting ready to depart the day after the Reno air races. From a 4x5 scanned negative.

A P-51d Mustang getting ready to depart the day after the Reno air races. From a 4x5 scanned negative.
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upload_dateSep, 2016

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6 Comments |
MikeBoyle
 
MikeBoyle November 12, 2016
Congratulations on your winning photo. Nice...Very Nice
CWphotos5
 
CWphotos5 November 12, 2016
Congratulations on this awesome image!!!
MikeBoyle
 
MikeBoyle January 07, 2017
You have quite the eye!!! Well Done
nicolelook Ultimate
 
nicolelook January 09, 2017
Great shot. A sad fate for Jimmy Leeward, but beautiful picture of this plane.
randyblack Platinum
 
randyblack November 07, 2018
Excellent image—love the prop blur! Amazing aircraft!
Melkinstn
 
Melkinstn January 13, 2023
Great capture. Love the prop blur, and of course the subject.

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken at the Stead Air Force Base outside of Reno, Nevada on the day after the Reno Air Races.

Time

Judging from the shadows and my own recollections, this was taken in the early afternoon.

Lighting

Natural sunlight

Equipment

Taken with a Calumet/Cambo 4x5 view camera with a 150 mm Fujinon W Lens.

Inspiration

I was working on a series on Vintage Aircraft and heard that you could drive out on the flight line the day after the Reno air races so that's what I did. I was kind of working down the flight line when this aircraft was started up prior to its departure. It was a simple matter to set my camera up in front of it and do this shot. I deliberately cropped the the spinning propeller closely as I thought that that would make a more dramatic image. Yes you could feel its sucking me towards the propeller.

Editing

This was shot on 4x5 Tri-x, processed in FG7. The negative was scanned and the scan processed in Photoshop using my own custom contrast curves.

In my camera bag

At the time I had six lenses from 90 mm to 450 mm, plus a one degree spot meter for exposure by the Zone System. Tripod, film holders, dark cloth, bag bellows, etc. rounded out my kit. Bag? I had my view camera case.

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