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Higher Security for Dead Airplanes
Higher Security for Dead Airplanes
jbeazell


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Planes, Trains and Automobiles (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S602Z
Location: Mojave, CA
Date: Jun 13, 2004
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Emotive, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Jun 13, 2004

Taken at the Airplane Graveyard just outside Mojave, CA. I couldn't get into the airport, and I was totally freaked that Feds would carry me away for taking pictures of dead airplanes. There are thousands out there.

PP: slight level adjustment, auto contrast, USM.

Statistics
Place: 39 out of 159
Avg (all users): 5.9000
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.6989
Avg (non-participants): 6.1429
Views since voting: 1423
Votes: 170
Comments: 12
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06/21/2004 07:01:27 AM
Robbed! Robbed you were!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/20/2004 01:42:00 AM
Nice job on a unique angle and a fine photograph. I like sky and the razorwire contrast, also the framing is nice. Good job...
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06/20/2004 12:12:29 AM
very creative idea.....which you've really captured. Well done - this is awesome
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06/16/2004 08:42:07 AM
very good capture, I can almost feel the desert heat, love the depth of field, wish the challenge topic/subject (the planes) were bigger, their role in this composition makes them sort of subordinate to the fence and the sky
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06/15/2004 08:16:31 PM
Looks like Mojave CA.
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06/15/2004 01:37:16 PM
i like the composition, but the lighting almost washes out the color in the dirt and the planes.
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06/15/2004 12:13:24 PM
cool angle, the barb wire looks very threatening
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06/15/2004 11:24:43 AM
Looks like a photo I'd snag. Very well-composed. I hope you place high. but what's that smudge in the bottom-left corner?
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06/14/2004 07:11:51 PM
There is just something errie about deserted airlines out in a desert with such fenceing.....just chills...Nice work on the Deep DOF....also, the clouds just were right too....
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06/14/2004 01:37:20 PM
Your topic, security & 'dead' airplanes, is well portrayed with this composition. That extra ring of barb wire looks pretty fresh and the field has the elements of what people around the world know of the American aeroplane graveyards (Arizona, my guess is near Tucson?). The light is a bit harsh, could be better to wait for an opportunity with less sun power, longer shadows and a bit warmer light.
On a side note; I don't think this field is for dead airplanes, but a cheap parking lot for planes that have no use at this moment but are still fully functional and can be flown out with little preparation. I know the KLM parks some of their planes in the US desert in the winter.
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06/14/2004 10:33:19 AM
Great shot for the times....
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06/13/2004 08:26:32 PM
I like this, maybe if it was possible to get a plane more in the right side of the pic, great shot though
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