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HAB911

(9,694 posts)
Sat May 31, 2025, 06:40 PM May 31

I'll never make another blanket statement again

about not posting a photo........jeeze, I did it again, lol

One more of those 40k ft photos because it is now my all time favorite

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I'll never make another blanket statement again (Original Post) HAB911 May 31 OP
I've heard it said, HAB911, Never say Never. I sometimes just can't put my camera down. George McGovern May 31 #1
sometimes HAB911 May 31 #2
Yeah sure . . .I know the feeling! George McGovern May 31 #3
Thanks for including the EXIF usonian May 31 #4
that sent me down a rabbit hole! HAB911 Jun 1 #6
LOLOL, HAB911, ditto the box of chocolates! Thanks! George McGovern Jun 1 #9
The SuperTanker only flew a few missions, one near to me. usonian Jun 1 #10
lol, I'm still in the "Demented Maga Zone" HAB911 Jun 1 #11
Wow, what a fantastic photo, my dear HAB911! CaliforniaPeggy May 31 #5
thanks! HAB911 Jun 1 #7
Frankly, how can you NOT post such a fantastic photo! Callalily Jun 1 #8
I came to my senses! HAB911 Jun 1 #12

George McGovern

(7,668 posts)
1. I've heard it said, HAB911, Never say Never. I sometimes just can't put my camera down.
Sat May 31, 2025, 06:56 PM
May 31

Good For Us you posted this one more picture!
It's now my all time favorite too!

HAB911

(9,694 posts)
2. sometimes
Sat May 31, 2025, 07:15 PM
May 31

when I dash out the back door to catch something passing by, I yell at my wife...........just one more hit of crack and I'll be better, lol

usonian

(18,256 posts)
4. Thanks for including the EXIF
Sat May 31, 2025, 08:23 PM
May 31

The Coolpix P1000 is a insane camera. Great shot. From your angle (and is there any other?) it looks like a tanker, something I am very familiar with.

But there was only one Supertanker 747, and it was sold for freight duty, IIRC.

Perfect lighting. I keep my camera near the front door. Because "Ya never know"

HAB911

(9,694 posts)
6. that sent me down a rabbit hole!
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 07:53 AM
Jun 1

looks like the last 747-400 from Evergreen > Global SuperTanker Services was sold to National Airlines in '21 and is still in cargo service as N936CA. What an enduring air frame, maybe like the DC 3 of yore

I learned quickly to never be far from my camera, starting on the DMZ where I missed some mind blowing shots that now are just lodged in my memory.

Long ago my wife asked, "haven't we photographed this before?" I reminded her of the words of the sage, Forrest Gump, "A Photo is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.". (or something like that, lol)

usonian

(18,256 posts)
10. The SuperTanker only flew a few missions, one near to me.
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 11:00 AM
Jun 1

It flew directly over my home, no payload delivered, at some scary low altitude.

Let's just say, one can just barely make out "Spirit of John Muir"



I carried a Coolpix P510 for some 10 years. It did everything I needed, including really good close-ups and 1000mm. shots, so I bypassed the DSLR days entirely. I finally went mirrorless with the Z series, and all the old "F" lenses work fine, non-AI included, (they were verboten on DSLR's)

The P510, which used to be my "big" digital camera, is still working and is my carry everywhere camera now.

I got this shot on Highway 41 out the driver's window, "aim in the general direction and click." (cropped below)
33 mm. effective focal length, just a bit narrower than the 24 mm setting.

"The Fuhrer's flag has fallen"





Taken in the DMZ (Demented Maga Zone)

CaliforniaPeggy

(154,173 posts)
5. Wow, what a fantastic photo, my dear HAB911!
Sat May 31, 2025, 11:20 PM
May 31

The great colors, the contrails, the angle of flight: All of it is wonderful! Thank you.

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