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Travelogues => Travel Diaries => Topic started by: Gary on September 30, 2015, 16:05:54
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I grew up in a little agricultural town 20 miles east of Los Angeles. One of the most interesting attractions in town is the airport. During WWII, combat planes were housed at the airport. In the '60's a TV series, "12 O'Clock High" was filmed at the airport. Firefighting aircraft call Chino Airport home. The airport also hosts an air museum, The Planes of Fame. Air museums are common, but what makes the Chino air museum uncommon is that most of the planes are flight worthy. Not only can they fly, but they do fly and regularly. As you walk through the hangars, you will notice oil pans under recently flow planes. For the photographer, flight is a positive thing, because it causes a reshuffling of the planes, allowing the planes to be captured in different light throughout the year.
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Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
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North American F-86 Sabre
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Chance Vought F4U Corsair
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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
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(http://www.garyayala.com/Travel/Planes-O-Fame/i-XzjL4kH/0/O/GRAB0009.jpg)
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
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Lockheed P-38 Lightning
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Impressive feel for lighting, contrast and abstraction. You really got it!
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Gary, The light and framing in N.2 and N.6 are really special.
I love them!
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Impressive feel for lighting, contrast and abstraction. You really got it!
Thank you Frank.
(http://www.garyayala.com/Travel/Planes-O-Fame/i-Q3dt76C/1/O/IMG_4455.jpg)
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Gary, The light and framing in N.2 and N.6 are really special.
I love them!
Thanks Olivier.
(http://www.garyayala.com/Travel/Planes-O-Fame/i-vhmzffm/1/O/IMG_3768.jpg)
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Really nice pictures of those planes of legends... :-) You're almost abstracts framing and exposing gives a new life to those well known and over-photographied planes ! You're right about the difference between a flying plane and it's static museum equivalent, the former is loved and groomed, the latest gathers dust !
Would like to see more of those that could make a very nice coffee table book for planes lovers... :-)
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You are like a magician Gary! The way you play with light and shadow, unimaginable. Thanks for the story and the beautiful story-telling pictures.
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Impressive feel for lighting, contrast and abstraction. You really got it!
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Really dig how you play with the light, images like #2, 3 and 6 really make my juices flow.
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Really nice pictures of those planes of legends... :-) You're almost abstracts framing and exposing gives a new life to those well known and over-photographied planes ! You're right about the difference between a flying plane and it's static museum equivalent, the former is loved and groomed, the latest gathers dust !
Would like to see more of those that could make a very nice coffee table book for planes lovers... :-)
For a few bucks, (well... more than a few), you can rent a plane and pilot and get airborne. You can even rent a bomber (B-26 IIRC), and have a party. Many of the planes are used in movies.
(http://www.garyayala.com/Travel/Planes-O-Fame/i-8QMsNmr/2/O/IMG_0863.jpg)
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You are like a magician Gary! The way you play with light and shadow, unimaginable. Thanks for the story and the beautiful story-telling pictures.
LOL ... you are way too kind. I love the planes in the doorways. Almost a Rembrandt feel to the lighting.
(http://www.garyayala.com/Travel/Planes-O-Fame/i-5Fd2hSC/2/O/2CBL1152.jpg)
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Really dig how you play with the light, images like #2, 3 and 6 really make my juices flow.
Thank you Jan Anne.
A lot of the planes had faces too ...
(http://www.garyayala.com/Travel/Planes-O-Fame/i-HTrKhwG/0/O/DSCF2496.jpg)
(http://www.garyayala.com/Travel/Planes-O-Fame/i-mZhbxMC/0/O/DSCF2509.jpg)
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A few more ...
(http://www.garyayala.com/Travel/Planes-O-Fame/i-Wk9bGSb/1/O/IMG_4386.jpg)
(http://www.garyayala.com/Travel/Planes-O-Fame/i-nCXCg3G/1/O/IMG_0853.jpg)
(http://www.garyayala.com/Travel/Planes-O-Fame/i-d5rpGN4/1/O/2CBL1128.jpg)
(http://www.garyayala.com/Travel/Planes-O-Fame/i-dCD8rvK/1/X2/IMG_4213-X2.jpg)
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Seems one might be missing (the last one) ? Three different type, the first looks like it was a reflection, the second is a great view of a turbine et the last a play with color on a lighter plane I guess ... :-)
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Seems one might be missing (the last one) ? Three different type, the first looks like it was a reflection, the second is a great view of a turbine et the last a play with color on a lighter plane I guess ... :-)
LensBaby on the first.
The second is an end view of a wing tip with matching lights above and below.
The third is a turbine.
The last is a Hawker Hurricane.
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Gary - I see you are a man who likes extreme contrast - no harm there (sometimes it might mean that details are lost, and the detail on these old planes is often beautiful).
But you have lots of fine images here - too many to mention. Of the original six you posted, #2, 4, 5, and #6 are favourite.
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fantastic series
great contrasts as usual
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Gary - I see you are a man who likes extreme contrast - no harm there (sometimes it might mean that details are lost, and the detail on these old planes is often beautiful).
But you have lots of fine images here - too many to mention. Of the original six you posted, #2, 4, 5, and #6 are favourite.
Thank you David. I'm a contrast freak. While I appreciate the technical end of photography ... high levels of precision isn't my thing. There is very little difference between writing and photography, with what I shoot and how I shoot. I try to select the details that tell what I think is important in the story I am telling. As a romantic, I attempt to heighten the drama with contrast.
(http://www.garyayala.com/Travel/Planes-O-Fame/i-Dm23QHk/1/O/IMG_4319.jpg)
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fantastic series
great contrasts as usual
(http://www.garyayala.com/Travel/Planes-O-Fame/i-DswQS4t/1/O/IMG_4216.jpg)
Thank you Armando. What is very nice about Chino, is that there is very little supervision, one can easily reach out and touch the planes, slide one's hand across the wing. The feel of the plane really brings a closeness and opens another dimension to the museum.
Outside there is a boneyard of planes that are to be restored. One can crawl all over those planes.
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I ran into an Australian crawling around in the boneyard. He said that he's been to a lot of air museums, but there is nothing like Chino.
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Yes! Man of contrast, for sure here. I actually like the lost of information, meaning at the same time concentration and isolation of your main point. All this images talk about your close love for planes. It makes me look at them that way too. Thanks!
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Yes! Man of contrast, for sure here. I actually like the lost of information, meaning at the same time concentration and isolation of your main point. All this images talk about your close love for planes. It makes me look at them that way too. Thanks!
Thank you Paco. Yes, I love the old planes and I try to capture them with respect.
(http://www.garyayala.com/Travel/Planes-O-Fame/i-gjcxn22/2/X2/IMG_4207-X2.jpg)
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