MiG-17 "Fresco" Photo

Photographer’s Note

My love of photography has combined with my love of vintage aircraft; it's a bit of a vicious circle. Although I wasn't able to do a very creative composition, given the distance and the fact that there was a fence between myself and a live runway, I think that I was able to capture the classic lines of this great Soviet fighter.

Taken with a Nikon CP5k, probably with just a little bit of digital zoom. I hate to use it, but usually have to when it comes to live aircraft photography.

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Steely (895) 2004-04-13 3:42

Cool! Aircraft freak here LOL
Its a MIG-17!!!

Part of the CAF?

good shot

KC5DVQ (46) 2004-04-13 8:54

It's too bad we can't include audio with an image - the Mig sure would have made an impression. The 1st time I heard one, I thought it'd be the last thing I heard. Given the conditions, you did a good job. If you have access to Photoshop, you might try to sharpen the image to bring out the A/C lines and hide some of the distortion common to digital cameras (leading edge of vert. stab.) and increase the color saturation to bring out the blues and greens.

summer89 (5414) 2004-04-27 17:43