F-86 "Sabre" Amongst The Cornfields Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is the companion photo to my earlier MiG-17 image; both were taken during the same event in Kansas. Korean-era jets surviving today are quite rare, and ones in flying condition are even moreso.

As an interesting aside, this is the type of fighter that John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, flew 90 missions with.

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Frankp (143) 2004-05-16 5:24

Nice photo. The overcast/rainy day makes for some nice light here and brings out the colors very well. Two little comments. Centering the plane makes it static, which works o.k. here. But the gray sky is boring. Did you try another shot that put the plane higher up in the picture - reducing the sky and adding more runway. This might add emphasis to the plane (so might cropping off some of the tope of the photo).

Also, something let you down technically as the photo does not look real sharp. Don't know what it was - lens, camera, computer, etc. But this photo deserves to be tack sharp. My suspision is the issue is your equipment - so no points off for that.

Cheers and keep shooting these old planes; I like 'em too - great stuff.