Just Fred Loc: Darwin's Waiting Room

Wow, do I have a lot of learning to do! No wonder they say one should get 1000-2000 "clicks" on a camera before getting comfortable with it.

A different thread today took me out to the Udvar-Hazy (Smithsonian Air & Space Museum Annex). Talk about a challenge! The place invites photography, but then disallows tripods or monopods. Lighting is crazy, space is cramped, and there are struts, girders, and weird lighting everywhere.

So, I'm not yet a good photographer. But for those who appreciate famous airplanes, this is the place!

Welcome to Udvar-Hazy

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Flying Tiger

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Exhaust Port of the SR-71A

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Mercury 7

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SR-71A Blackbird

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Needs No Explanation (B-29 Superfortress)

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When Airplanes Were Silver

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Discovery Tail

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Shuttle Discovery

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bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

Wow! Nice interesting collection. Well done. :thumbup: :thumbup:

nicksr1125 Loc: Mesa, AZ

That's not an SF-71. It's an SR-71A. The highest flying, fastest recon bird ever fielded by any nation. Other than that, great shots. You should check out the Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH. The walls are painted black and the lighting isn't the best. But, you'll see a lot of historic planes.

raymondh Loc: Walker, MI

Under tough conditions you did a dandy job. Well done & thanks for the tour!

Just Fred Loc: Darwin's Waiting Room

Thanks for the update. I've changed the description (since I'm still in the window to do so). I confess, I'm not as savvy on my aircraft as I am on automobiles! :)

Just Fred Loc: Darwin's Waiting Room

Thanks for the compliment! As I'm still learning my camera and some of the nuances of digital photography, this was an exercise in high ISO, Depth of Field, and having to hand-hold everything, since no supports were allowed!

Photosmoke

Very nice shots , of a great museum

Just Fred Loc: Darwin's Waiting Room

Thanks, Photosmoke.

James56 Loc: Nashville, Tennessee

Great Job anyway...I really enjoyed your images.

Just Fred Loc: Darwin's Waiting Room

Thanks, James.

iDoc Loc: Knoxville,Tennessee

Enjoyed your images very much. You have a good eye for composition even under cramped conditions.

Just Fred Loc: Darwin's Waiting Room

Thanks, iDoc. I just play the odds: I figure that if I take 100 photos, one or two of them are bound to be good! :-o

cannoneer35 Loc: Rhode Island

Excellent :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

planepics Loc: St. Louis burbs, but originally Chicago burbs

Nice pics...for me a better option is the EAA museum in Oshkosh, where i hope to go this year...haven't been to the airshow since '11. Made it the Boeing museum last year when I was in Seattle waiting for a cruise...could have spent 2-3 days there, but I only had 2-3 hours :( I saw the Discovery take off at dawn on STS-102 March '01 at my first and only launch viewing of any rocket at Cape Canaveral. I got a couple of really neat pics and a terribly narrated video of the event. It happened during a trip to visit my parents (snow birds) and it was quite a spontaneous event (the decision to watch the launch). I didn't know it was going to happen until the day before and we left Venice at something like 3 AM for the drive North. When we got there there were already several hundred people lined up along the beach. When we went to McDonalds the line was out the door...when we left the line was around the building!!!