USS John F Kennedy CV67: Shots taken of the USS JFK yesterday with my Z 14-30 Lens. Distance is 150-200 feet from the ship. 4 jpg exposures of each uploaded to Aurora HDR and then put...

Hamltnblue Loc: Springfield PA

Shots taken of the USS JFK yesterday with my Z 14-30 Lens. Distance is 150-200 feet from the ship.

4 jpg exposures of each uploaded to Aurora HDR and then put through ON1 for some dehazing.
I had taken 5 of each with a 2 stop spacing. The 5th was too overexposed.

Aurora still does not support Z camera Raw files. They have to be converted to dng's before using.

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jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Where is that? I hope they restore it. I hate to see big old ships being scrapped. It could be a tourist attraction somewhere.

That last shot is amazing - like all similar carrier shots. It seems to defy the laws of physics.

Archboo3 Loc: Central Florida

These pictures or so Sad. I walked her decks when she was in Jax, just before they took her to be decommissioned. I was give a tour by one of my neighbors who was station on her. I never was in the Navy but grew up in Va. Beach so I have seen and toured a lot of these big ships and worked a lot of saliors stationed on them while in Dry dock. I though that when I saw her in Jax where she had already been stripped a little that it was the saddest thing I had ever seen, but these pictures so so sad for such a Grand old lady with should a heroic history protecting our country. She deserves more respect than this.

anotherview Loc: California

This warship now looks like a rust bucket. It will go to scrap by Navy decision. See more here of the operational career of this ship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CV-67)

Hamltnblue wrote:

Shots taken of the USS JFK yesterday with my Z 14-30 Lens. Distance is 150-200 feet from the ship.

4 jpg exposures of each uploaded to Aurora HDR and then put through ON1 for some dehazing.
I had taken 5 of each with a 2 stop spacing. The 5th was too overexposed.

Aurora still does not support Z camera Raw files. They have to be converted to dng's before using.

Hamltnblue Loc: Springfield PA

She is at the Philadelphia Shipyard in front of Urbn Outfitters.
No pass is needed to walk up to the pier in front of her.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

jerryc41 wrote:

Where is that? I hope they restore it. I hate to see big old ships being scrapped. It could be a tourist attraction somewhere.

That last shot is amazing - like all similar carrier shots. It seems to defy the laws of physics.

Philly (Scheduled for scrap):
https://www.google.com/maps/dir//39.8855821,-75.1782111/@39.8870122,-75.1786644,981m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0

Transbuff1985 Loc: east central Iowa

Archboo3 wrote:

These pictures or so Sad. I walked her decks when ... (show quote)

COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER MYSELF!!

HOPE THE DAY WILL NOT COME THAT WE HISHED WE HAD SHIPS LIKE THE ONES BEING SCRAPPED TODAY. (BB included)

Hamltnblue Loc: Springfield PA

Longshadow wrote:

Philly (Scheduled for scrap):
https://www.google.com/maps/dir//39.8855821,-75.1782111/@39.8870122,-75.1786644,981m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0

Looking at that, it looks like I was even closer than I thought.

anotherview Loc: California

I've read that the Navy sells a ship for scrap for $1.00 USD.

Longshadow wrote:

Philly (Scheduled for scrap):
https://www.google.com/maps/dir//39.8855821,-75.1782111/@39.8870122,-75.1786644,981m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

Hamltnblue wrote:

Shots taken of the USS JFK yesterday with my Z 14-30 Lens. Distance is 150-200 feet from the ship.

4 jpg exposures of each uploaded to Aurora HDR and then put through ON1 for some dehazing.
I had taken 5 of each with a 2 stop spacing. The 5th was too overexposed.

Aurora still does not support Z camera Raw files. They have to be converted to dng's before using.

Excellent set of images.

carl hervol Loc: jacksonville florida

they should sell her to Israel

dglueck Loc: Rochester, NY

I was a mechanic with VS-32 (Lockheed S-3A Viking anti-sub) in the late '70's, mostly aboard the Kennedy. She was a good ship, did some interesting ports of call. I saw her in Philly in 2014, in only slightly better condition than these photos.

She is the last oil-burning (non-nuclear powered) aircraft carrier, probably making her the last carrier suitable for conversion to a museum. I can't imagine the cost for this conversion. She's a lot bigger than the Intrepid or other carrier museums. Looks like no takers so she will be scrapped. It's too bad, but she has no other use.

tomad Loc: North Carolina

Thanks for posting, very sad for me as I did some time on that ship when she was brand new back in the early '70s.

Annie-Get-Your-Gun Loc: Byron Center, Mi

Hamltnblue wrote:

Shots taken of the USS JFK yesterday with my Z 14-30 Lens. Distance is 150-200 feet from the ship.

4 jpg exposures of each uploaded to Aurora HDR and then put through ON1 for some dehazing.
I had taken 5 of each with a 2 stop spacing. The 5th was too overexposed.

Aurora still does not support Z camera Raw files. They have to be converted to dng's before using.

Some great views of a mighty carrier, Hamltnblue.

tomad Loc: North Carolina

History of the ship:

https://www.navysite.de/cvn/cv67.htm

https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/j/john-f-kennedy-cva-67.html