I'll never make another blanket statement again

[HAB911]

about not posting a photo........jeeze, I did it again, lol

One more of those 40k ft photos because it is now my all time favorite

[George McGovern]

1. I've heard it said, HAB911, Never say Never. I sometimes just can't put my camera down.

Good For Us you posted this one more picture!
It's now my all time favorite too!

[HAB911]

2. sometimes

when I dash out the back door to catch something passing by, I yell at my wife...........just one more hit of crack and I'll be better, lol

[George McGovern]

3. Yeah sure . . .I know the feeling!

[usonian]

4. Thanks for including the EXIF

The Coolpix P1000 is a insane camera. Great shot. From your angle (and is there any other?) it looks like a tanker, something I am very familiar with.

But there was only one Supertanker 747, and it was sold for freight duty, IIRC.

Perfect lighting. I keep my camera near the front door. Because "Ya never know"

[HAB911]

6. that sent me down a rabbit hole!

looks like the last 747-400 from Evergreen > Global SuperTanker Services was sold to National Airlines in '21 and is still in cargo service as N936CA. What an enduring air frame, maybe like the DC 3 of yore

I learned quickly to never be far from my camera, starting on the DMZ where I missed some mind blowing shots that now are just lodged in my memory.

Long ago my wife asked, "haven't we photographed this before?" I reminded her of the words of the sage, Forrest Gump, "A Photo is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.". (or something like that, lol)

[George McGovern]

9. LOLOL, HAB911, ditto the box of chocolates! Thanks!

[usonian]

10. The SuperTanker only flew a few missions, one near to me.

It flew directly over my home, no payload delivered, at some scary low altitude.

Let's just say, one can just barely make out "Spirit of John Muir"



I carried a Coolpix P510 for some 10 years. It did everything I needed, including really good close-ups and 1000mm. shots, so I bypassed the DSLR days entirely. I finally went mirrorless with the Z series, and all the old "F" lenses work fine, non-AI included, (they were verboten on DSLR's)

The P510, which used to be my "big" digital camera, is still working and is my carry everywhere camera now.

I got this shot on Highway 41 out the driver's window, "aim in the general direction and click." (cropped below)
33 mm. effective focal length, just a bit narrower than the 24 mm setting.

"The Fuhrer's flag has fallen"





Taken in the DMZ (Demented Maga Zone)

[HAB911]

11. lol, I'm still in the "Demented Maga Zone"

Once was so blue

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Wow, what a fantastic photo, my dear HAB911!

The great colors, the contrails, the angle of flight: All of it is wonderful! Thank you.

[HAB911]

7. thanks!

sometimes there is more in a photo than first meets the eye!

[Callalily]

8. Frankly, how can you NOT post such a fantastic photo!

[HAB911]

12. I came to my senses!