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C-17 Fly Away - DA*300mm + 1.4X HD TC · **5 Likes**

Here are some photos I took of the final C-17 fly away this past weekend.
This is a sad occasion for me because I was a landing gear engineer for this plane. Long Beach had a booming airplane manufacturing industry, and this was the very last plane built here

Anyway, it was shot with a DA*300mm + 1.4X HD TC. Almost all of this shots are at infinity, so you do get some bad atmospheric effects (haziness), but overall, I LOVE this combo.

**csa** · 12-01-2015, 09:31 PM

Great photos! I especially love the last one, suitable for framing!

pixie · 12-01-2015, 09:42 PM

Lovely shots, that lens + TC combo is working well for you.

**paulh** · 12-01-2015, 09:56 PM

fantastic set of shots

rawr · 12-01-2015, 10:02 PM

Great shots. I particularly like the contextual shots with the Hollywood sign and LA skyscrapers behind them.

Originally posted by First Poster

final C-17 fly away

Good thing we got our 8 C-17's before the production shut down. Nice looking, very capable planes.

harrisonww · 12-01-2015, 10:21 PM

These shots are awesome! Extremely clear.

SpecialK · 12-01-2015, 10:24 PM

Very impressive. I worked briefly for a third-party that supplied various small parts for the C-17.

mcgregni · 12-02-2015, 03:53 AM

Really enjoyable images, beautifully caught ... Takes me back to when I used to love messing around with computer Flight Sims. You clearly picked the vantage point well and the techniques are great. I would suggest you try and pull down the magenta colour channel saturation which might restore some greener and yellow tones on the hills and foliages ..I think the atmospheric haze plus the optical combinations may have added the cast I see.

cali92rs · 12-02-2015, 09:43 AM

Originally posted by mcgregni

Really enjoyable images, beautifully caught ... Takes me back to when I used to love messing around with computer Flight Sims. You clearly picked the vantage point well and the techniques are great. I would suggest you try and pull down the magenta colour channel saturation which might restore some greener and yellow tones on the hills and foliages ..I think the atmospheric haze plus the optical combinations may have added the cast I see.

Thank you, and I will give your suggestion a try

I used my tripod w/ball head to try and be as stable as possible, along with using a fast shutter speed.

Rimfiredude · 12-02-2015, 10:47 AM

Excellent combo for some excellent shots.

**robgski** · 12-02-2015, 06:40 PM

Freedon bird! Great shots, sad to see the end of an era.

7.62lew · 12-03-2015, 04:09 PM

Nice shots!

I worked in Palmdale and at Edwards in the early 90's and got to see the C-17 quite a bit. I think it was in flight test then?

I actually got to see a lot of great aircraft when I worked in CA. When I was in Palmdale, they were re-furbishing the B-1 bombers, and one took off and I couldn't help but watch. Full afterburner take-off. It circled and came back through at high speed, low, wings back and on the burners, arcing turn over the parking lot and down the runway. It must of set off about 50 car alarms. It was great!

Anyway, thanks for posting!

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12-01-2015, 09:31 PM	#2
csa Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Montana mountains Posts: 10,133	Great photos! I especially love the last one, suitable for framing!

12-01-2015, 09:42 PM	#3
pixie Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: California Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 873	Lovely shots, that lens + TC combo is working well for you.

12-01-2015, 09:56 PM	#4
paulh Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: DFW Texas/Ventura County, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 33,319	fantastic set of shots

12-01-2015, 10:02 PM	#5
rawr Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 11,913	Great shots. I particularly like the contextual shots with the Hollywood sign and LA skyscrapers behind them. Originally posted by First Poster final C-17 fly away Good thing we got our 8 C-17's before the production shut down. Nice looking, very capable planes.

12-01-2015, 10:21 PM	#6
harrisonww Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: London Ontario Posts: 149	These shots are awesome! Extremely clear.

12-01-2015, 10:24 PM	#7
SpecialK Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: So California Photos: Gallery Posts: 16,482	Very impressive. I worked briefly for a third-party that supplied various small parts for the C-17.

12-02-2015, 03:53 AM	#8
mcgregni Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 2,603	Really enjoyable images, beautifully caught ... Takes me back to when I used to love messing around with computer Flight Sims. You clearly picked the vantage point well and the techniques are great. I would suggest you try and pull down the magenta colour channel saturation which might restore some greener and yellow tones on the hills and foliages ..I think the atmospheric haze plus the optical combinations may have added the cast I see.

12-02-2015, 09:43 AM	#9
cali92rs Veteran Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 3,354 Original Poster	Originally posted by mcgregni Really enjoyable images, beautifully caught ... Takes me back to when I used to love messing around with computer Flight Sims. You clearly picked the vantage point well and the techniques are great. I would suggest you try and pull down the magenta colour channel saturation which might restore some greener and yellow tones on the hills and foliages ..I think the atmospheric haze plus the optical combinations may have added the cast I see. Thank you, and I will give your suggestion a try I used my tripod w/ball head to try and be as stable as possible, along with using a fast shutter speed.

12-02-2015, 10:47 AM	#10
Rimfiredude Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Washington Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,176	Excellent combo for some excellent shots.

12-02-2015, 06:40 PM	#11
robgski Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,817	Freedon bird! Great shots, sad to see the end of an era.

12-03-2015, 04:09 PM	#12
7.62lew Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: North Carolina Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,192	Nice shots! I worked in Palmdale and at Edwards in the early 90's and got to see the C-17 quite a bit. I think it was in flight test then? I actually got to see a lot of great aircraft when I worked in CA. When I was in Palmdale, they were re-furbishing the B-1 bombers, and one took off and I couldn't help but watch. Full afterburner take-off. It circled and came back through at high speed, low, wings back and on the burners, arcing turn over the parking lot and down the runway. It must of set off about 50 car alarms. It was great! Anyway, thanks for posting!

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