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Name That Plane · **2 Likes**

I have no explanation for the high ISO!

**grog85361** · 11-23-2017, 10:35 AM

B-17, maybe a G model.

**BigMackCam** · 11-23-2017, 11:25 AM - **1 Like**

"Aluminum Overcast" - Boeing B-17G-105-VE, s/n 44-85740...

**Sailor** · 11-24-2017, 01:21 PM

I don't have any idea what the plane is, but I really dig the composition. You were definitely clever about you vantage point.

Jer

Dewman · 11-24-2017, 01:24 PM

Originally posted by Sailor

I don't have any idea what the plane is, but I really dig the composition. You were definitely clever about you vantage point.

Jer

Thanks, Jer. Actually, I had my camera on a monopod. I extended it, placed the camera on 12-sec. delay, pre-focused, held it as high as I could reach and waited.......... "Click."

kjphilippona · 11-24-2017, 01:29 PM

Nice shot! B-17

Dewman · 11-24-2017, 01:40 PM

Yep, you're correct. It is indeed a B-17. Didn't do much to disguise it. It flew over my house one day.... the sound of four, BIG radial engines overhead is something quite unusual!.... and I grabbed my camera and sorta' followed it. We tend to have a lot of fly-ins of vintage planes and I figured it would be at one of the two local airports that sponsor such events. I finally ran it down. Quite a fantastic old plane.

photomax7 · 11-24-2017, 01:57 PM

Nice treatment of the iconic B-17 "Flying Fortress" Dewman...I think?

photoptimist · 11-24-2017, 04:34 PM

Originally posted by BigMackCam

"Aluminum Overcast" - Boeing B-17G-105-VE, s/n 44-85740...

Wow! I'm assuming some 1600% pixelpeeping plus all your automagical noise reduction ( Let's compare High ISO noise reduction in post-processing software? - PentaxForums.com ) revealed this to you.

**BigMackCam** · 11-24-2017, 04:57 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by photoptimist

Wow! I'm assuming some 1600% pixelpeeping plus all your automagical noise reduction ( Let's compare High ISO noise reduction in post-processing software? - PentaxForums.com ) revealed this to you.

LOL

I'd like to play offended and claim it was my encyclopedic knowledge of WWII aircraft, but I'd be fibbing outrageously

I was fairly confident it was a B-17 of some sort, based on my dreadful childhood attempt to build a plastic model kit of the very same (I was never good at those things

). Plus, as you rightly suspected, I zoomed in on the markings and saw "CAPT. BILL HARRISON". A quick search of "Bill Harrison" and "B-17" brought me to the relevant entry in Wikipedia - the internet's antidote to declining educational standards

old4570 · 11-25-2017, 01:51 AM

Good photo of a B17 cockpit

photoptimist · 11-25-2017, 07:34 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by BigMackCam

LOL

I'd like to play offended and claim it was my encyclopedic knowledge of WWII aircraft, but I'd be fibbing outrageously

I was fairly confident it was a B-17 of some sort, based on my dreadful childhood attempt to build a plastic model kit of the very same (I was never good at those things ). Plus, as you rightly suspected, I zoomed in on the markings and saw "CAPT. BILL HARRISON". A quick search of "Bill Harrison" and "B-17" brought me to the relevant entry in Wikipedia - the internet's antidote to declining educational standards

LOL!

I'd have worried more about you if you had known every individual aircraft in the world by sight like those trainspotters do with trains.

And knowing how to find the answer in this day and age of unpredictable questions is the better skill than memorizing last years dry facts.

P.S. I, too, failed in the plastic model building arena but it did help trigger an interest in optics (burning holes in the pieces of the model with a magnifying glass).

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11-23-2017, 10:35 AM	#2
grog85361 Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Phoenix Arizona Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 894	B-17, maybe a G model.

11-23-2017, 11:25 AM - 1 Like	#3
BigMackCam Digitiser of Film Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: North East of England Posts: 20,695	"Aluminum Overcast" - Boeing B-17G-105-VE, s/n 44-85740...

11-24-2017, 01:21 PM	#4
Sailor Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Coastal Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 26,203	I don't have any idea what the plane is, but I really dig the composition. You were definitely clever about you vantage point. Jer

11-24-2017, 01:24 PM	#5
Dewman Veteran Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Idaho Posts: 5,492 Original Poster	Originally posted by Sailor I don't have any idea what the plane is, but I really dig the composition. You were definitely clever about you vantage point. Jer Thanks, Jer. Actually, I had my camera on a monopod. I extended it, placed the camera on 12-sec. delay, pre-focused, held it as high as I could reach and waited.......... "Click."

11-24-2017, 01:29 PM	#6
kjphilippona Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Enterprise, Alabama Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,298	Nice shot! B-17

11-24-2017, 01:40 PM	#7
Dewman Veteran Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Idaho Posts: 5,492 Original Poster	Yep, you're correct. It is indeed a B-17. Didn't do much to disguise it. It flew over my house one day.... the sound of four, BIG radial engines overhead is something quite unusual!.... and I grabbed my camera and sorta' followed it. We tend to have a lot of fly-ins of vintage planes and I figured it would be at one of the two local airports that sponsor such events. I finally ran it down. Quite a fantastic old plane.

11-24-2017, 01:57 PM	#8
photomax7 Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2015 Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,841	Nice treatment of the iconic B-17 "Flying Fortress" Dewman...I think?

11-24-2017, 04:34 PM	#9
photoptimist Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2016 Photos: Albums Posts: 5,128	Originally posted by BigMackCam "Aluminum Overcast" - Boeing B-17G-105-VE, s/n 44-85740... Wow! I'm assuming some 1600% pixelpeeping plus all your automagical noise reduction ( Let's compare High ISO noise reduction in post-processing software? - PentaxForums.com ) revealed this to you.

11-24-2017, 04:57 PM - 1 Like	#10
BigMackCam Digitiser of Film Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: North East of England Posts: 20,695	Originally posted by photoptimist Wow! I'm assuming some 1600% pixelpeeping plus all your automagical noise reduction ( Let's compare High ISO noise reduction in post-processing software? - PentaxForums.com ) revealed this to you. LOL I'd like to play offended and claim it was my encyclopedic knowledge of WWII aircraft, but I'd be fibbing outrageously I was fairly confident it was a B-17 of some sort, based on my dreadful childhood attempt to build a plastic model kit of the very same (I was never good at those things ). Plus, as you rightly suspected, I zoomed in on the markings and saw "CAPT. BILL HARRISON". A quick search of "Bill Harrison" and "B-17" brought me to the relevant entry in Wikipedia - the internet's antidote to declining educational standards

11-25-2017, 01:51 AM	#11
old4570 Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Melbourne Photos: Albums Posts: 2,551	Good photo of a B17 cockpit

11-25-2017, 07:34 AM - 1 Like	#12
photoptimist Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2016 Photos: Albums Posts: 5,128	Originally posted by BigMackCam LOL I'd like to play offended and claim it was my encyclopedic knowledge of WWII aircraft, but I'd be fibbing outrageously I was fairly confident it was a B-17 of some sort, based on my dreadful childhood attempt to build a plastic model kit of the very same (I was never good at those things ). Plus, as you rightly suspected, I zoomed in on the markings and saw "CAPT. BILL HARRISON". A quick search of "Bill Harrison" and "B-17" brought me to the relevant entry in Wikipedia - the internet's antidote to declining educational standards LOL! I'd have worried more about you if you had known every individual aircraft in the world by sight like those trainspotters do with trains. And knowing how to find the answer in this day and age of unpredictable questions is the better skill than memorizing last years dry facts. P.S. I, too, failed in the plastic model building arena but it did help trigger an interest in optics (burning holes in the pieces of the model with a magnifying glass).