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Which Board? => Photo Essays => : 02Pilot April 10, 2018, 01:22:22 PM

: Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, Washington D.C.
: 02Pilot April 10, 2018, 01:22:22 PM

Just a short set from Air & Space a couple months ago.

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: Bryan April 11, 2018, 05:30:33 AM

Nice shots, I love the look of polished metal in black and white. 

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: 02Pilot April 13, 2018, 03:31:25 PM

Thanks. Polished metal is one of the subjects that I feel is more realistically represented in B&W than in color, at least in terms of visual impact.

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: johnha April 20, 2018, 05:39:27 PM

I really like these. As mentioned, the polished look to everything is striking. Your view points & framing are also excellent. I always struggle with aircraft in museums because there's usually so much clutter from other exhibits around and about, I find it difficult to exclude it all from the shot.

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: 02Pilot April 20, 2018, 09:39:13 PM

Thanks, John. Composition is a real problem, especially in very crowded museums like Air & Space. I used a 50 and a 28 for the B&W. Here are the color shots from that trip - these were all shot with a 35 (Flickr seems to be making them look grainier than they are).

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: Blaxton April 27, 2018, 06:18:07 PM

These are really great.  What beautiful tones in the B&W shots!

It reminds me of a video I saw:  https://youtu.be/LH_c4qqk2ns

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: 02Pilot April 29, 2018, 05:03:18 AM

Thanks very much. B&W is more my natural inclination, but it was fun to play with a bit of color in this case.