What I've been up to...

Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
edited February 16, 2006 in Holy Macro
So this week I got to go to the middle of the American desert (Ft. Irwin - an hour from Barstow, CA) and watch C-17s land in the dirt and offload Army personnel and equipment. I'm in the process of uploading a bunch of the shots to my gallery right now - http://photos.mikelanestudios.com/gallery/1200536.

Here are a couple of my favorite shots from those that have uploaded so far:

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There'll be plenty of them up in my gallery soon. They're uploading right now. Plus I've got more waiting to be fixed up and posted. Let me know if you like them.
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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2006
    Fantastic mike ..im always amazed thatthey get off the ground clap.gif Love that 2nd one !
  • Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2006
    Humungus wrote:
    Fantastic mike ..im always amazed thatthey get off the ground clap.gif Love that 2nd one !

    Thanks bro. It's quite a site to see them takeoff especially in the dirt. One did a touch and go at night because he had trouble seeing the IR lights and flew right over our heads at maybe 200 feet. That was awesome.

    I'm thinking about turning the 2nd one or another one with a similar crop into a poster with borders and some fancy lettering and such. I think there would be a bunch of guys that would like framed versions of that.
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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2006
    Mike Lane wrote:
    I'm thinking about turning the 2nd one or another one with a similar crop into a poster with borders and some fancy lettering and such. I think there would be a bunch of guys that would like framed versions of that.

    There is one on the net that is almost identicle.
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2006
    clap.gif Mike, both are great. I like how the flare leads the eye to the action on the ground. I really enjoy this kind of stuff, and these two shots are excellent.
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  • TassieDTassieD Registered Users Posts: 711 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2006
    Nice thumb.gif, It is hard to believe something this big can actually get off the ground.

    Enjoyed your gallery also.
    Cheers
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  • devbobodevbobo Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,339 SmugMug Employee
    edited February 13, 2006
    Hey Mike,

    Nice pics thumb.gif....looks like you have an !important job.

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  • bwgbwg Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,119 SmugMug Employee
    edited February 13, 2006
    devbobo wrote:
    Hey Mike,

    Nice pics thumb.gif....looks like you have an !important job.

    David


    dude, not cool.

    your post just crashed IE.

    thanks.
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2006
    devbobo wrote:
    ....looks like you have an !important job.

    Funniest. Compliment. Ever.

    lol3.giflol3.giflol3.gif
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  • DigitalAirmanDigitalAirman Registered Users Posts: 23 Big grins
    edited February 13, 2006
    Wonderful shots. Are/were you in the military? I have been waiting to get some shots of the C-130s here at Pope, but just been too busy.
  • Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2006
    DigitalAirman wrote:
    Wonderful shots. Are/were you in the military? I have been waiting to get some shots of the C-130s here at Pope, but just been too busy.

    I'm currently a Capt. Navigator type (KC-135) working as an AMLO at the I Corps in Ft. Lewis, WA. You?
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2006
    Nice shots
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  • RhuarcRhuarc Registered Users Posts: 1,464 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2006
    Mike Lane wrote:
    One did a touch and go at night because he had trouble seeing the IR lights and flew right over our heads at maybe 200 feet.

    Not to over analyze things, but since I'm a pilot I'm allowed to! :D Technically it isn't a touch and go unless they actually touch down. What you are referring to is actually a go-around. Also, what do you mean when you say "IR Lights"? I'm actually curious here. Do you mean the Approach Lights? (PAPI's, or VASI)

    Ok, lol, I'm done! Sorry bout that! :D Great shots though! That has always been one of my favorite planes. I'd love to be able to get some close up shots of one like that!

    Thanks!
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  • Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2006
    Rhuarc wrote:
    Not to over analyze things, but since I'm a pilot I'm allowed to! :D Technically it isn't a touch and go unless they actually touch down. What you are referring to is actually a go-around. Also, what do you mean when you say "IR Lights"? I'm actually curious here. Do you mean the Approach Lights? (PAPI's, or VASI)

    Ok, lol, I'm done! Sorry bout that! :D Great shots though! That has always been one of my favorite planes. I'd love to be able to get some close up shots of one like that!

    Thanks!
    I'm actually a navigator (an Evaluator Navigator to be precise), so I'm quite familiar thumb.gif They actually did touch down (thus my terminology: touch and go). When you have an 85000 lb load sometimes it's difficult to stop your momentum.

    This was a dirt field at night. There were no lights other than IR (Infrared) chem lights at strategic points on the field. No PAPI, no VASI, no taxiway lighting, no centerline lights, no navaids, nothing. Just 4 IR chemlights and an IR strobe. The pilots were on NVGs.

    What do you fly?
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2006
    Wow You Get Around Dont You
    Mike Lane wrote:
    So this week I got to go to the middle of the American desert (Ft. Irwin - an hour from Barstow, CA) and watch C-17s land in the dirt and offload Army personnel and equipment. I'm in the process of uploading a bunch of the shots to my gallery right now - http://photos.mikelanestudios.com/gallery/1200536.

    Here are a couple of my favorite shots from those that have uploaded so far:
    There'll be plenty of them up in my gallery soon. They're uploading right now. Plus I've got more waiting to be fixed up and posted. Let me know if you like them.

    Wow Mike....... I saw that first shot and I thought ohhh no the planes crash landed on the run way.....it's just the way those clouds are and the way the plane is sitting.

    What a great job you must have......just amazing.....good for you Mike clap.gif
    I'm truly impressed....... Skippy (Australia)
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  • USAIRUSAIR Registered Users Posts: 2,646 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2006
    Great shots Mike clap.gif

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  • NetgardenNetgarden Registered Users Posts: 829 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2006
    USAIR wrote:
    Great shots Mike clap.gif

    Fred
    awesome shots.thumb.gif
    yep, they can land in a shorter length than commercial jets.clap.gif
    husband is an engineer on the c17.]:):
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  • Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2006
    Netgarden wrote:
    awesome shots.thumb.gif
    yep, they can land in a shorter length than commercial jets.clap.gif
    husband is an engineer on the c17.]:):

    C-17s don't have engineers. He may be a loadmaster though.

    thanks for the comment:D
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