Same plane as yesterday but captured at sunset.After the sun went down, I used flash to illuminate the silhouetted plane allowing the shiny details to be revealed.
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Meet Miss Virginia
This was my third subject to light paint on the evening I was allowed to shoot at the air show. It is a lovingly restored and highly polished C-47 named Miss Virginia. A moon rising in the background added an extra detail to the shot. According to web sources,this restoration took over 7000 hours and the aircraft was named Miss Virginia to honor both the military and the state of Virginia. Miss Virginia was the name of the P-38 lightning that shot down Japanese Admiral Yamamoto in 1943.
Air Show Beauty
Unfortunately I do not have any info on this plane from the air show, but I gave it my best attempt to show it off in a good light so to speak. I use a wireless flash setup on a pole to reach higher than my arm can reach. In this case it allowed me to position the flash high enough to throw light into the interior of the plane to give it an appearance of being ready to take off with a crew on board.
A quick addition thanks to friend Dan at the airport, this is the collings foundation B-17G “Nine o Nine”
Donald Reese Photography 